Stats and Picture of the Day

How about that picture over on the right? Derek Jeter has a history of dousing George Steinbrenner after winning championships and the picture from the Daily News (H/T Buster Olney) shows Hal Steinbrenner hiding from Jeter behind his sister.

Stats of the day (thanks to Buster Olney, Big League Stew and Baseball-Reference):

• Andy Pettitte threw first pitch strikes to 80% of the batters and had three 1-2-3 innings.
  

• Andy Pettitte is now #1 in postseason wins, ahead of John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux and Curt Schilling

• Andy Pettitte is now #1 in posteason wins in clinching games ahead of Catfish Hunter, Dave Stewart, and Roger Clemens.

• The Yankees have won more AL Pennants than the next four teams...combined: The A's (14), Red Sox (11), and Tigers (10) only combine for 35 to the Yankees 40.

• In A-Rod's last 15 trips to the plate in the ALCS, he reached base 12 times (H/T Jayson Stark). That's your average .800 OBP. Wow!
  

• The Yankees welcome the Phillies to the World Series for a rematch of 1950. That year, the Yankees swept the Phillies in the World Series. The Yankee pitching that series had a 0.73 ERA and the Yanks got home runs from Joe DiMaggio and Yogi Berra to take the title.

• The last time a National League team made back-to-back World Series? The Braves in 1995 and 1996 (H/T Paul). The Braves won in 1995 and lost to the Yankees in 1996. Let's hope history repeats itself!

Update 2:54 PM: One more:

• The last time that Mariano Rivera gave up an earned run at home in the playoffs? Game 2 of the 2000 World Series