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The phrase that must have reverberated through Sandy Alderson’s and Brian Cashman’s heads this week sounds like the same one heard outside any casino in Vegas.
“You win some, you lose some.”
Alderson? He won his bet. Bartolo Colon is still around and can plan to stay around despite Wednesday’s 6 2/3-inning, four-run, nine-hit loss.
Cashman lost his. He bet that Masahiro Tanaka’s valuable but fragile right arm would weather the season. Now he’s gone for at least a month.
That’s how it goes when dealing with humans, which is sort of what sports is all about once past the contracts.