Yankees Win Their First World Series Game In 15 Years!

From the moment you heard roll call, you knew the Yankees fans were coming back for blood. They were pulling out all of the stops from Spike Lee’s intimidation peering at the Dodgers from behind the Yankee dugout to the Connecticut fan that ripped Gleyber Torres‘ ball right out of Mookie Betts‘ glove in right field in the first inning; the fans were backing their team and the Yankees responded with a World Series Game Four win for the ages. The Yankees prove that they have some life left in them, but is that life sustainable?

“After trailing 2–0 early, the Yankees scored a run in the bottom of the second before loading the bases for their shortstop in the third. On the first pitch he saw, Anthony Volpe laced a shot to left-center field and watched as it sailed over the wall to give New York a 5–2 lead with one thunderous swing of the bat,” reported Sports Illustrated. Shortly after, it was Austin Wells‘ turn to turn up the heat as he launched a solo home run to the short porch in right field giving the Yankees their 6th run. These two quiet heroes have had to muscle up to carry the team of giants whose bats remained silent in Game Four. 

The question is, for me anyway, what if? What if everybody came to life? What if they all hit, all at the same time? Like they all bashed the baseball like we know they can? Is that enough? Does that make this run sustainable? Because what I saw Tuesday night is what we all have been waiting for. 

“He’s one swing away,” Yankees hitting coach James Rowson told ESPN on Monday. “I know it’s a big story, but from my standpoint, this guy (Aaron Judge) is one of the best hitters to ever play the game. On any given night, the whole narrative gets rewritten,” wrote ESPN. I’d like to write that narrative; perhaps it starts right here.

The one thing that just haunts me, besides the quiet bats in the middle of the order leaving runners in scoring position on the pond, is the misuse of pitchers. Aaron Boone likes to play with his chess pieces and gives up too many pawns early on, placing too much stress on his king reliever Luke Weaver. How long can this guy hold on? Is his success in this role sustainable over the next game, and hopefully the next? 

The Yankees have not made this postseason run easy on themselves nor their fans. But I will tell you what, I sure am glad we live another day and the baseball season did not end on Oct. 29th. Have the Yankees gotten far enough into the Dodgers heads to have made a difference? Is this lifeline they’ve somehow concotted sustainable? Is Judge on the other side of his funk? I don’t know, but I sure as heck are primed to find out. Start small, end big? See you tonight as the Fall Classic continues. 

–Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Senior Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof