Didi Gregorius Just Misses a Game-Changing Home Run, a breakdown
What Happened
Didi Gregorius steps to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, with the New York Yankees trailing by one run. The game is on the line and the packed Yankee Stadium crowd is on the edge of their seats, hoping for a game-changing moment. Gregorius takes a hack at the first pitch, sending a deep drive to right field. Astros outfielder Josh Reddick tracks it back to the warning track, leaping at the wall to make the catch. The crowd lets out a collective gasp, as Gregorius' blast falls just short of a go-ahead home run. Reddick celebrates the out, while Yankees fans in the stands can't believe how close Gregorius came to delivering a game-tying or even game-winning hit. Earlier in the inning, the Yankees loaded the bases with a walk to Gleyber Torres. The at-bat was tense, with Torres fouling off several high-octane fastballs before drawing the free pass. Celebrities like Spike Lee and Nick Turturro watched anxiously from the front row, hoping to see the Yankees pull off a dramatic comeback. Astros catcher Martín Maldonado and pitcher Enoli Pareds struggled to get on the same page with their pitch selection, leading to some confusion on the mound. However, Pareds was able to work out of the jam, preserving the Astros' slim one-run lead. In the top of the next inning, Maldonado nearly added an insurance run for Houston, absolutely crushing a pitch that had the crowd thinking it was a home run. However, the ball fell short of the wall, much to the dismay of Astros pitcher Ryne Stanek, who had already started celebrating the homer. Despite the close calls, the Astros held on to win a tightly contested game against their AL rivals, the New York Yankees. The drama and tension of the late-inning moments had the packed Yankee Stadium crowd on the edge of their seats, with Didi Gregorius' near-game-tying blast leaving them heartbroken as the home team fell just short of a comeback victory.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentthis one's brought to you by the sports
letter and it's the biggest moment of
the game where the Yankees maybe had a
chance to do something one of the few so
we got Maldonado going through the signs
but they're not on the same page call
steps off Maldonado's like we're doing
this sequence calls like wait what
sequence the shelter we're doing the
shelter the shoulder okay cool let me
get some pine tar great let me get a
little unstick in between my legs there
all right see that glitch I have more
complaints about this broadcast than
anything everything was glitching you
see that glitch what the hell is that
look at this this is what we were
dealing with the entire feet just
glitches anyway ball one to Glaber [ __ ]
need more pine tar ok cool wait I put
too much on my thumb we unstick that
between my legs real quick the Yankees
use pine tar everyone uses pine tar I'm
not complaining I just think it's funny
how blatantly obvious it is and no one
in MLB cares I don't care
throws back to get the speedster Eddie
he's not there and Glaber fouls back the
2o which is a swinging pitch and he came
with the fastball and then that's the
pitch Glaber probably regrets so I'm
gonna go back look at this
the 2o fastball he swung and missed he's
gonna get another fastball 2 1
Maldonado drops the glove down to fake
him out in case he's getting signs
that's like you know go in the dirt but
it's not it's a high fastball 98 miles
per hour Glaber fouls it back
the 2-2 is another 99 fastball Glaber is
all over it another 2 2 he spikes that
one in the dirt now the count is full
and people are excited that guy's very
nervous though Glaber has faced this is
his third time having a 3-2 count with
runners on and all three times the
pitcher has thrown a curve ball first
and he spoils that one he was sitting
fastball just throws the bat how do you
like this camera shot this is the one
thing fs1 did cool this is the same
thing they use in the NFL where it's got
wires and the camera goes up and down
I've never seen a camera shot at Yankee
Stadium like this I think it's actually
very cool I wish they could color
correct themselves everything's
whitewashed to death like the color
palettes all wrong
they walk Glaber the
bases are loaded there's uh Spike Lee
and Nick to Touro some celebrities front
row DD is he going to give them a big
at-bat no he's a swing first pitch and
he almost almost what they don't cut
they just for today take forever to cut
to the action they cut to the action and
it is caught by my good friend Josh
Reddick at the wall takes a deep breath
look how close that was would have been
a game changer would have brought the
house down judge you got Nick tuturro
pushing in the background [ __ ] damn
could have been a huge moment deep
breath and look at this guy on the Left
just resigned by it like yeah okay
little kid can't believe it this guy so
mad how and then later and later in the
inning or the top half of the next thing
we had another scare Maldonado takes the
oh one pitch and just crushes it and you
can see the pitcher kane lee yell [ __ ]
and you can see Maldonado pimp it a
little bit and these are just look at
Kane Lee looking at it like goddammit
whitewashed uniform and everyone thinks
this is gonna be out and it's not if you
ask me the balls are definitely
different I don't know if they truly are
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