There is nothing you can do to stop future Hall-of-Famers from coming through in the clutch every single time it mattered. The Yankees played a better ALCS and earned their forty-first World Series appearance.
Energies are better spent remembering the entire season. Back in spring the Guardians were not expected to win the division or even make the playoffs. And yet, a first-year manager pushed this team to outperform what most believed possible. While the other top contenders in baseball stuck with a core group of contributors the Guardians embraced a next-man-up mentality. I don’t know about you, but watching that group smolder all summer is not a memory that one difficult playoff series…
