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Can CC Sabathia save the Yankees' season?

CLEVELAND – For CC Sabathia, there is no higher compliment than to be compared to Andy Pettitte. One of the secondary reasons Sabathia gives for signing with the New York Yankees in the winter of 2008 was a chance to be Pettitte’s teammate. The two became the best of friends as Pettitte put the finishing touches on a Yankee career that ended with a plaque in Monument Park.

Pettitte earned that hallowed Yankee honor largely because of all his clutch playoff performances -- especially in Game 2s, where Joe Torre called his number so many times.