Memorial Day was approaching but last night Cone made it feel like Halloween was just around the bend. He sure had enough tricks to make this event a treat.
Cone is still a magician.
Problem is, there's little more to his act. David Cone is David Copperfield, which means sooner rather than later he's bound to disappear. Cone surrendered three runs on six hits, struck out five and walked none. Some Yankees were indeed bewitched by Cone's carnival junk, but Jeter and Bernie Williams wore the old man down while Andy Pettitte did what Andy Pettitte does. Tim Wakefield and Rod Beck weren't exactly Koufax and Gibson in relief, but this 7-3 defeat wasn't about them.