While I was looking at the new projected pitching matchups for the rest of the World Series, I noticed one intriguing matchup that stood out from all the rest. The two pitchers have faced each other in big games before and they're no stranger to the spotlight of the postseason. They both jumped onto the map with an impressive rookie season and both of them have rings. Perhaps most significantly, this could be the two pitcher's last chance for another World Series ring.
If we see a game six, it won't be the first time we've seen Pedro Martinez and Andy Pettitte standing in the way of the other's chance at glory. However, with the two of them in the twilight of their careers, it may be the last time we get to watch the two once great hurlers go at each other in the bright lights of October. However, interestingly enough its the first time that we will see these two pitted directly against each other in the postseason.
Despite the many series that the Yankees and Red Sox played together when Pedro and Pettitte where both in the Bronx and Beantown, the two have never faced each other in the playoffs. Not once. When you consider the history the two players have both borne witness to at the hands of the other, it's kind of shocking.
It may be a little premature to preview a potential game six matchup when the Phillies have a chance to end it at home in the next three games. However, the possibility of this has me salivating. The possibility of watching these two fading stars go at it one last time is enough for any baseball fan with a sense of their history to pull for New York to take at least one of these next three games in Phily. Andy Pettitte and Pedro Martinez in the World Series together at Yankee Stadium? It doesn't get any better than that.
