Start with the fact that the Yankees had been 7-0 at home in the postseason in the last two years . . . until Monday night.
Then consider the Red Sox' 16-1 victory was the Yanks' most lopsided postseason defeat in their long and illustrious history. That spans 396 games, by the way.
And, finally, that New York set a record, of sorts, by using catcher Austin Romine to pitch the ninth. It was only the second time ever a position player was brought in to pitch in a postseason game. The other: Toronto's Cliff Pennington against the Royals in the 2015 American League Championship Series. (If you want a good omen, Red Sox Nation, consider that Kansas City went on to win the World Series that year.)
Any wonder, then, that Yankee Universe felt like this when it was all over?
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And that the New York tabloids reacted like this?
Aaron Boone, by the way, was a big topic of conversation:
In the other clubhouse, things were so light-hearted that Xander Bogaerts helped out our Camera Guys:
Why shouldn't they be loose? Take a look at the numbers that tonight's starting pitcher, Rick Porcello, has put up against the Yankees over the last four years:
But don't get too confident, Boston. It was 22 years ago today that this happened . . . and if the Yankees get that kind of divine intervention (or boneheaded umpiring) again tonight, well, we'll have a Game 5:
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