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Sabathia giving Yankees whatever they need

By Buster Olney

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Margie Sabathia flew into New York the other day, and if she and her son held to family tradition late Friday night, they probably spent 15 or 20 minutes talking about his performance in Game 1, about how nasty the conditions were and how he commanded his fastball. (She's always telling him to use his fastball more.) She raised Carsten Charles Sabathia mostly on her own, with help from family, and somewhere along the way she instilled in him a deep sense of accountability. His is not the story ...

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