This is why you got the big bucks, CC

This is what we're paying you, for, CC.

This is why you got that big contract with all those zeros. Right now. The World Series. Everything up to this point hasn't mattered. NOW it when it counts. Yankee fans around the world are counting on ...

What's that? Well, yeah, OK, the League Championship series was important. Nice job there, too, with the MVP and all. But this, the World Series, that's what we're really paying you ...

Huh? The ALDS? Well, yeah, we said that then, too, but, really, it was just the Twins. Still, it was the postseason, so OK, it was a big deal. But this, tonight, the World Series, is REALLY what ...

What's that? Yeah, that 9-1 record after the All-Star break, three wins against the Red Sox, I know we said those were a big deal at the time, and it helped get us here and all, but ...

Oh, hell. Just win tonight and in Game 4. And if it comes to a Game 7, well ... that's REALLY what we're paying you for.