October 07, 2003
Silver Anniversary
Michele wants to know:
Who will be the Bucky Dent of this series and who will be the Mike Torrez?
The Yankees really don't have a regular starter as bad as Bucky Dent was in 1978. He had a .286 OBA and a .317 slugging percentage. Now, it was a different era, but that still wasn't good. I don't think Luis Sojo made the post-season roster. David Dellucci is the best I can do.
As for Mike Torrez, it has long been rumored that Ramiro Mendoza was a Steinbrenner plant, but he was not on the LDS roster. Game 7 of this series right now looks like Pedro against Clemens; could Roger be the reverse Torrez? The ex-Sox that breaks the supposed curse? Would that make Damien Jackson Bucky Dent? Stay tuned.
