We have a new entry in the sports failure lexicon.
The Yankees disastrous 5th Inning is instantly one of the biggest fuckups in baseball history.
The only thing that could stop him would something insane like the Dodgers getting 6 outs in an inning.
The only reason this seemed notable is that it was the first hit of the game for Dodgers.
2nd Batter: Tommy Edman
Remember how Hubbs declared Judge a good centerfielder?
I can help you with that Hubbs.
Aaron Judge is a bad centerfielder.
He’s an incredible hitter and should be a first ballot HOFer.
He’s also had a -1.7 defensive WAR the past two seasons.
He’s gotten clearly worse when it comes to range.
Maybe when Juan Soto goes to the Mets, you’re free to move Judge to right field.
The other errors were mental mistakes.
Judge just took his eyes off the ball for the second or maybe lost it in the lights.
It’s wild that this mistake happened only 5 pitches after the Judge drop.
I like Volpe a lot and think he’ll go to multiple all-star games in his career.
But this was a tough mental mistake by someone who had a very good post-season.
He strikes out Lux and Ohtani on 4 pitches each.
Ohtani has maybe never looked more helpless in his career just flailing at pitches.
6th Batter: Mookie Betts
The Point Seen ‘Round The World.
This play was so shocking that Mike Francesa literally did the Home Alone face on the stream.
They are human beings and everything happens so fast.
However, as someone who spent my life hating this team in the Bronx, it was magical.
Cole will spend his winter wondering why he decided pointing was a better idea than running.
If he never wins a World Series, he may spend the rest of his life wondering.
Anyway, a run scored but the Yankees still had a healthy lead.
He tied the World Series RBI record with 12…but in only 5 games.
He slugged 1.000 over the 5 games.
He had 4 home runs…and even had a triple on top of that.
That week off from the NLCS must have done wonders for that ankle.
Freeman didn’t even have an extra base hit in either the NLDS or the NLCS.
NYY 5, LAD 3
8th Batter: Teoscar Hernandez
This was Bane breaking Batman’s back.
No matter how this game ended after this, the Series was over.
It wasn’t just that the game was tied.
It was more that this nightmare inning was no longer a footnote.
It was a statement.
Amazingly, this still wasn’t over.
10th Batter: Enrique Hernandez
He grounded out to Volpe who just took it to second base himself.
Imagine if he somehow threw the ball away?
They are both similar in that there are several people to blame.
In fairness, the stakes were also higher.
That was the 10th inning in Game 6.
Gerrit Cole can win a 3rd ERA title or even another Cy Young.
For someone like me who hates this team more than any other, it was the perfect ending.
