(Photo: Ron Antonelli/Daily News)CC Monster was always my guy and still is, but with a confident ace usually others will follow. Enter Bartolo Colon, a pitcher who was once dominant in his prime, but THIS is not his prime, this is PAST his prime and to make it sound even more horrific, Colon didn't even pitch last year. So why in the world did Mr. Colon just pitch 8 innings of shutout baseball against the Chicago White Sox? The Pyramid of Pitching Dominance, that's how. Confidence. Bartolo Colon is a new man and Yankeeland is glad.
It worked out great tonight, Robinson Cano put us ahead early, a 3 run home run in the bottom of the first inning and that was Colon's cushion. It was perfect too because through those eight innings, even though Colon looked and felt strong firing fastballs at 95 mph, there were moments where the bases were full of White Sox. It didn't seem the matter, Colon had the heart and drive to get out of trouble. Nothing makes me prouder than to watch an underdog shine in tough moments and Bartolo Colon did that tonight. He could very possibly be channelling his inner ace again and if he can continue on this journey and not break down, it will be the best investment the New York Yankees have made this year. Clearly the player of this game tonight is Bartolo Colon.
(photo: Getty)Mariano Rivera got his 8th save of the season and he looked like Mo, thank goodness. Now, if we can only get a streak going and get the Three Headed Monster back into a rhtymn again, we'll be humming through May. That's what we need, a streak. Not 3 games, I'm talking 10 games where it's click, click, click and everything's working for us. We can do it, we just have to get there.
Final Score tonight, Yankees 3 - White Sox 1. Congrats Bartolo, you pitched like a star. Keep it up Dr. Chunky...I only say that with love.
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