gutsy move
米MLBのプレーオフは１０日、地区シリーズが行われ、東地区のヤンキースは東地区のオリオールズに３―２でサヨナラ勝ちし、リーグ優勝決定シリーズ進出に王手をかけました。先発の黒田投手は2打点を与えましたが，その後，持ち直して9回まで粘投をみせてくれました。
湿りがちなヤンキース打線にあって，とりわけ絶不調のA-Rodにジラルディ監督はピンチヒッターを送るという決断をしました。「勇気の要る，思い切った采配」でした。記事はそれをgutsy moveと呼んでいました。（UG）
Ibanez homers twice, Yanks sting O's in 12th
NEW YORK (AP) -- The highest-paid player in baseball could only sit and watch when Raul Ibanez pinch hit for him and tied the game with a bottom-of-the-ninth home run.
Alex Rodriguez had another good view from the dugout three innings later when Ibanez homered to win it.
Saved by manager Joe Girardi 's gutsy move - and Ibanez's big swings - the New York Yankees rallied for a stunning 3-2 win in the 12th over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night for a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five AL division series.
"You're going to be asked a lot of questions if it doesn't work," Girardi said.
The slumping Rodriguez, among the greatest power hitters in history, offered no complaint, telling Girardi: "Joe, you gotta do exactly what you gotta do." "Maybe 10 years ago I would have reacted in a much different way," A-Rod said.
