Let’s Go Tribe!: CC Sabathia Retrospective

A fond look back at the Cleveland career of one of the most popular players in franchise history.

The nineteenth pick was Tony Torcato. Then twenty-first pick was Jason Tyner. The twentieth pick was C.C. Sabathia. We weren’t lucky; we were providentially blessed.

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You were and are a tumult of youth and ability, a teenager slamming on the gas pedal, a dare, a challenge, guns blazing, hip-hop, rock and roll, a momentum shifter, momentum itself, the founding father of the coolest nation in the world, smiles, first kisses, a Raiders fan, heat heat heat, the old man of the staff, the best

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pitcher in baseball, a golden left arm, Fausto before Fausto, a family man, splatter painting, hitting a 9-iron 220 yards, danger, Pablo Picasso, the Declaration of Independence. You were not and are not corporate, bland, or Northeastern. Thank you for all that you’ve been and have not been; thank you for everything.