Thank You CC Sabathia

When the Core Four decided to hang up their cleats , hat and the glove that included Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, and Mariano Rivera I didn’t have the chance to say thank you because I didn’t have my blog then so here goes my first thank you to a player who finished his career in pinstripes.

CC Sabathia was drafted in the first round of the 1998 Major League Draft by the Cleveland where he spent eight seasons before finishing out the 2008 season with Milwaukee before heading to New York for eleven seasons with 2019 being his final season in the Major Leagues.

During his time with Cleveland the left-hander compiled 106 wins and 71 losses. After his stint Cleveland he went to Milwaukee where he spent one season where he compiled 11 wins and two losses. “according to https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sabatc.01-pitch.shtml

During his eleven year stint in pinstripes he compiled 134 wins and 88 losses. “according to https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sabatc.01-pitch.shtml and won a world championship in 2009.

In his final season in the Major Leagues the thirty year old left-hander had difficulty staying healthy as the final outing of his Major League career ended in the American League Championship Series as he exited early from ALCS Game 4; removed from ALCS roster Oct. 18. “according to http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fantasy/injuries/#team147

Thank You CC Sabathia for nineteen great years, Thank you for coming to the Bronx in 2009 and for helping New York win the World Series that year against Philadelphia and for spending eleven great years in the Bronx. But most of all thank you for being the veteran that younger players could go to for advice and for giving it your all even when you were not at your best.

The New York fans in the Bronx and around the world will miss seeing you out on the mound but we know you’re off to bigger and better things that includes keeping up your podcast named R2C2 with your cohost Ryan Ruocco each and every week while spending more time with your family and whatever else you decide to do but my hope is even though you’re not playing on the diamond anymore that you still are involved with the game you gave your all too for nineteen years in some capacity.

Thanks again CC Sabathia for everything you gave the Yankees organization for the eleven seasons you were in pinstripes. You will be greatly missed by your teammates that got to know you, play with you and the fans that got the pleasure to see you play in person as well on television.