Girardi Taking a Big Chance

Yankees manager Joe Girardi has decided to stick with scheduled game 6 starter Andy Pettitte, despite CC Sabathia now being available on full rest. Throughout the series, Girardi has changed pitchers 20 times in 5 games, and now, with a chance to close the series out, he decides not to. He was quoted as saying "I don't think you can afford to look ahead. You have to worry about this series." If that is the case, how can you take the chance of the series going to a game 7, where anything can happen, with your best pitcher sitting in the dugout. The Angels have proven they can put the ball in play against Pettitte, but they certainly have not against Sabathia. The other chance he now takes is the Yankees winning the series in game 7 and then not having Sabathia or Pettite available until game 3 of the World Series. If the Angels beat Pettitte in game 6, Girardi will certainly be second guessed for this decision.