Yankees rotation likely just three men

PHILADELPHIA -- Joe Girardi just announced CC Sabathia will pitch Sunday in Game Four on three days rest. He then said he was leaving open "the possibility" that A.J. Burnett would do likewise in Game Five and Sabathia would come back again in Game Seven. Andy Pettitte is slated for Game Six.

It's a three-man rotation. Period. If this goes seven games, it's going to be Sabathia-Burnett-Pettitte-Sabathia-Burnett-Pettitte-Sabathia. Book it. Do you want one of those guys or do you want Chad Gaudin out there?

You can go through all the explanations you want but Girardi summed it up best when he said, "This is the World Series. There is no baseball after the World Series for four or five months. There's plenty of time to rest."

---Mike Harrington

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