When CC Sabathia takes the mound Wednesday in The Bronx here is what the home crowd should do — especially this week — cheer and pretty much keep doing that no matter his results.
Sabathia is not the pitcher he once was. Nowhere close. And the excellence is not coming back.
But he lost his greatness the way fans say they want their athletes to lose it. With hundreds of innings and thousands of pitches year after year. By honoring the competition. By respecting his teammates. By understanding accountability.
In this week when we questioned where Matt Harvey’s head and heart were, we should remember that we never felt that way about Sabathia.