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...miracles out of their pockets to leave New York on a three-game win streak. On Wednesday and Thursday in the Bronx they had conjured pinstripe sorcery on successive, sensational evenings to snatch extra inning victories in games that the Diamondbacks were within an out of claiming. On Wednesday, Tino Martinez hit a two-run homer in the 9th with two out to tie it, and Derek Jeter won it in the 10th with as cheap a homer as you can hit in Babe?s Place. The improbable wins filled Yankee Stadium and this whole grieving city with an innocent...
...rightfielder Paul O?Neill, at the end of a storybook career as a Yankee, dumped a single to left as the faithful serenaded him with chants of ?Paul-ie, Paul-ie.? Then, with two out, first baseman Tino Martinez, who like most of the Yankees batsman had been hitless and helpless to this point, smoked the first pitch he saw over the wall in right center...
...quite an ending. Shea Hillenbrand nearly ended Mussina’s bid for perfection by leading off the ninth with a hard grounder to the right side. Seemingly out of nowhere, Yankee first baseman Clay Bellinger (who had scored the lone run in the game when he replaced Tino Martinez on the basepaths) lunged at the ball as it skipped into his awaiting mitt. He flipped the ball to Mussina for the first out in the ninth...
...these Yankees are an aging champion. Pitching: David Cone is 37, Roger Clemens is 38, and nobody knows how old Orlando Hernandez is. Fielders: Paul O'Neill is 38 and can barely run; Chuck Knoblauch can't throw. Scott Brosius and Tino Martinez are both new-dynasty staples who are reaching the end of their usefulness. The front office is drowning in big contracts and the farm system is filled with guys who deserve their shot. After this season, the team is due for an overhaul. This World Series, win or lose, will likely...
...more importantly, this is a new century. We have an historic opportunity to install a new leader of the baseball universe. It doesn't have to be Tino anymore...