Yankees: Proving that pitching is the ultimate “con” game

The Yankees have at least two starting pitchers who are proving that pitching is the ultimate “con” game this season. Let me explain.

The Yankees have two starting pitchers in their current rotation who, in the recent past, have never had a story written about them without the word “inconsistent” close to their names. That’s changed, or at least is changing in a big way that benefits the Yankees from here on in.

It’s a baseball story, and it has to do not so much with a con game as we normally think of one, but with a confidence game. Because when all is said and done, it’s self-confidence or lack thereof, that drives major league ballplayers one way or the other.

And this is particularly the…