A Nightmare Fifth Inning In Game 5 Dooms The Yankees And Hands The Dodgers The World Series Title

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All the life in my soul is gone. That took everything out of me. Lose 10-0 and I can just move on and go to sleep. That way though? That series? Despite only being five games, it's as bad as it gets. I may never let it down. 

That 5th inning may honestly live with me for the rest of my life. Do they go onto win the World Series if it goes their way? No way to tell at all. Most likely not, but at least this goes back to LA with enough momentum to press the Dodgers and make them think. Judge's drop, the Volpe/Jazz play, and the Rizzo/Cole fuck up will stay with me forever. Just sucked the life out of me and gave the Dodgers that window of hope to fight back and win this game. 

Judge gets his World Series homer and even a great catch right after that. Of course something finds its way to ruin it all. Like come on dude. 

Volpe's play was tough to make, but you gotta find a way to get an out there. 

And then the grounder to first…

Cole pitched his ass off tonight and it was all ruined by the three plays above. No one outside of the Yankees will give him credit for this, but he disarmed the Dodgers in both of his World Series starts. You can't say a single bad word about him. It all goes for nothing. Rizzo doesn't charge the ball because of the weird spin and Cole for some reason stops running to cover. It was the beginning of my worst nightmare. Bro, LOOK AT THIS. 

The Yankees lose the World Series in five games when they should have been up 3-2 going back to LA. It's insane, but true. Their bad defense and managing (in Game 1) lose it all before going back for Game 6. They just vomit on themselves constantly. The talent was there, but the fundamentals were nonexistent. It's infurating.

Boone will absolutely be back after getting them to the World Series. Hell, his only blemish was Game 1 of the WS. Sure the defense and baserunning fall on him, but it's not enough to cut him loose based on how they operate with him. Soto? Who the fuck knows. Any owner/front office would see what he does to a team and make it a certainty he's back, but with this team nothing makes sense. Another year older for Judge and Cole. This was your chance and they puked. I don't wanna see the light of day for weeks. 

P.S. For the love of God, please stop playing New York, New York after losses. Who decides that? Who thinks that's okay? The Dodgers just dogpiled on your field as you blasted your winning song? What the fuck are we doing?