For Game 7 of the American League Championship, the Yankees will hand the ball to a 37-year-old left-hander with a large heart and an aging body.
In “For Love of the Game” there is the heart-jerker moment where Costner, starring as a 40-year-old Billy Chapel in the twilight of his career, carries a perfect game into the ninth inning. Before he takes the field, he leaves an autographed baseball in the dugout to be discovered with the famous last words:
“Tell them I’m through. For love of the game.”
Sabathia’s knee is a ticking time bomb.