Friday Post - Greatest Cleveland Playoff Game Ever Hangover Post

 A few thoughts heading into game 4

(1) Like so many Guardians fans, I have watched the highlights on X over and over again.  English, Spanish, Hammy, Anderson, soundless, fan cam, MLB cam, with music overlayed, long distance view (always my favorite).  All of them were great.  

(2) I continue to be disappointed at Yankee fans, both on the internet and in person.  One fan's accounting of the arrogance of Yankee fans at the game last night (one fan called out to a group of Guardians fans something like 'It's OK to be a loser' after the Judge/Stanton HRs);

I have said this before and will say it over and over again:  New Yorkers have recently survived September 11th and the worst of COVID (which hit NYC hard and very early).  New Yorkers are strong, vibrant, fiercely resilent people.

So why do Yankees fans have to be entitled, arrogant, disrespectful butt holes?  

It's just a bad look and you have to ask yourself, if every other team in baseball WANTS your team to lose, and you haven't been to the World Series in 15 years, don't you think it is time to lose the elitist, taunting, degrading attitudes and just be mensch?    I mean, why not start today?

(3) The play by Gimenez, the AB by Gimenez, the play by Josh Naylor on Gimenez's great play, the AB by Thomas, the HR by Manzardo, the basehit by Bo Naylor, the outing by Avila and even the outing by Walters also should be remembered in this game.

(4) Some of the crazy numbers/records that came out of this game amaze me.  There are too many to list but one that sticks in my mind is that David Fry is the only player  in MLB history who has 2 go-ahead HRs in the 7th inning or later in his ENITRE post-season CAREER.   And he did it in one year and against good relief pitchers, too AND in pressure-packed situations.

(5) Finally, these thoughts on Game 4:

• Just keep continuing to play Guards ball.  
• Williams needs to give us as much as he can for as long as he can.  
• Cantillo will be needed in this game and needs to be deployed at the beginning of an inning.  This is his redemption game, just like last game was Walters'.
• If Emmanuel Clase is reading this, all us Guardians fans love you.  We are there with you as you take the mound today and for the rest of this post-season.  
• Go Guardians and we will see you on the other side of Game 4.  We are with you in person and in spirit.  Thanks for the amazing memories so far and we are rooting for you to build on them.