Addendum (Note on Last Night's Game)

Farnsworth said Berroa's game winning 3-run homer came on a hanging slider. He gets paid to hit that pitch, Farnsworth said. Exactly, he gets paid to hit that pitch because he can't hit 97 mile an hour fastballs. I know Farnsworth froze Ortiz with his slider and it was a thing of beauty. But the thing is, you can't get a monster like Ortiz out with nothing but heat, so you risk hanging the slider for the reward of getting him out with a good one. Berroa is not going to lose a Farnsworth fastball, so there's really no reason to try and beat him with your second best pitch. It reminds me of Wohlers and Leyrich in the 1996 series. Leyrich couldn't catch up with Wohlers' fastball and if he never saw the slider, he doesn't hit the game tying homer, the Yanks don't win the Series, don't fashion a dynasty, and Wohlers career doesn't go in the tank. Since the Yanks under Torre were the beneficiaries of Wohler's error and its monumental consequences, you'd think they'd be able to apply the lesson, as they say, in everyday life (i.e. the regular season).