And the Yankees are in the running for one of the ugliest performances in World Series history, competing with the 2007 Colorado Rockies. The 1919 White Sox put up more of a fight. In the final game, scorekeepers did New York a favor assigning only three errors instead of four. From Judge dropping a routine flyout, to Cole going on vacation instead of covering 1st, to Volpe’s throwing error, etc. the Yankees have once again proven that being able to hit isn’t worth a damn if you can’t also play solid fundamental baseball. I don’t know what the future has in store for Boone, but if I’m the owner of the Yankees, watching them piss away a World Series looking bored and defeated and making mistakes that D3 college players never make, I’d have a new manager by November 1st.
The Dodgers played solid, adaptable baseball both in the World Series and in the postseason. They went into every game ready to do the best they could do, and it produced results. Personally, I am a Braves fan, and my own team reminded me of the pennant-winning Yankees: sloppy, confused, and annoyed to still be there. So, while I am in the abstract pleased for Freddie Freeman, and happy that Shohei Ohtani now has a ring, I am now back to hating the Dodgers. I have nothing more to add. Hopefully a Dodgers fan on Lemmy can comment exultation in their victory, as is their due.
As a Mets fan, I tried really, really hard to hate the Dodgers, but can’t do it. Ohtani is just a force of nature, he’s that good. Freddie Freeman just isn’t as hateable as, say, Bryce Harper is now or Chase Utley was back in the day. And it’s hard to hate a team that does well when our pitchers keep walking them.
Yes, the Dodgers and Yankees are both buying all the players, but Uncle Steve has all the money, too, so now I can’t legitimately gripe about their large payrolls when the Mets spend just as much on players who aren’t on the team anymore.
I didn’t watch any of it, but I guess I got what I wanted, which is a bunch of sad Yankee fans watching another team win the WS in their Stadium.