Just how it’s been with this team.

A team that was barely above .500 from June through the end of the regular season, more times than not, wouldn’t make the playoffs. But the New York Yankees rode a hot April and May before coasting the rest of the way, earning a favorable postseason path against the KC Royals and Cleveland Guardians en route to their first World Series appearance since 2009.
Much of the Yankees’ “success” since the beginning of June was a result of their opponents absolutely stinking. The Orioles choked harder. The Mariners fell apart. The Astros collapsed in the first round. The World Series champion Texas Rangers missed the playoffs. The American League was wide open and New York had the best roster. By default, not of their own doing, they were the “favorite.”
But here they are in Game 3 of the World Series, getting beaten up and down the field, staring down the barrel of an 0-3 deficit and one of the most disappointing World Series performances in recent memory.
After a dreadful start to Game 3, the Yankees really needed to get something going. So when Giancarlo Stanton got the team’s first hit in the bottom of the fourth, they needed to capitalize.
With two outs and Stanton on second, Anthony Volpe ripped a single to left field, where Teoscar Hernandez was defending for the Dodgers. He famously doesn’t have a good arm, so it wasn’t completely insane for third base coach Luis Rojas to send Stanton home despite the veteran’s struggles with running. The end result? An absolutely perfect throw from Hernandez got Stanton on a bang-bang play.
Yankees down bad in Game 3 of the World Series after Giancarlo Stanton thrown out
Of course, this was the situation the Yankees were in. They desperately needed a run and that was their one window since the start of the game. Not sending Stanton would’ve put them in a position to rely on the bottom of the order to get another hit, which felt impossible (though, we must say, Anthony Rizzo being up next was probably their third-best hope).
But Stanton’s legs becoming the Yankees’ lone hope of plating a run after falling down 3-0 early couldn’t have been more emblematic of their 2024 season. The Yankees have backed themselves into corners all year, and so many of their problems were manufactured by their own shortcomings they failed to address, which were masked by their 94-win season.
Stuck between a rock and a hard place while the offense was getting shut down by Walker Buehler through the first 3 1/3 innings, Rojas, who is already a questionable third-base coach with imperfect instincts, felt implored to send Stanton because of how the Yankees have failed time and time again to come through with runners on … pretty much all postseason long.
We’d fault Rojas for giving Stanton the green light. We’d fault the rest of the team for putting both parties in that situation. We’d fault everybody for where this team is right now. And that’s why it’s been so hard to root for the 2024 New York Yankees.
News
Troubling Photo Surfaces Of Randy Moss Following His Depressing Health Announcement
Randy Moss (Photo by Stephen Dunn/Getty Images) Randy Moss has the entire sports world on edge about his health. The Hall of Fame wide receiver and current ESPN analyst did something he never does as he revealed at the start of…
VIDEO: Newest Footage From Highmark Stadium Has Fans Wondering How On Earth The Buffalo Bills Can Host SNF Game vs. 49ers
Highmark Stadium (Photos via @NFL/X) Fans on social media are wondering how the Buffalo Bills will be able to host a football game at Highmark Stadium this Sunday following heavy snowfall at Orchard Park over the weekend. The Bills appear to be…
REPORT: Jacksonville Jaguars Give Sad Injury Update On QB Trevor Lawrence After He Was KO’d On The Field
Trevor Lawrence (Photo via Getty Images)) On Sunday, the Jacksonville Jaguars host the Houston Texans in an AFC South showbowl between the first- and last-place teams. For the first time since November 3, quarterback Trevor Lawrence saw the field. Unfortunately, his time in the…
Concussion Doctor Gives Frightening Update On Trevor Lawrence After Jaguars QB Was Knocked Out Cold vs. Texans
Trevor Lawrence (Photo via CBS) A brawl erupted in Jacksonville after Texans linebacker Aziz Al-Shaair delivered a late, brutal hit on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence that knocked him unconscious. Al-Shaair made hard contact with Lawrence’s head and neck area as he was…
VIDEO: Cameras Caught Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair Getting Dragged Off Field By Security After Getting Into Altercation With Fans & Trying To Fight The Entire Jaguars Team
Azeez Al-Shaair (Photos via Fox) Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair will most likely catch a rightful suspension from the league after what he did to Trevor Lawrence. Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence was carted off the field on Sunday after taking a hit…
Buffalo Bills Announce Postponement Of Special Event At Highmark Stadium Ahead Of SNF Game vs. 49ers
Highmark Stadium in the snow. (Photo via @ChrisWTOL/Twitter) The Buffalo Bills have announced that their ‘Sunday Night Lights’ drone show, initially scheduled for halftime during this Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, has been postponed. This comes as a result of the…
End of content
No more pages to load