Didi Gregorius’ actions following his most important action spoke loudest.
For after the shortstop blasted a Tyler Duffey fastball 369 feet into Yankee Stadium’s second right field deck Saturday afternoon, ending his misery and extending that of the Yankees’ punching bags from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, he admired the ball’s flight for a moment as he held his bat in his left hand, swung his left arm forward, grabbed the bat with his right hand and politely tossed it toward the Yankees’ dugout.
If you could throw a title on this and enter it into the Best Short Film (Live Action) category at the Oscars, you’d call it, simply, “Relief.