While watching the Houston Astros dismantle the New York Yankees gave many Baltimore Orioles fans great joy, there was a brief moment where I found myself pulling for the Pinstripes. It wasn’t to see Zack Britton get an opportunity to win a World Series ring, but it was in admiration of one of the top starting pitchers to toe the rubber, CC Sabathia.
After 19 seasons with the Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, and Cleveland Indians, the six-time All-Star and 2007 American League Cy Young Award winner will hang up his cleats and call it a career, likely destined to become a Hall of Fame career.