The Sloppiest Inning You’ll Ever See Just Cost The Yankees Everything

[@BlanBlan19901990]

In the regular season that inning is horrendous but in the World Series it’s just so inexcusable it’s crazy. Stanton and Soto hard carried that team to the World Series. Horrific performances from everyone else

[@phillipambrose8857]

I've watched almost every Yankee game this season and I can safely say it's hardly a surprise to me. Our infield defense was an issue in May when the season started. We don't have a manager that can actually manage and hold players accountable. The one guy Boone did that with actually turned into one of our best playoff performers.

[@timklafke4712]

yeah stanton and soto have got to be fuming beyond what words can explain. I mean soto looks like he's ready to be a free agent and sign to whoever gives him good offers, so he definitely seems like he's finally had enough of the yankees shit lol

[@gabescoffield]

Ohtani played HORRENDOUS 😂 😂 YET HE GETS A PASS????? Waste of $$ if I ever seen it

[@kevingraves8655]

​@@gabescoffield One small man living on small datasets. He went off in the NLCS. He was a great RBI batter in the NLDS. He was perfectly average in the WS, but his job was done. The team already got there.

[@gabescoffield]

@ uh who cares? what he will be remembered by is all those strike outs in the world series the biggest stage possible and he looked like a deer in the headlights he got out shined by Freddie Freeman 😆 😆 😝 that’s pitiful

[@paulfromnyc]

Die hard Yankees fan here, after watching the WS, I’m not upset they lost, because even if they forced a Game 6, the chances of winning were very slim. It’s the fact HOW they lost. This made me realize how lucky we got making it past the ALCS, since Cleveland committed lots of errors, of course not nearly as bad as the haunted 5th inning. Dodgers basically exposed the Yankees weak baserunning and defense. Hats off to you Dodgers fan and your team for actually playing with heart.

[@josephharnett5075]

Thank You truly a class gesture on your part 👏

[@peterfconley]

When the Dodgers tied it up in the fifth, it seemed on tv like the mood in the stadium shifted as if the Yanks were then _down_ five. You’re big enough to admit what I think a lot of Yankee fans were feeling.

[@paulfromnyc]

@@josephharnett5075 haha! After going through the 5 stages of grief once we lost, I had to sit and analyze how we got to that point. I may be a Yankees fan, but I’m also a fan of baseball and I can’t let the bias blind me from the truth of how awful they have played in the postseason.

[@paulfromnyc]

@@peterfconley One can hope! I know there’ll be some Yankees fan who would argue about Ohtani not doing anything or how the Dodgers got lucky. To me, it’s just them on copium. If there are Yankees fans who are in denial, then they’re not true fans.

[@jerrycarlos8413]

@@paulfromnyc Thank you, Paul for your classy remarks. I try to do the same. I was born in LA and my wife was born in NY; however, we now live in San Diego. I still pulled for the Dodgers. Now next year we can both root for the Padres. Baseball really is a great game with lots of thinking required. WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR!

[@bonzobonanza]

This is going to haunt Yankees fans for a long time now

[@tmetz44]

Good

[@devantewilliams2169]

And it has

[@Nicholas73004]

Couldn't happen to a better fanbase. Karma is a bitch served cold.

[@devantewilliams2169]

@@Nicholas73004 I felt it

[@AirLancer]

Eh, the 2004 ALCS collapse will always be worse than anything else...

[@jbones2121]

I'm just gonna say..Cole pointing to 1st base like "get there, get there" and then...not getting there himself. SCREW YOU buddy! YOU, ONLY YOU, screwed that play.

[@hrs795]

Thinking he's the boss

[@TheRuneCollector]

I honestly think Cole’s ego is what cost them that game.

[@kennethsmith796]

Rizzo should have charged that grounder and took it himself Cole wasn’t winning that race with Mookie!

[@TheRuneCollector]

@@kennethsmith796 he could have beat Mookie if he ran properly. For some reason Cole ran straight at Mookie like he was gonna sack him instead of running straight to first.

[@rogermoses3785]

In fairness, I think as soon as Mookie made it he knew he fucked up. It was a mental lapse. The only way he gets there in time, in my opinion, is if he starts sprinting to first basically as soon as the ball is hit. He didn't think he needed to off the bat and paid the price.

[@toneriggz]

The Judge Popup was really bad but Cole not covering 1st was worse. That would’ve ended the inning without any runs.

[@BillyG3250]

None is worse both equally bad could say Cole wouldn’t have gotten to face Mookie if Judge caught the ball.

[@x1bl0odman]

Neither play was worse than the other. They’re all responsible for their loss.

[@Frenite]

The Judge popup was definitely the worst. Plays don’t get more routine than that. A little leaguer could have caught that ball.

[@Varrick24]

I disagree Judge was way worse. Cole got 2 solid strikeouts in anyways. The only reason we got in that position is because Judge dropped the ball.

[@logand3957]

One could forgive Cole for being mentally exhausted at that point of the inning. The Judge play was definitely worse.

[@j.b.1903]

I think you’re underselling just how terrible the fifth inning was. Never mind the worst inning we’ve seen in the World Series - this was the worst inning of professional baseball I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m a lifelong Yankee fan, and I was honestly glad our 6-5 lead didn’t hold. We didn’t deserve to win that game, or have a shot at trying to win the series, not after that inning. Watching the Dodgers celebrate at the stadium after losing a game in which we didn’t get outplayed but rather played ourselves was a fitting end to a season in which our propensity for stupid fucking errors ultimately outperformed our prodigious talent.

[@bobtaylor170]

I admire your integrity. I'm a lifelong Astros fan who thinks the 2017 World Series championship should be declared vacated. I suppose it's like this: no one has earned the right to be as disgusted with you as your parents have.

[@Ryukishi442]

It was the 3rd inning when I was buying tickets to Game 6, ready to see them again in LA (after going to G1). Man, was the end of last night tense! Instead, we booked a hotel for tonight to go down early and watch the parade tomorrow

[@emupike6]

2015 Rangers vs Jays was a worse inning than this imo

[@strobeunity6336]

@@emupike6eh tbf, the margin was a lot closer in that game. 3-2. This was 5-0

[@nz6241]

Eloquently put. I'm not fan of neither teams but I was totally befuddled by what happened to the Yankees defense on the fifth. That inning should of been over 3 outs ago. It's as though all of the bad luck and karma just piled up for Yankees in that inning.

[@tyrussleightholme7261]

The way they played games 1-3 cost them everything

[@57highland]

Yes, exactly. The Yanks didn't lose because they had a bad inning or a bad game. They lost because they had a bad series.

[@tmazz85]

Exactly my thoughts. Let's not act like this was game 7.

[@57highland]

@@tmazz85 Right. They were lucky they weren't swept.

[@ravin-yw1vj]

Even before Game 5 the downfall came in Game 4, it was all over for the Yankees when Fat Joe sang 😅

[@westoftherockies]

@@57highland they didn't play as good, thats how teams win and lose...whoever plays better generally wins the most....its not a matter of the dodger's being lucky...they played better baseball at the right time and all thru october, they beat all the teams everyone thought would lose to...first the padres, then the met and yankee's..the yankee's we're having bad luck, they played sloppy baseball...the dodger's were playing the padre's and mets, far better teams than the royals and guardians..so the yankee's had little chance...and the dodger's handed them game 4 pretty much by using a bullpen game with AAA pitchers...so it wasn't really an even match.

[@rogerj21]

That inning will live FOREVER.

[@sess122]

It sure as hell will...and couldn't have happened to a better team and city. Sure made up for that slob of a fan who tried to rip the ball out of Bett's glove in the previous game.

[@smasher.338]

15 years from now.... "so you think they will do it? The series is tied.." "Sure, unless we have another 'fifth inning flop' game."

[@John_Locke_108]

As someone from Red Sox nation, that makes me truly happy.

[@rogerj21]

@John_Locke_108 my brother in arms #SoxNation ❤️

[@rogerj21]

@@sess122 Karma is real.

[@tylerdurden4006]

I loved how the announcers were non-stop gushing over the pitcher and couldn't stop talking about how good he is, and then he gives up on covering first base...🤷🤦‍♂️

[@BlanBlan19901990]

To be fair Gerritt Cole is elite and the real deal. Genuinely shocked that the guy doesn’t think about running to first there. It’s crazy.

[@tylerdurden4006]

@BlanBlan19901990 Why did you say "to be fair" just to agree with me that giving up on covering first base was bad?

[@greggately5782]

People forget that rizzo could have ran to 1st as well.

[@JustLikeYou.]

Gerrit Cole is one of the best pitchers in baseball lol if Aaron judge just catches a relatively easy ball then the inning would have been over with Cole’s 2 strikeouts

[@tylerdurden4006]

@greggately5782 that doesn't change the facts or the video of a pitcher giving up on a super basic play of baseball.

[@lettybastien4624]

5 runs, 5th inning, 5th game of WS, 5-5 score. Five fives in yer face!

[@hrs795]

Underrated comment

[@JemJen02]

Freddie freeman #5

[@MichaelBecker-px5sy]

MVP #5

[@theshadowknows-u3t]

The fifth inning massacre.

[@DerangedHobbit]

Sure the Yankees made 3 bad errors, but you have to give it up to the Dodgers for being able to turn 3 errors into 5 runs.

[@legupff]

They also put themselves in position, up 3-1 in the series, where they had margin for error but the Yankees quite literally didn't.

[@Koyomimatic]

that was the difference between NY's road to the WS and the Dodgers' run. The Yankees gave their, arguably, weaker opponents chance after chance but those teams never took them. They faced a good team that wouldn't let that slide once and thus, imploded.

[@stevesand8845]

@@Koyomimatichonestly i HATE the dodgers, but i think their own defense was incredible, they made so many close plays that there easily could have missed, i think that if they had errors then the yankees would have taken advantage too… i mean 400 million dollar world series we should see no errors! I hate the yankees too by the way just not as much

[@aaronaguilar9172]

it was actually 2 errors. cole wasn’t an error , even tho there’s no reason why he didn’t cover first base lol

[@stevesand8845]

@ absolutely no reason whatsoever…. it’s gotta be driving Yankee fans nuts like “what just happened”

[@corytoews5222]

Blows my mind that Yankee fans try to throw a pity party over their team not winning for 15 years. In a league of 30 teams.

[@mikemccormick8115]

Because of history of an iconic traditionally winning team. They can’t rest on that anymore. Yankees are over the hill, over rated, no longer the great powerhouse. Fans delusional.

[@KayakerDude-cw1kk]

Entitled. If baseball ever brings in a cap they will never win another

[@raymondm.9954]

Thank you, John Henry, for reminding us that it doesn't matter how many good players you have, you still have only one chance in 30 of winning the World Series. That's sarcasm, but what, for all intents and purposes, he did say.

[@vgtrp]

Especially with teams who went longer without winning a World Series, and some teams haven’t won one at all.

[@BEDCORN]

@@mikemccormick8115 Yea i'm good on watching the Yankees, they turned into the baseball version of the Chargers where no matter how good they do in the regular season or look early in the playoffs you know they are going to blow it when the stakes get at their highest.

[@trutty]

1:20 "never fully went to cover the bag" is a still a really generous way to describe his effort on that play

[@Torgo1969]

But he did point at something!

[@John-tx1wk]

I believe the previous errors had taken Cole out of his game. That's hard to believe for a Cy Young Award winning pitcher in an elimination game of the World Series but that's all I can come up with. Every pitcher from Little League on knows to cover first on a ground ball to the right. And his explanation after the game just made it worse.

[@MikeCee7]

Who was charged with the error for that play? the pitcher or the first baseman?

[@grahammcfadyenhill9555]

From here he looked like he was standing still...Cole, if you are going to WATCH the game, at least buy a ticket.

[@jaffleyfifteen5912]

A microcosm of Yankees baseball all year. Cocky jogging showboating

[@j95lee]

Christmas comes early every year. The Yankees really embraced the gift giving spirit in that inning.

[@gar1256]

cole not covering 1st is the equivalent of Cam not diving for the ball in the Superbowl.

[@legupff]

Far worse. Cam is competing against 300 pound guys who will bite and kick you for the ball. Cole just had to run to the base and touch it with his foot.

[@24tommyst]

NY Yankees morphed into the Bad News Bears--the first practice version.

[@markjohnson3413]

Gerrit Cole error is by far the worst... Lack of effort or braindead. Others were just errors under pressure

[@bobtaylor170]

I look at that play and against it the Buckner fielding catastrophe against the Mets in 1986 seems to me to be an understandable mistake. It's just astonishing to see Cole standing there. Hadn't he learned that the pitcher must cover first before he got to middle school?

[@asterhal5233]

Well, he can always point to first base.

[@BlanBlan19901990]

Not by far the worst whatsoever. Judge pop up was so fundamental it’s crazy how you miss. You do drills like that 100x a day there’s no excuse

[@SK-lt1so]

Judge error was a mechanical mistake. Cole's mistake was a deliberate cognitive choice

[@scullystie4389]

​@@SK-lt1so baseball is so brutal for this, how a player can do everything right for 7 months, but falter one time in October and unravel the entire season. It's a beautiful game for the same reason, honestly.

[@richardzink6026]

It finally caught up to them . All year disregard for fundamental baseball, base running errors bad fielding. There is no excuse for this.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

A lot of people don't realize how many gifts they were handed along the way. They played pretty elite baseball for about the first 1/3 of the season but really they didn't even win the AL East as much as Baltimore lost it.

[@robloxvids2233]

The crazy thing is up until Betts, Cole had only allowed 1 harmless hit. Even once the bases were loaded he struck out the next 2 including the GOAT Ohtani. Had he covered first people would be talking about how Cole nutted up and bailed his teammates out for years to come. Instead, he got lazy and left them out to dry lol.

[@YesYou-zy7kp]

Everyone was striking out Ohtani.

[@xtlm]

I mean, Ohtani is great and all. But I wouldn't call him the goat when he went .105 with 2 hits in the World Series.

[@ninagrigoriev2772]

@@xtlm He went pretty hard during the regular season and he still has a fucked up shoulder right? He's still got time.

[@reptilexcq2]

I wasn't impressive with Cole even in game 1. Dodgers had a couple hits that almost homeruns, slightly short. And Dodgers have players in scoring position 3 or 4 times but failed or else the game wouldn't have been close.

[@legupff]

@@xtlm Even "GOATS" have bad series. Babe Ruth was once caught stealing with his team down multiple runs to end a WS. It's baseball, where hitters fail more than not and all of them are human, prone to make a mistake or have a bad week.

[@cameronkedas3375]

I love how at the part where Judge made that catch at the wall the announcers wouldn’t shut up about it, and said “superstar centerfielder”, then dropped the ball on one of the most routine plays in the game.

[@dwight8090]

A 300 million salary to have the biggest meltdown in one inning. Good job Yankees.

[@jimbob9828]

The Karma Kneel

[@phillipambrose8857]

That this happens to the Yankees is hardly a surprise if you've watched every game and listened to the drivel that is an Aaron Boone interview like I have. The poor fielding was an issue in May. The bad baserunning and running into outs was an issue in May. How is it that after 180+ games you can see no improvement in any of those areas? One word coaching. It's almost poetic that this series featured everything that makes Boone an absolutely horrible choice as manager of this ballclub. Terrible pitching decision in game 1 - check. Having your third base coach send your slowest player Stanton on a single straight at the fielder - Check. Terrible infield defense - Check. The closer situation worked out but just barely because Boone waited till Holmes was going to break the blown saves record before making what was the obvious choice since the All-Star break. It's soooo obvious that this manager cannot hold players or even his other coaching staff accountable because he is everybody's friend. I've said it before, and I'll say it again we never win with Boone. Only exception is if we face nothing but teams on the level of Clevland or KC which will never happen. Any half decent team a la the Astros of the past and the Dodgers here spanks this team.

[@YuriGoofov]

They were so bad all year at baserunning and fielding, so bad they were a meme, yet nothing changed. If Boone isn't on the hook idk who is..

[@legupff]

Well, to be fair, these are all veterans. If they have these issues, it's not new and it's not going away. The Yankees didn't have good fielding teams for most of the years when they were winning championships in the late 90's and early 00's, either, but it was usually the other teams making the critical baserunning error or something like that which put them over the top...if not fan interference going their way ; ) Different times.

[@emupike6]

Cole didn't cover first sure but Rizzo couldn't have been more lazy on that play either. Terrible all around love to see it

[@somejoe7777]

I'm not so sure. Mookie hit that ball off the end of the bat and it had a ton of sidespin on it. It bounced at first near the plate right on the line, and it looked like it was going to come straight to the bag, but it didn't. It went left, away from the line. This fooled Rizzo. He ran toward the bag to field the ball, but overran where the ball ended up, he caught the ball to his right instead of in front of him. This killed his momentum, and made him unable to get to the bag before the speedy Mookie. Now this is just something that happens in baseball, but this is why Cole MUST cover first on any ball that goes to his left, because you can't predict if the 1st baseman might not be able to field the ball in time. If Cole covers first like he was supposed to, Mookie is probably out.

[@MrCiaranm]

I agree, he took a relaxed path to the ball, then gave up when he could toss to Cole. If he dove at the bag, perhaps he would have gotten the out?

[@chris42069]

Lazy but also he knows he couldn't beat Betts to the bag. Rizzo is SLOW and has only gotten slower. So he didn't even try. Cole had the only play

[@BryanVGK23]

Rizzo wasn’t going to make that play

[@sess122]

@@somejoe7777 Twenty twenty hind site. Think Cole will always cover first in the future? Youuuu BETCHA!

[@ButchBrown7]

Its bigger than that it will go down in History and a Legacy that can't be erased🐶

[@jimbob9828]

The Karma Kneel. Kneel against USA = never win WS. Cpt. Jeter = 5 in 14 years Cpt. Judge = 0 in 8 years

[@theonionpirate1076]

As a Yankees fan, while this was horrific to watch, it doesn't matter really- the point was that the Yankees' fundamentals and mindset were just not what they needed to be. It could have happened slowly over the rest of the series, and that would have been preferable to watch, but the result would have been the same. The upside is that hopefully this experience can be a tough lesson for them. I think these are the kinds of experiences that turn unprepared noobs into seasoned and hard players that know and do what it takes to win.

[@iAintSayDat]

Made The Cut has been on top of these kinds of bad plays from the Yankees and others before it was cool, thats the kinda content I like.

[@LancasterResponding]

LA, Boston and NYC sports fans don’t know how good they have it. I’ve been alive for 32 years and I’ve seen my favorite teams in every major sport win two championships combined. I’ve seen those teams lose major championships than I’ve seen them win.

[@billcook4768]

I know parents of Patriots fans here in New England who struggled to convince their kids that this wasn’t normal. Kids were graduating high school having seen their team in the Super Bowl 10 times. Plus three WS victories and a basketball and hockey championships to boot. That’s got to warp your expectations for life.

[@LancasterResponding]

@ I like to think that with all the losing my fellow fans end up appreciating the championships more than like you said Boston sports fans.

[@wiltchamberlainisthegoat13]

I’m a graduate of the University of Kansas and live in the KC Metro area. In the last 16 years, going back to 2008, we’ve seen our major sports teams (Jayhawks, Royals, and Chiefs) win 6 major championships since 2008, Jayhawks 2 (2008, 2022), Royals 1 (2015), and Chiefs 3 (2019, 2022, 2023) with 10 championship appearances in 16 years (Jayhawks 4, Royals 2, Chiefs 4). If you would have told anyone in KC in the middle 2000s that the KC area would see 10 championship appearances with 6 championship wins from 2008 to now, they would have tried to get you committed for insanity. And as of right now, the Chiefs and Jayhawks are early favorites to win it all. In KC, such things just didn’t happen it seemed. This isn’t quite Boston-level success, but we are inching closer. It’s been a fun ride so far.

[@57highland]

The Yanks didn't lose the Series because they had a bad inning or a bad game. They lost it because they had a sub-par series.

[@seanb9698]

This game will be studied for years and I'm sure they'll be talking about it in NYC for decades.

[@SupremeOptimus]

Yankees went full White Sox

[@Bryan-yx2rt]

Nah, full Cleveland. Blew a 3-1 lead in both 07 and 16 and who could forget, 97

[@dwhitty25]

You NEVER go Full White Sox.

[@dochudson9393]

Nah, 2015 Rangers

[@sess122]

Yup, Little League White Sox...and as a long time Red Sox fan, I LOVED it!

[@Kevin-t6h7w]

More like the Bad News Bears with the three errors

[@trajan75]

I've been watching the Yankees since the 1957 Series. They've won some and lost some, but they never played a sloppy inning like this one. They never shooed have replaced Joe Girardi. He insisted on the fundamentals

[@vernpascal1531]

On the positive side they got to the WS, how many teams do that? So difficult to repeat now, you've had a great year getting there.

[@trajan75]

@@vernpascal1531 Yeah, I suppose we're spoiled. I was actually 9 y years ofd when a non New York won a non New York team won the World Series ( Braves 1957). It was just that the 5th game was such a disaster. Bur thanks for the wise words.

[@trustedcobra8708]

Been waiting for this vid all day. Appreciate what you do!

[@Steve33056]

This was the worst inning I ever saw in my life from a professional baseball team. The NY Yankees should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. They looked like a drunk high school team that had no clue what they were doing. How embarassing! Now you have to live with it the rest of your lives. Deplorable. The Yankees deserved to lose after that disgraceful performance.

[@klaw7802]

The worst manager in baseball should have called a time out after the Volpe Blunder to focus the team. But of course that would have entailed actually managing. Mental toughness. A term never used around Yankee Stadium

[@magnumvanisher]

Gawr Gura sends her regards in cursing the Yankees. But seriously, that 5th inning blunder has costs the Bronx Bombers everything.

[@Bert439]

Her Chumbuds were proud to be called upon!

[@LeskoBrandon59]

My 2 favorite MLB teams are the Atlanta Braves and whatever team is playing against the Yankees .

[@s.vancourt9541]

The Series was lost when the Dodgers won game 3. This inning was symptomatic, but cold bats had already spelled their doom.

[@kevinbergin9971]

1:20 Be careful, having seen Rizzo a lot since he joined the Yankees, I have to point out that he always waits for the pitcher and never takes it to 1st himself. Therefore, even if the hop had been true, he wouldn't have beaten Mookie to the bag.

[@dantaboo]

I am wondering if Mookie Betts would've beat Cole at first base anyway but yeah still bad not to show any hustle for the World Series lol

[@homerunhitters333]

IT WAS RIZZO'S FAULT. RIZZO HAD THE BALL WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO GET TO 1ST BASE FOR THE OUT. RIZZO SAW THE RUNNER COMING AND HE PUSSIED OUT.

[@user-dp5go8hr6w]

Judge should have also gotten that Hernandez double. He eased up at the wall. He was in his head.

[@legupff]

He doesn't have CF range, despite the play earlier in the game. He's a RF, but the Yanks have sacrificed defense to try and get an extra bat out there. It didn't work out this time.

[@artgutierrez6568]

Let's be real here. The Curse of Fat Joe is what caused the Yankees downfall.

[@Juancilra]

The Yankees had flipped the momentum of the series completely and were steaming towards an unprecedented comeback. Then all the momentum was lost in this one inning. After slumping all playoffs, Judge had finally snapped out of his slump. The Yankees offense was back on track. Their ace Cole was pitching a gem. After a stellar catch in center, Judge muffed a routine fly. Is that the worst error in a World Series since Buckner?

[@metal4ever516]

All respect... no. The 2024 Yankees are not the 04 Red Sox. They weren't coming back. Beyond that.... yeah, they shot themselves in the foot.

[@leonardbertaux6897]

Well not as bad as Billy Buckner. Buckner was pathetic, a real crippled man who couldn’t bend over far enough to reach the ball as it went through his legs. Judge on the other hand just took his eyes off the ball in that split second before it went into the glove. Remember young lads, no peeking or you too may go down in baseball history as a loser like Aron Judge.

[@YesYou-zy7kp]

I don't think the Yankees would come back. They won Game 4 because Roberts put 3rd string pitchers out there. That would not have happened 3 games in a row.

[@simplystreeptacular]

@@metal4ever516 They weren't coming back but they could've forced a Game 6 and gone down swinging. Instead they went out on one of the biggest chokes in baseball history. .....I was DELIGHTED. #RedSoxNation

[@drygnfyre]

@@YesYou-zy7kpand even then the dodgers were in the game until the last inning or so.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

Aaron Judge is a celebrity superstar who deserves every bit of the fame and acclaim he receives. Gleyber Torres is a scrub who has been coasting on 2/3 of one good season for about six years now and deserves to be playing in Mexico.

[@vmi4172]

Aaron Judge can be Superman for all we care. End of the day, doesn't matter a bit. He'll still go down as the biggest postseason choker in history and a disgrace to the legacy of Yankees captains.

[@CinemaDemocratica]

@@vmi4172 I very seriously doubt that that's how he'll be remembered but let's come back to this thread in seven or eight years and see who's right. I'll probably be dead, but I can make arrangements if you like. :D

[@edlawn5481]

It looked like something straight out of "Eight Men Out".

[@grbmajor6645]

Hmmmm.......🤔🤨😲

[@kage5439]

300M+ for a team with tons of holes and a bunch of chokers. Well done Cashman!

[@baseballkid3542]

They would've lost no matter what

[@TheRealPunisher]

Thats what im saying. No way they were gunna beat the dodgers 4 times in a row to win it all.

[@theshadowknows-u3t]

@@TheRealPunisher You never know. Nobody thought the Yankees would win four in a row against the Braves in 1996.

[@TheRealPunisher]

@@theshadowknows-u3t being down 2-0 to 3-0 is a huge difference

[@theshadowknows-u3t]

@@TheRealPunisher Still, back then everybody said it was over when they were down 2-0.

[@timothywright567]

That's not the point though. You're right. They were toast anyhow, but this is embarrassing for a professional team, and especially one paid the amount these guys are.

[@billcook4768]

Judge had played 225 games as a centerfielder before last night. Zero errors.

[@legupff]

Great stat. You can clearly see him take his eye off the ball early to check the runner and see if he could get a double play. Very akin to a receiver taking his eye off the pass early to plan a football move.

[@trueTamao]

except the one that matters most

[@user-th9fv5hn1z]

His very first error in ALL of 2024.. and it's a routine fly ball. During the world series. Even as a Dodgers fan I still can't believe it

[@vmi4172]

Just more proof of how weak minded he is. Poor guy ain't built for this. Epic playoff bum. Crumbles under the spotlight.

[@steveclark8304]

​@@legupff That's what l thought too. If there was no base runner, that ball would have been caught, probably.

[@sess122]

Judge's muff is a perfect illustration of outfielders nonchalantly making stupid show off, one handed catches, something you'd NEVER see as recently as a few years ago. Even when I played little league ball years ago, the coach/mgrs always made sure to let us know to CATCH THE BALL WITH TWO HANDS! For a "championship team", especially the "mighty" NY Yankees they truly looked like a bunch of little leaguers in that 5th inning and the freaking World Series no less! And good for Mookie Betts on his hustle down the line...he could smell the goof unfolding as he went.

[@mikemilner8080]

These days too many players don't concentrate on fundimentals and put more effort into showing off than showing up. The Chicago Bears did the same thing against Washington - clowning around before the Hail Mary and then giving up the winning score.

[@EdwardSokolowski-n9l]

If I caught the ball one handed in little league I would have to run a lap around the field and if I dropped it using 1 hand I would have to run 5 laps

[@legupff]

@@mikemilner8080 What makes money is showing off.

[@simplystreeptacular]

@@EdwardSokolowski-n9l ..... is your old Little League coach in the market for a new job? And how does he feel about New York weather? 🤣🤣🤣

[@sess122]

@@legupff Interesting point...guess that's the name of the game these days.

[@BlanBlan19901990]

There’s no excuse for Judge and Cole but I’ll give Volpe/Chisholm some slack although it is still an error. The placement of the runner makes the play fairly difficult and far from routine

[@Michael0663-qo4wx]

He prolly shoulda just thrown to first base for the out

[@MikeCee7]

Who was charged with the error for that 3rd error? the pitcher or the first basemen?

[@AirLancer]

5th Inning: "Nah, we'd lose."

[@chinareds54]

Did Volpe have a play at first? Given where he was I'll assume 2nd was out of the question, but trying to cut down the lead runner in a 5-0 game may have been a mistake too.

[@Rabbi_Rabbs]

Reminiscent of 1981. Yankees up 2-1 in the series, leading 6-3 in game 4. About to take commanding 3-1 series lead. But, easy pop-up dings off Reggie Jackson's shoulder, and next thing we know, Dodgers steal game 4 to tie the series, and take the next 2 games.

[@scottaznavourian3720]

Torres jumping up and down when cole doesnt cover first is epic 😂

[@Alexander_Grant]

I speak for all America when I say it was awesome seeing the Yankees lose like that. Couldn't have happened to a more deserving fanbase.

[@mikemilner8080]

New York will never be happy till all their major profession sports teams (baseball, basketball, hocky, and football) win the world championship in the same year! The fact that New York has two teams in each sport insures at least one won't be the champion never bothers a true New York fan.

[@alexortega714]

YES YOU DO.

[@fenwaypark1725]

I’m Boston all over but you were representing the American League damn you.

[@rushdiehard8784]

Judge is and will never be in ohtanis league. PERIOD. THE END

[@josel.martinez7210]

Cole, you were the best Player on the Dodgers team on that unforgettable 5th Inning!

[@mikemccormick8115]

Fans all upset, players go home, take a hot bath and weeks off, count their millions😂😂😂

[@legupff]

Right. It's just a game. A rich man's game, really.

[@Pops3r]

Finally someone gets it

[@christhornton1785]

Whats disturbing is they screwed up making bad plays that even Little Leaguers wouldn't make.

[@SciModeler]

After the second error, Yankees looked like a lost team already.

[@omegakilo871]

Looks like they’re going to have to spend another billion to fix that problem😂😂😂

[@kyle381000]

This inning reminded me of the infamous 7th inning between the Rangers and the Blue Jays in 2015 ALDS. The Rangers just spit the bit, and essentially had to get six outs because they blew three easy ones.

[@MikeCee7]

Is this as bad of a choke than the 1986 Red Sox, 2 outs, 2 strikes, up by 2 runs, and lost the game. Thanks to a pass ball/wild pitch & an infamous error. All they needed was one more strike to win the World Series.

[@bettyvillegas8785]

Thank you for the run down!! 😂 was unablable to watch the game had to work 😢

[@TarenaD]

And it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

[@jovisvault22]

For a dodger fan it’s the most beautiful inning we’ve ever scene we got tacos for your heartbreak tho New York

[@davyhall6886]

It was beautiful to watch.

[@domwings4329]

Judge single handedly blew their chances

[@javi994]

All three errors did

[@domwings4329]

@@javi994he couldn’t hit at all. Your best player isn’t a threat. That’s huge

[@NxNWhiskey]

I could watch this 1000 times and still find joy in it. Not a Dodgers fan, just love watching the Yankees lose.

[@grahammcfadyenhill9555]

Yep. Nothing more entertaining than watching a bunch of millionaire baseball players who couldn't catch a cold...SMH.

[@hrs795]

True. 😂

[@paulkalff6408]

"Bayzball haz been berry, berry good to me!" Chico Escuela, Mets. He could never handle a slow-roller at 2nd.🤣🤣🤣

[@kaylemain2006]

For the first two errors, frustrating but sometimes that happens. You will drop a ball someday in baseball. The first base error? BRUH.

[@joshuay7554]

Cole did the hard part of striking out 2 consecuritve only to have it all unravel because he couldn't be bothered to run to first.

[@kaylemain2006]

@@joshuay7554 I can't find an explanation for it. Not for a World Series game.

[@theonionpirate1076]

@@kaylemain2006 I think the answer is, the relief of having gotten the groundout overcame him for a moment. That, or he misread Rizzo and/or the ball. Of course he still should have run, but after that inning, I think he just momentarily hoped/thought Rizzo had it and it was over, and had a brain fart.

[@MercilessMe]

Cole still has to be mad. Dude absolutely carried them, but as soon as the D fell apart you could tell he just lost the heart.

[@TheGreatChrisB]

Cole honestly shouldn't have been pitching in the fifth. He was doing great before that and then clearly was getting gassed, but they didn't sub him out. Even the commentators said they couldn't believe how long they were leaving him in.

[@FoshuaJoster]

Agreed, once it got to bases loaded they should have taken him out. If not then, then after the first run scored from Betts’s single.

[@theonionpirate1076]

No way. Only one baserunner had been his fault up to then. He had only thrown like 60 pitches. After he was taken out too early in Game 1, everyone was saying how the move has to be to leave him in. Since that inning was 90% not his fault, taking him out would have been crazy. I mean, he did the job pitching wise- two huge K's and a weak ground ball. And he did great until 2 outs in the 7th. He just had a fielding brain fart.

[@Michael0663-qo4wx]

@@FoshuaJoster Yeah Yankees should of brought in a left handed relief pitcher against Freddie Freeman in the 5th after that gaff.

[@jocera]

Astros v Dodgers would have been a better series but those dang Astros never got out of the WC

[@ratedRblazin]

Mets deserved to be there way more than the Yankees did.

[@joselitopena7396]

I am a Yankees fan. But that 5th inning is something that many Yankees fans are not going to forget for a long time. Thanks to Judge, Volpi, Cole, and Boone for not sending the pitching coach to talk to Cole after ot covering first base. Actually Boone made some mistakes, especially handling his pitchers. But it’s what it’s, hopefully they sign Soto to a long term contract, if not, then sign a good starting pitcher.

[@baseballkid3542]

Dodgers best team in baseball

[@abc456f]

They played sloppy defense the whole series. I lost count how many times they missed the cutoff man on hits to the outfield. Ball ending up bouncing around in the infield. Giving up a 5-0 lead shows they didn't deserve to go further. Lifetime Yankees fan.

[@HelePelu]

😂WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KAMALA HARRIS AND THE YANKEES? … ONE SWALLOWS AND THE OTHER CHOKES😂

[@Jasper7182009]

Hele: who let you out of your garbage can?

[@woodysmith2681]

I've seen sloppier. I have 13 or so at the time and the rain was literally blinding, so no one could see the runners or the ball once hit. But yeah, nothing beyond that level of Little League.

[@carlosrobles5591]

This is all on Judge. He started this shit storm, fubar.

[@Darklinemtb]

Will smith with the quick shove at the end lol

[@ropeblaster420]

He's usually more of a slapper.

[@lmabacus404]

lol, that wasn't a shove, it was a dropped third strike and Smith had to tag him to get him out

[@Darklinemtb]

@ ohhh got it 👍🏻I thought he was out as soon as he swung and missed.

[@drewstice992]

Game is rigged

[@thepresidenthatesme5045]

Lol

[@meg4458]

LOL first line of defense from a sore azz loserrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@chazzx1018]

So what? Mad the Yanks didn't get the win. All sports are rigged.

[@8ballbronze]

A part of we wants to say “ur mad”, but good god that was a little league inning. It might be rigged.

[@Bryan-yx2rt]

Is that you, Donnie?

[@cforte0423]

Typical Cole. F's up and clearly thinks it was Rizzo.

[@UnderwaterShadow]

Judge not catching the ball is not a big deal to me, human nature type shhh but Cole not running to first was CRAZY

[@razzamaloo]

One of the best players in the world (Judge) dropped a ball you would expect little leaguers to make. The highest paid pitcher in baseball didn’t cover first on a play that would’ve gotten them out of the inning cleanly. As a Red Sox fan, this was so fun to watch!

[@TheTrueOne15]

Cole deserves the World Series MVP, dude pitched his arm off only to NOT cover first. Secured the dodgers the win. True MVP

[@curtismatsune3147]

I think even the attempt to get the lead runner out at 3rd by the Yankee SS was an ill-advised play. They were up 5-0 over halfway through the game and the double play was right there. I can see the attempt to get the lead runner in a tighter game but with the routine double play right there why worry about getting a shut-out? And after the double play you'd still have just the runner on 3rd with the sac fly now taken out of play. It wasn't a bad decision per se, just the lesser one compared to the double play in that particular situation with such a big lead.

[@BrianFeighner]

Like Beetlejuice said about the Exorcist, "I've seen it about a hundred and sixty-seven times, and it keeps getting funnier every single time I see it."

[@2112CO]

Yankees got outplayed bad in this series.

[@liogonzalez8813]

I hope they can continue playing like that next season. Let's go Yankees. 😂😂😂😂

[@walkingslug]

Cole not wanting to run to the bag reminded me of Cam Newton now wanting to dive on the fumble in the Super Bowl.

[@keithbeck2300]

Yankees ahead 5-0 in the 5th inning and Cole was dialed in, he was unstoppable. I was watching thinking about game 6 in LA, this Yankees team was talented enough to make history and be the first team to win a World Series after being down 0-3. After all, the Red Sox made history in 2004 coming back after being down 0-3 to win the AL championship against ironically, the Yankees. And then it happened. Watching the Yankees play defense in the 5th inning made me wonder if someone spiked their Gatorade cooler with LSD. The biggest one inning World Series meltdown I've seen since Red Sox vs Mets in game 6 in 1986.

[@benjaminmahesh8249]

I had a HORRIFICALLY bad October. (Lost my job, my wife’s job became undesirable due to some policy changes, kids both got sick multiple times, and then we got sick at the end of the month) This inning makes up for all of that

[@neil216]

Jomboy does the analysis with the scouting report. Brutal. Yankees are “talent over fundamentals”…”make them play baseball and self-inflict”. But all in one inning?

[@JoeyGasblow]

The thing everyone is going to remember about the defensive meltdown in the top of the fifth was Judge dropping the easy line drive. Then came the throwing error at third base that failed to get the force out. Bases loaded, no outs for the Dodgers. Cole suddenly finds himself stuck in a jam, but manages to strike out the next two batters, including Ohtani. Then came the real turning point of the game, in my humble opinion. It wasn't when Judge dropped the fly ball, it wasn't the throwing error at third base, and as much as Cole pitched his heart out and should have won this game, the turning point, in my opinion, was the moment Cole failed to cover first base on the ground ball hit to Rizzo. If Cole covered first, it probably would have been a close play because of Mookie's speed, but it's also quite possible that the Yankees get out of the inning, still with a 5-0 lead. Everything forgotten. There's 90 feet between home plate and first base, and only 60 feet between the pitcher's mound and first, so even with Mookie's speed, Cole had a 30-foot advantage. Turning point of the game? Cole failing to cover first base. That's what I will always remember, more so than Judge dropping the fly ball. I realize it was a miscue between Cole and Rizzo, but a pitcher's first instinct should always be to cover first on any ground ball hit to the first base side. Even if he was tired, Cole should have hustled to first at the crack of the bat for the flip from Rizzo. What do you guys think?

[@77Ronnie77]

Time to get off the emotional New York Yankee roller coaster ride.

[@BradfordMcEwenVARENNA]

NY YANKEES: a lil old message for you…Ohtani was virtually a non entity in the series, had he been his old self, you would have been WAY MORE EMBARRASSED! You were outclassed!

[@MikeCee7]

Buckner is smiling from heaven. RIP (it wasn’t your fault, others were to blame for that 1986 catastrophe)

[@flyinpigmusic331]

This is an elimination game. You gotta be at a "do or die" mentality the entire time. Rizzo completely half assed that play. You can see him giving up hustling to the base while Mookie is still a few steps away. I don't care who you are, the way the inning has been going, you rush your ass off to the base until visual confirmation that the pitcher is covering, even diving for the bag if you must. Your entire season is on the line. That being said... Thank you Yankees!!!! Go Dodgers!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂