{"id":120633,"date":"2024-11-01T00:40:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120633"},"modified":"2024-11-01T00:40:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T17:40:46","slug":"what-went-wrong-on-yankees-play-in-crushing-world-series-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120633","title":{"rendered":"What went wrong on Yankees play in crushing World Series moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It was the debacle to end all debacles.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/31\/sports\/gerrit-coles-legacy-start-all-caved-in-during-blunder-filled-fifth-inning\/\">miscommunication between Yankees ace Gerrit Cole and first baseman Anthony Rizzo<\/a> on a routine ground ball contributed to one of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/31\/sports\/yankees-inning-from-hell-sent-their-world-series-hopes-spiraling\/\">the most cataclysmic innings<\/a> in Yankees history on Wednesday, when the Bombers let Game 5 slip out of their hands and into the Dodgers\u2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/30\/sports\/yankees-season-ends-in-heartbreak-as-they-choke-away-game-5-of-world-series\/\">who rallied to a 7-6 victory<\/a> to win the 2024 World Series. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I took a bad angle to the ball,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/snyyankees\/status\/1851850289529180601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cole told reporters<\/a> as the dust of a disastrous fifth inning at Yankee Stadium settled. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure, really, off the bat, how hard he hit it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.nypost.com\/protected-iframe\/43b271a59568956a502f1276d7861d7e\" scrolling=\"auto\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"\" allow=\"camera; fullscreen;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI took a direct angle to [the grounder], as if to cut it off, because I didn\u2019t know how hard he hit it. By the time the ball got by me I was not in the position to cover first. Neither [myself nor Rizzo] were. Based on the spin of the baseball, and [Rizzo] having to secure it, and just a bad read off the bat\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees held a five-run lead at the top of the fifth inning and seemed poised to keep their World Series dreams alive.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>That all came crashing down following a series of blunders, which included a botched throw to third base by shortstop Anthony Volpe and a muffed line-drive catch by Aaron Judge, allowing the Dodgers to creep back into the game.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (r.) points towards first base after a Mookie Betts (l.) grounder in  the fifth inning of Game 5 of the World Series on Oct. 30, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Anthony Rizzo (l.) and Gerrit Cole (r.) talk following the first base blunder in the top of the fifth. <span class=\"credit\">USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With two outs and the bases loaded, Dodgers star Mookie Betts hit a grounder to first with Rizzo failing to charge while Cole \u2014 who initially ran toward the bag \u2014 stopped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose balls off righties, those are the hardest balls for us [first basemen to field] \u2026 I kind of was going for it, and then it kicked one way, so I had to really make sure to catch it first,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lGzzPyyLq3o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rizzo explained<\/a> afterward.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yankees lose the World Series to the Dodgers postgame live show | Pinstripe Post\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xpauhT_rTGg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI looked up to flip [the ball to Cole] and, uh, that\u2019s what happened\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles\u2019 five runs in the fifth tied the game, and two more in the eighth proved to be the difference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPitchers are always taught to get over, no matter what,\u201d Rizzo said. \u201cIt was just a weird spinning [ball] that I had to really make sure to [secure]. And I think, even coming through [and going directly] to first, I don\u2019t know if I would have [gotten] him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Gerrit Cole looks on following the Mookie Betts hit in Game 5 of the World Series. <span class=\"credit\">Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In addition to pondering the \u201cwould\u2019ve,\u201d \u201ccould\u2019ve,\u201d \u201cshould\u2019ve\u201d moments of the World Series, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/31\/sports\/anthony-rizzo-staring-down-undignified-yankees-end-after-world-series-miscue\/\">Rizzo is now entering uncertain waters<\/a> as a looming free agent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe uncertainty of what this clubhouse looks like next year is definitely up in the air. But when you lose like this, it\u2019s more just giving each other hugs and letting each other know how much they mean to you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rizzo has been with the Yankees since July 2021, when he was traded by the Cubs midway through the season.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/31\/sports\/what-went-wrong-on-yankees-play-in-crushing-world-series-moment\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the debacle to end all debacles. 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