News and Notes: Is Today Yankee Elimination Day?

The Dodgers won 4-2 last night to go up 3-0 on the Yankees.

I enjoyed laughing at Frankensteinish Giancarlo Stanton getting thrown out trying to score from second on a single. I enjoyed seeing Alex Verdugo bat flip and admire a meaningless 2-run home run with two outs in the ninth. I enjoyed seeing mediocre Yankees’ pitchers attempt to beat Freddie Freeman on inside fastballs. I enjoyed seeing Yankees swing and miss at two dozen four-seamers in the zone. I enjoyed seeing the Yankees continue to be very bad defensively. I also enjoyed the fact that they haven’t had a first baseman hit a home run since July 31st.

I did not enjoy realizing anew that this team was eminently beatable and the…