New York Yankees (87-67) v Pittsburgh Pirates (97-57)
Best-of-seven, Yankees with the home-field advantage.
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Careful what you wish for, hey...
I’m not as daunted by this Yankees side as you might expect. Not just yet, at any rate. We match up pretty well with them with our LHP-dominant rotation against their big bats, all of whom except Bob Meusel are also lefties. And, while we have struggled in the past against Vance, if we can get hot and stay hot with bat in hand then I really fancy our chances.
But if we don’t execute this could be over quickly. They are that sort of side.
Undoubtedly our biggest dilemma is who plays where. It’s a nice problem to have. Even though Charley had a pretty ordinary year and has run hot and cold in past playoffs, he’s just too good defensively to leave out. He’ll start at CF, Walker at RF and Williams at LF. Cobb will play 1B except against the southpaw Winters, when Bressler will take his usual spot. Rube will also come in as a defensive sub for Ty late in games. And I’ve opted for Toporcer over Moore at SS.
In the rotation, Foster gets the SP3 slot to begin with ahead of Wilbur. But this will be a fairly fluid arrangement dependent upon how things go.