“Again?”-Dodgers’ 3X Champ Rubs Salt in Aaron Judge Led Yankees’ World Series Wound With Brutal Scrutiny

The New York Yankees had the chance to break the drought that’s been on since 09’ this time. Yet they couldn’t. However, when you go to break down where their dreams start unraveling, you will find it’s not on one night. They didn’t lose in game 5! Their play came apart thread by thread and game by game. Game 2, the Yankees offense was in dismal condition, allowing pitching no room for error. In Game 3, Juan Soto’s throw allowed Shohei Ohtani to take third base and score on a sacrifice fly.

However, despite those blunders, the true cake of what really wrecked it all for them was Game 5 of the World Series. All that had to go wrong went wrong. And it’s shocking because they were off to a great start in the game. Aaron Judge and Jazz Chisholm’s back-to-back homers in the first inning got everyone excited for a probable Game 6. Then Giancarlo Stanton’s hitting his seventh homer in the playoffs surpassed Alex Rodriguez’s franchise record—another winner. Gerrit Cole didn’t allow a single hit through the fourth inning. However, it all unraveled pretty quickly, and Mookie Betts still shakes his head in disbelief at what happened.

Mookie Betts shocked over Yankees mishaps in Game 5

“We were just like, ‘You’ve got to take it one play at a time,” Betts remarked, reflecting on the Yankees’ collapse. “It’s the big leagues; for something like that to happen—it’s wild. For a team to mess up once is one thing, but twice? Whoa. Okay, again? We took advantage of it.” His words, blunt as they are, encapsulate the frustration of watching a team with so much talent fumble so spectacularly.

Mookie Betts was in the All the Smoke show, and he expressed how shocked the team was by the repeated mistake of the Yankees. For him, they needed to take advantage, because it’s not often that happens. “We were just like, ‘You’ve got to take it one play at a time. It’s the big leagues; for something like that to happen—it’s wild… For a team to mess up once is one thing, but twice? Whoa. Okay, again? We took advantage of it. It was cool, whatever—we got a dub, and that’s all that matters.” And where is the lie? The New York Yankees, that game, just messed up.

In the fifth inning that’s now become famous, the game came unraveling for the New York Yankees. Kike Hernandez led off with a single to break up Gerrit Cole’s no-hit streak. Then Tommy Edman followed with a routine fly ball to center. You’d think one would catch it, especially when it’s Judge to whom the ball is coming—but NO! Aaron Judge missed it, and then Anthony Volpe doubled the trouble with a wild throw that allowed Will Smith to reach.

Now with two outs, it seemed like Gerrit Cole might escape the jam. But when Mookie Betts hit a slow grounder, Cole failed to cover the bag. Then Betts beat Rizzo to base, bringing in a run. Then Freeman and Hernandez came in and got in more runs, all with two outs. The LA Dodgers ended up sending 10 batters to the plate. Betts’s postgame remarks may pinch the Yankee fans, but they are true.

Betts sets the record straight about his leaving Boston

When Mookie Betts was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the LA Dodgers in 2020, it had everyone in shock. For Red Sox fans, it felt like the end of an era. And one question lingered on- if Betts still had some bad blood towards the Boston Red Sox. But in the candid conversation in the same podcast, with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Betts addressed those misconceptions.

Mookie Betts said, “As quiet as it’s kept, I enjoy watching Red Sox games. Because of Cora. I love Alex Cora, and I enjoy watching Red Sox games.” The connection between him and Boston is still going strong. He didn’t hold back on his admiration for Cora, saying, “I’ll talk to the office people there. And like I said, AC, man, I love him.” He also shut down the narrative that he hated his time spent in Boston. Instead, he said he loved it.

However, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t love it in LA. He mentioned that his life as a Dodger is the best thing ever in his life. He explained to everyone that at the end of the day, it’s all just business. “You cannot blend the two—you just cannot do it. As much as I want to, you can’t.

Well, it just showcases that choosing teams and moving isn’t a simple decision. Also, no one expects Mookie Betts to give a diplomatic answer, and this time too the podcast didn’t disappoint. What do you think about the shocking Game 5 meltdown of the Yankees? Let us know!