Joe Torre hasn't changed. Two things marked the end of his tenure with the Yankees: sloppy baseball and exhausted relievers. Both of these things obviously carried over into his Dodgers career. The key play in the Yankees' comeback win Sunday night was the groundball hit by Colin Curtis to Dodgers first baseman James Loney. There was one out in the ninth inning and the Dodgers were up 6-5. The Yankees had runners on first and third. Curtis hit a grounder to Loney, who stepped on first before he threw to the plate to try to get speedy Curtis Granderson before he crossed the plate. Loney should either have tried for the 3-4-3 (or 3-6-3) double play or thrown immediately to the plate to prevent Granderson from scoring.
As far as exhausted relievers, Dodgers closer Jonathon Broxton threw 19 pitches in 1.1 innings on Saturday when the Dodgers were up by five runs. He then proceeded to throw 48 pitches in an inning on Sunday - the Dodgers were ahead by four runs. 67 pitches over two days in non-save situations.
Ned Colletti (the Dodgers GM) probably called up Brian Cashman before Broxton even finished pitching Sunday night. Who knows? There might be some "Broxton Rules" in Torre's future.
Hydra
6-4-3 double play... Ballgame over! Yankees win! Theeeeeee Yankees win!
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