To the delight of many of you, I woke up really sad this morning.
Considering the $40k bet involved, that was probably the most devastating loss of my sports fandom career.
Even if the bet wasn’t in play, that was crushing.
One out away from winning Game 1 of the World Series on the road.
While on the outside it appeared I was handling it well, inside I was completely melting down.
Instead I just sat there and laughed at the absurdity of the moment.
You could just see that train wreck coming a mile away.
If they escaped it was gonna be nothing short of a miracle.
Why was Nestor Cortes in that game over Tim Hill?
Of course it blew up in Boone’s face.
There were other mistakes as well.
It all led to Freddie’s grand slam.
My biggest problem, however, is Aaron Judge.
What are we doing, dude?
Last night he went 1 for 5 with three strikeouts.
He harmlessly popped out to end the threat.
When this happened to Freddie Freeman in the 10th he ended the game.
That’s what stars do when you challenge them, they make you pay.
Judge continues to let the opposition off the hook.
There is currently no fear in an opposing pitcher or manager’s eyes when 99 is looming.
All season long that was the total opposite.
He put together quite possibly the best single season by a right handed hitter in the game’s history.
Now it’s the reverse.
You want that guy up if you’re the other team.
He’s missing everything and chasing nearly every breaking ball that’s thrown at his shins.
Just switch Judge and Stanton.
It’s depressing to see him come up and fail every single time.
The narrative of Mr. May grows more true by the second.
I can’t even fight it at this point, it’s fucking ridiculous.
They are not winning the World Series without him getting going.
Even if it’s just some walks that’d be huge.
He’s been a total zero aside from a few moments.
Aaron Judge is way too good of a player to just rely on a few sprinkled in moments.
He needs to take over.
Judge has a golden opportunity right in front of him that he may not get again.
If you don’t come through now, you may be stuck with this reputation your entire career.
Something you’ll never be able to live down.
Change the narrative starting tonight.
We’ll do it all again in Game 2 with Rodon vs. Yamamoto.
Certainly not the matchup you wanted being down 0-1 in the series.
Win this though and you’re right where you oughta be.
Lose it and you’ve got a massive mountain to climb.
Let’s see what this team is made of.
