Yankees Lose a Soul-Crushing, Roller Coaster Game 3 To Let Cleveland Back Into The ALCS

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October baseball man, exhilarating as much as it can be soul-crushing. One minute I thought the Yankees were gonna have a World Series DVD moment that I could go back to and remember for the rest of my life. Judge and Giancarlo going back to back to take the lead late off Clase in Game 3 of the ALCS. 

It was euphoric. You just needed to get 6 more outs to make it matter. 

In comes your sure-handed closer to nail down a four out save. Has he been relied on a bunch this postseason? No doubt, but you gotta live and die with him. Probably shouldn't have pitched in a 4 run game in Game 2, but that's besides the point now. It's been a year of wizardry for Luke Weaver. With 2 outs in the 9th, he finally made a mistake and kept the series alive for Cleveland. 

In extras a locked in Clay Holmes, reverted back to his old self and served up the walk off to David Fry. That was all she wrote.

Soul crushing. Pain. All the pain. An incredible game if you're a Guardians fan or a neutral party. Legit everything that's great about October baseball. For a Yankee fan though? Enough to make you lose all the sleep you planned on getting and rethink everything you've ever done. Just gonna stare at my ceiling for hours tonight wondering how the fuck that happened. Yes the Yankees still lead 2-1 in the series and are still in the driver's seat, but giving up that kind of momentum and letting a team believe like the Guardians are right now is devastating. Tomorrow the Yankees start a rookie who hasn't pitched since September 28th. Gotta turn the page somehow, flush it away, and show up tomorrow ready to go. Goddamit.