Gary Gives the Yankees the Lead in Game 4 of the ALCS, A Breakdown.
What Happened
In a critical Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, the New York Yankees are trailing the Houston Astros by a run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Gary Sánchez, the Yankees' star catcher, steps to the plate with two runners on base and his team needing a big hit to take the lead. Sánchez digs in against Astros pitcher Héctor Rondón, the count quickly going to 2-0. On the next pitch, Sánchez unleashes a powerful swing, driving the ball deep into the Yankee Stadium crowd. As the ball sails over the outfield wall, the Bronx erupts in cheers. Didi Gregorius and Greg Bird come racing home, giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead. The Yankees' dugout explodes with jubilation. Closer Aroldis Chapman, reliever David Robertson and catcher Austin Romine leap to their feet, pumping their fists. Infielders Starlin Castro and Chase Headley scramble over the dugout railing to celebrate with their teammates. Outfielder Aaron Judge and first baseman Bird eagerly await Sánchez at home plate, ready to congratulate him on the go-ahead blast. Even the Yankees' bullpen coaches, Bullpen Catcher Radley Haddad and relievers Chasen Shreve and Cody Bellinger, go wild, jumping and cheering with unbridled excitement. "Go, go, go, go, go!" they shout, their voices rising above the roar of the crowd. As Sánchez rounds the bases, he lets out a powerful fist pump, channeling the energy of the moment. "Let's fucking go!" he exclaims, his voice carrying across the field. Teammate Jacoby Ellsbury simply raises his index finger in a celebratory gesture, his stoic demeanor a stark contrast to the chaos unfolding around him. The Yankees' ball boy joins in the celebration, throwing his arms up and down in a jubilant dance. Even Yankees manager Joe Girardi gets in on the action, pumping his fist emphatically as his team takes the lead late in this crucial playoff game. "What a moment!" the FS1 announcer proclaims, capturing the pure elation and drama of Sánchez's go-ahead home run. The Yankees are now poised to take a commanding 3-1 series lead over their American League rivals, the Astros, as the game heads to the final inning.
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Click timestamps to jump to that momentAlright, I was trying to make gifs of all the reaction to this big hit
by Gary, but it's impossible. There's just too much good shit going on, so it
deserves a breakdown. You got a 2 -0 pitch. Gary smashes it. Now look up
here. I think I zoom in. Look at these bullpen dudes going crazy. That's blurry.
It's going to get good soon. That's because I zoomed in, but look at Canely
on the right. So here we got bullpen catcher. Don't know that guy's name. Shreve
and Canely just going nuts. Great shit
there. Didi scores. We got Chase is over the railing. CeCe is over the
railing. You know Todd's over the railing. Starlin's over the railing. Bird and Didi score.
Everyone's pumped up. That's not even close to the best angle of it, though. We'll
get into some more. Didi, great base running. Same with the triple. Scores, and this
is a great angle. Alright, you got Judge and Bird ready to attack them. You
got cheering going on. You got D -Rob, Romine on their feet. You got Todd
has already jumped. Starlin's already jumped. Chase is over. And look how high CeCe
gets. A little hop skip. This is CeCe's leg right here. A little hop skip.
Way up there. Look at that fucking bear coming to pounce on you. Ball boy's
happy as hell. This is a great picture. McCann just standing there. I spot a
go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go. Didi, okay, okay, I'm going.
A little flex right here. Woo! This is the slow -mo of Gary. Just great.
Point. I bet he threw that into a power thumbs down. Camera cut too early.
FS1. Know your shit. Gary's throwing this into a power thumbs down. It's what he
does. You got to let us see it. But Garty, go, go, go, go, go,
go, go. Let's fucking go. And, and, and, while Garty's going
crazy, you got Mr. Boring. Just a simple number one. Just a very simple number
one. That's the most you'll get out of Ellsbury at all times. But we'll take
it. Jake. Go, go, go, go, go. Todd jumps. Chase jumps.
Go, go. Cheerleader. Man. Oh, this is pretty cool. Look how this ball boy celebrates.
I mean, not trying to knock a ball boy here, but just rabbet himself like
he's playing the washing board. What is that celebration, bro? I mean, just,
just fiddling your tummy. And a nice solid fist pump out of
Joe here. That, that, what a moment.