New York Yankees Flashback: Beating “Sudden Sam”

A four-hour trip to see the New York Yankees take on the Nationals in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, June 16, 2013, gave us just what you’d want, an almost five-hour game. Andy Pettitte, striking out phenom Bryce Harper swinging three times, left the game with a 3-2 lead over Jordan Zimmermann and the Nats after seven, but Ian Desmond tied it with a home run off Corey Wade. DeWayne Wise extended the game by throwing Tyler Moore out at the plate on an Adam LaRoche eighth-inning single. The Yanks finally won 5-3 on Mark Teixeira‘s 14th-inning triple.

Ron Guidry, who had his no. 49 retired in the Bronx some time ago, and whose Bobblehead was given out in the Stadium a few days ago, threw his…