Yankees celebrate an opening day walk-off, a breakdown

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The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are locked in a fierce extra-innings battle on Opening Day. The game is tied 5-5 in the bottom of the 11th inning when Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson steps up to the plate against Red Sox pitcher Kutter Crawford. Donaldson, the Yankees' newest acquisition, has been closely watched by the Yankee faithful as they get to know the outspoken veteran. The teams are employing a defensive shift, with the shortstop and second baseman positioned well to the right side, leaving a big hole up the middle. Crawford delivers a 96 mph fastball that Donaldson takes for a strike, making it 1-1. On the next pitch, Crawford throws his signature cutter, but leaves it up in the zone. Donaldson unloads on the pitch, driving it up the middle past a diving Xander Bogaerts. The ball rolls to the wall as the runners advance, and Kike Hernandez scrambles to retrieve it. Donaldson races down the line, yelling "Let's f***ing go!" as he reaches second base with a game-winning RBI double. The Yankees pour out of the dugout in celebration, with second baseman Gleyber Torres and pitcher Nestor Cortes among the first to mob Donaldson. "Let's f***ing go, baby!" Donaldson shouts, his intensity on full display. The team forms a raucous scrum, tugging at each other's hair in the traditional Yankees walk-off celebration. DJ LeMahieu, the ever-steady leadoff man, gets his hair ruffled enthusiastically. Outfielder Aaron Hicks tries in vain to get in on the hair-pulling action before settling for a high-five. Catcher Jose Trevino and Torres engage in an awkward double high-five, not quite syncing up their hands. Hitter Isiah Kiner-Falefa sneaks in to steal a high-five intended for Donaldson, drawing laughter from the group. The celebration has a sense of relief, as the Yankees needed this win badly after an underwhelming Spring Training. As the players walk off the field arm-in-arm, ace Gerrit Cole watches from the dugout, a wide grin spreading across his face at his team's jubilation.

yankees and red sox tied at five in the

11th inning opening day great game now

they're in extras and cutter crawford is

on the bump he throws a cut fastball

isaiah kinder philippa the ghost runner

on second alive and well josh donaldson

newest janky first game in pinstripes at

the dish now this isn't really a

breakdown about baseball or wacky play i

just got to figure out the personalities

of the new yankees yankees fans got to

know but i will let you know they are

shifting jd you can see the shortstop

all the way over here and the second

baseman here pretty big hole up the

middle that will come into play for sure

first pitch that cutter crawford throws

according to baseball savant is a cutter

90 miles per hour and i think donaldson

is like oh

i like that [ __ ]

if he throws it again i might swing

so he looks in we got the 1-0 he goes

that's like a four-seam fastball 96

miles per hour now it's 1-1 and cutter's

going to go back to the cutter and he's

going to get a little too much plate and

jd is going to get a lot of barrel and

it's right up the gap i love this shot

we got the full janitor throw from [ __ ]

and i kind of love story and bogart's

just casually sitting there i know that

they just went all out but at this point

they're just casually

chilling like you know on a break from

work just watching the play unfold

as kiki goes tumbling and the yankees

opening day walk off all right watch

this jd he's a little intense and he's

gonna be screaming

let's go

just screaming

look at this let's [ __ ] go baby and

who's the first one out glaber torres

who's the second one out nestor gleber

and nestor first one's out let's [ __ ]

go and then he's swamped he's swamped so

here's what we got

dj lemayo gets a head full of hair okay

noted dj the first one to go for the

hair

full nice nice hair session for him hixi

now you'll see hicks on the left he's

trying one swipe at the hair misses

another swipe misses another swipe

misses another swipe misses hicks is

trying real hard to get himself some

hair finally gives up and goes for the

high five

screaming i mean that shot

that shots

that i mean that shot is sexual and

sensual and everyone's saying it and

thinking it in their head

labor comes up now this high five is

interesting because it's like a double

high five okay

that's a bit of uh you know it's a move

it's advantageous who's it going to

glabor's got his hands up but so does

trevino the right hand and glaber miss

trevino gets the left but no one knows

what was the intention now higgy he asks

for a high five he's kind of a chill

character he asks for a high five he

gets a head to the shoulder and he's

like oh [ __ ] man that sucks judge smart

waits in the back just to proper dap up

and hug by him and then trevino and dj

say hi for the first time

that's nice uh kinger and jd a little

high five savvy on the left here wants

the high five wants the high five uh

okay got got got stiffed a little bit

but jd is making the rounds says what up

to kanger says it up to dj comes back

around don't worry savvy there you go

high fives galore high five for you high

five for you high five for you oh

kinger just stole the high five watch

this it's cute it's a cute move kinger

wasn't for him it's for jd he stole it

some intensity they needed it yanks

needed this pretty bad ah and that's a

nice moment hicks

and izzy

like a movie walking off together arm in

arm

and i think the most exciting shot was

cole's reaction because

he's excited he's excited he's excited

wait wait everybody please wait please

let's not embarrass ourselves wait okay

great

we're good

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