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Walk-off grand slam!

No way!

History!

The Yankees had the game. They should've won.

Boone, he just crippled them.

I mean, it's absurd, the decisions he's made.

When you're playing for the Yankees,

anytime you lose a game there's gonna be criticism.

It's not for everyone.

The logic he used to put Cortes in that game is absurd.

It's the nature of the beast sometimes.

Because ultimately, something that you did led to the other team

being able to win the game.

How long has it been since Nestor Cortes has pitched?

- 37 days. - Yeah.

- Aaron. Aaron... - Aaron.

Is there any one thing that you thought about and said,

"That's the one I might want to have back"?

Yeah.

Aaron Boone is getting absolutely destroyed.

Is that the spot for him?

To close out the World Series game with the bases loaded?

- Is that the spot? - No!

It's not easy to play in a place with that pressure and that scrutiny.

Because if you fall short, that'll stick with you forever.

All right. Are you ready?

- Freeman van's out. - We're ready.

- Let's get this thing going. - Let's get it going.

- Win number two. - Win number two.

When he got up last night and the bases were loaded, two outs...

- Oh, my God. - We were nervous.

We believe in him, but we were nervous.

No, I said a prayer, of course. I said a prayer.

And then it happened.

- Well, pray again today, for us. - It was...

It was...

Did you see that photo? I wanna show you guys this photo.

Because, like, I love it, like, in the black-and-white.

It's such a great photo.

It's just epic.

I said "How's it going?"

He said...

"Ankle isn't as good as yesterday, but still okay.

I hit good again, so hopefully another good day."

It's definitely a different feeling,

not knowing if he's gonna be able to play every day.

And there's a lot that, like, they even keep private more sometimes.

And he's, like, could be hurt more than they're releasing.

He has a hurt rib too, so the pain started shooting into his back.

You just have to see how the body is working and holding up that day.

I had a bad ankle, bad rib and bad finger.

We didn't divulge the rib to the media,

because maybe teams would pitch me a little different

'cause I can't swing the way I wanted to.

Come to find out, Jeff Passan, ESPN, actually knew about it.

How's the what?

- The rib. Yes. - The rib?

- The rib's ok. - Really?

- How'd you know about that? - That's my job, man!

- No one knows about that. - I know. I know. I knew about it.

- You're falling apart! - Not yet.

Not falling apart, we're putting everything back together, and...

as long as I can do it for a few more days.

Okay. So, Humpty Dumpty was put back together tonight.

When he hit the first pitch... Oh, my God.

I lost voice, I lost clothes, I lost blanket.

I lost... I mean, our whole row, we just lost it.

And then when you see Freddie flip the bat,

the whole stadium erupted.

It's a storybook ending.

Your chances of seeing that in a lifetime

are gonna be once or twice in a lifetime.

So, I've said I've seen it now.

And I've seen many a game but I've never seen that happen.

Hello, honey.

What you doing? Where's Kynlee?

She's at home. Call. FaceTime her. She doesn't feel good.

- Okay, I'll call her. - Yeah. But she wants to talk to you.

She really does.

- Okay. - Okay. All right.

- All right, love you. - Love you. All right, bye.

They're so cute.

That was in middle school.

Yeah, she would call and I said, "Girl, stop calling this house."

- Hello, is Markus there? - Since we were 12 and 13.

- Calling the house phone. - I'd say "Who is this?"

She probably didn't like me at the beginning for a while

but you just gotta keep workin' on it.

She likes me now.

I thought she was fast. I said, "Why is she calling here?"

I said, "Look, girl, don't call here no more."

I told her one day. I said, "One day you'll understand

why I say and do some of the things that I say and do."

And now I get it too.

He's a mama's boy.

But I have a mama's boy. So I love it. I get it.

I'm mostly proud that his personality

allows him to be a good person.

That humble person. I really am.

At five years old, I wanted him to go and try out for a team.

'Cause he really had good hand-eye coordination at catching the ball.

And I took him out to tryouts.

Here I have this little kid that's, you know, undersized

and with his little green Ninja Turtle glove and his little suspenders on.

And he's just walking, just as proud, with his little hat on.

Coach said, "We don't have any room for him on our team."

And I said, "But he really can play.

So why would you not give him a chance?"

And by this time Mook was crying.

I was adamant by that time. "How do I start my own team?"

And he was like, "Well, you have to have a sponsor..."

After he said that, I said, "Done."

So I signed him up and I said, "I want all those kids over there that are crying."

And I said, "You can call us the Bad News Bears. I don't care."

And I was the coach.

You know, he knew some of the other kids did not know how to play.

And so, he would always say, "Ma, I'm gonna give them a glove."

Or "I'm gonna share my balls with them."

Or "They don't have a bat."

Or "I'm gonna teach them how to run the bases."

So he was always trying to coach and encourage other kids to do things

that they really weren't able to do or they couldn't do.

But his heart was in the right place.

He's still like that to this day.

Baseball teaches you how to work with other players.

And it teaches it ain't all about individuals. It's not all about you.

You have to learn to work with other people.

And that's what I felt like

that, you know, Mookie could do and would do in baseball.

I think the key is Mookie and Freddie.

If I had to point to some players

that really create the culture, that support me,

just kind of being a glue guy and bringing everyone together

and really appreciating what it is to be a good teammate.

Mookie Betts moved from right field to shortstop, to second base,

back to right field for the benefit of the Dodgers.

All that stuff is selfless acts.

So, then at that point and time everyone else has gotta follow suit.

Another gorgeous day here. It is 79 degrees at Dodger Stadium.

Tonight the Yankees take on the Dodgers in Game Two of the World Series.

Everybody wants to know how is this Yankees team gonna bounce back?

Will they be able to do it tonight? Well, we'll have to wait and see.

But, man, talk about a big moment.

You do not wanna go back to Yankee Stadium down 0-2.

There's a tenacity to this Yankee team.

Pressure is something we've dealt with, year in and year out, day in and day out.

It's part of our culture.

You understand you're gonna win some, you're gonna lose some.

But you gotta be ready to go the next day

and make sure you're prepared and buttoned up

and trying to put your guys in the best position to succeed.

Morale's great, you know. We're ready to roll.

Our group all year has been outstanding at bouncing back from tough moments,

or a tough game, or a tough way to end a game.

I would expect that for us today.

We're all set for Game Two.

This clash of baseball titans!

The nerves I feel like...

- I know. I'm really... - It's kinda like... Yeah.

- I want to win so bad. - I stayed up until 3:00 last night

- watching all the replays. - 3:00? Yeah?

I'm not sure if I can take another day like this.

I know, like, I feel like we won last night, so...

- Okay. I'll see you guys later. - All right. I'm going up too.

Let's go, Dodgers! Let's go, Dodgers!

Let's go, Dodgers!

The fans of Dodgers, man...

They're diehards. They want us to win so bad.

They bring it every single postseason game.

I remember my dad would give me $20 a week,

to save to buy food and water.

I would save my money, get an $8 pavilion ticket,

and then $5 for the bus.

Coming to a Dodgers game is one of those things that,

it's a community, it's a family.

The LA logo is so symbolic to LA.

It just unites people.

It's time for some goddamn baseball, baby!

Last night for the Dodgers,

kinda their season in a nutshell.

Down but not out. And then they find a way to win the Game One classic.

The Yankees, John, hope they can say the same thing

at the end of tonight, because they've been punched before

and they've responded before.

We knew we were gonna get punched throughout the playoffs.

It's just about responding and coming in and not letting it affect you.

Your biggest moments are always ahead of you in this game.

Talk about nerves last night.

Well, the butterflies are flying again here tonight.

On the mound, Yoshinobu Yamamoto,

the third Japanese-born pitcher to start a World Series game.

He's a world-class pitcher.

When you look at this guy's body of work, you look at what he did in Japan,

he's one of the most accomplished pitchers to ever come over here.

Damn right.

Seeing the way that he goes about his business is so different.

He's a little guy and he throws 95 to 98.

Yama's ability to pitch and his stuff is special.

He's a master of his craft.

When I was still deciding which team to join,

I really felt a strong desire to win,

and that was one of the reasons I chose the Dodgers.

This guy is a terrific pitcher.

I just wish he hadn't spent so much time on the IL.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto missed so much of the season that,

even though he's looked really good in flashes,

this is a guy who's still only a month removed from a shoulder injury

and has had some times where his command has looked a little inconsistent.

To be on the mound in the World Series

in my rookie year felt truly unbelievable,

especially since I had been out for such a long time.

The cheers from the crowd really felt like they were pushing me forward.

I was telling him, "There's nothing better than standing on this mound and pitching

in October with 53,000 people.

This is what you play for."

But you never know how someone's gonna do in their first experience.

All right, fellows. We're ready when you are!

Right then, here we go.

Dodgers trying to ride the wave

to get to within two wins of a championship.

Yankees try to respond,

get this series back to the Bronx, tied at a game apiece.

- Gleyber Torres climbs in and off we go! - Ball one.

Low, inside 1-0

and we're underway.

Everybody's got nerves. Everybody's nervous.

They wanna do well. They're anxious.

Ball four.

And a leadoff walk.

Right fielder, number 22, Juan Soto.

And here comes Juan Soto.

One of the most feared sluggers in the world today.

Soto with a ground ball, left side of the infield, Rojas is there.

And he throws across. They're only gonna get one.

Center fielder number 99, Aaron Judge.

Judge was one for five last night.

Struck out three times against Jack Flaherty.

He gets going, he could win the Series for the Yanks.

Judge and Stanton are both such powerful hitters.

I knew that one swing could totally change the momentum.

I focused on hitting tough spots.

Got a chase. 2-2.

And even if I was going to make a mistake,

I was trying to at least stay out of the strike zone.

I just made sure to be as precise as possible,

aiming for the corners.

Strikes out swinging.

It's the 17th time he's struck out in 11 playoff games.

And here, John, is Carlos Rodón.

Yeah, this guy's gotta pitch top of the zone, spin his slider.

He has struck out better than 37% of the batters

he's faced in the postseason.

Carlos is fierce on the mound. He doesn't want to ever come out of the game.

He wants to fight till the last pitch. And when it's his day to pitch,

you know we're gonna get 150% out of him every single time.

They have good hitters, but I'm here for a reason.

I think our lineup's just as good. Honestly, I think we're better.

Two gone in the first. And here comes the hero, Freddie Freeman.

Standing ovation for Freddie Freeman.

And you can understand why.

Last night, he hit the first-ever walk-off grand slam in World Series history.

Freddie! Freddie!

I'm a big leaguer too. So I'm supposed to get those guys out.

That's what I'm paid for.

Popped up on the diamond. Everybody's saying they can't find it.

Thankfully for the Yankees, Rizzo does.

Both pitchers put up zeroes. We're off and rolling in Game Two.

If you look at every postseason

and you look at the star players, managers, organizations are always

gonna look at certain guys that you don't want to beat you.

You don't want Shohei. You don't want Mookie.

You don't want Freddie.

So by default, there's other players that are gonna get opportunities.

Tommy Edman, a switch-hitter, batting from the right side.

Seven-game hitting streak, batting average .419 for Edman

during this stretch.

Hits a high fly ball, left field, carrying toward the corner.

Verdugo on the run. He's at the wall!

It's gone!

Tommy Tanks, welcome to the World Series!

Second home run of the postseason.

He hit fourth in a lineup for us. He's hit sixth. He hit ninth.

And he didn't care.

Those are the things that make winning teams.

It's a pitch that guys have attacked me with in the past,

trying to beat me in when I'm hitting right-handed.

I never try to hit homers.

You know, line drives can accidentally turn into homers.

Number 22, Juan Soto.

Juan Soto against anybody is a matchup that I wanna see.

There's no bigger showman in baseball.

His first pitch takes off on him. Ball one.

The confidence that he exudes in a batter's box.

Takes a splitter for a strike.

Just the look in his eye before he hit the game-winning home run

in the deciding game of the American League Championship Series,

that aura is unbelievable.

Two down. 2-2 in the 10th.

Season on the line for Cleveland.

The Yankees have runners at first and second.

And the batter will be Juan Soto.

Juan's gonna get a base hit here.

He's gonna get all changeups.

Swing! And a foul back on a slider.

Are you shitting me?

Wow.

Flirting with danger, throwing Soto sliders instead of changeups.

Swing. And a foul off to the left.

His at bats are like wars, battles.

He likes the competition. The acknowledgment is the competition.

'Cause he creates this theatrical battle of him and the pitcher.

Chopper to first, foul.

Soto just stalking Gaddis right now.

After all these foul balls, just shaking his head.

How do you get a guy out who seemingly has no holes?

He swings in there where he's behind the count.

Just spoiling and just kinda feel and sense and see him,

learning from every pitch.

Swung on, hit high in the air, deep center.

Got his ass!

...Thomas is back, track, wall...

Gone!

He got 'im! Jeez!

What an incredible at bat by Juan Soto.

Dude, that's big time. You gotta pay him six hundred million.

- Hey, that shit just went up. - Seven hundred, give it to him!

Yankees are three outs away from a trip to the World Series.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto facing Juan Soto.

One ball, one strike.

Hold on, did he go?

- Yes. - 1 and 2.

Swung on, hit high in the air to right field.

Betts going back on the track, at the wall...

She's gone!

There's a Soto photo!

He's Juan-derful

Marvelous

Juan Soto absolutely launched his fourth home run of the postseason.

Yamamoto tried to sneak a fastball at 95 on the inside corner.

And the Yankees unable to come up with a key hit,

they just blast it over the wall to get the offense.

And that evens the score, one apiece in Game Two.

Number 50, Mookie Betts!

All right, Mookie. See the ball, let's go.

All the attention for Shohei Ohtani,

and then lately Freddie Freeman's heroics, Betts somehow gets lost in the shuffle.

But an eight-time All-Star former MVP himself,

one of the best players in baseball.

Two outs, no Dodgers on base.

Line drive, base hit into left field!

Yeah!

So Mookie is 2 for 2 in Game Two.

Yeah. Two singles.

- He's feeling it. - Get on base.

- He looked good. - Yeah.

His two-out hits are huge because...

The postseason, if I know anything, it's about momentum.

If you can create some type of momentum, it just creates an opportunity.

Two out. Teoscar Hernández.

That's driven the other way.

Deep right center field, Judge is back...

It is gone!

Teoscar Hernández puts the Dodgers back in front.

You're facing the New York Yankees, and when you answer back right away,

it shows them that it's not gonna be easy.

A home run derby has broken out here

in Game Two of the World Series.

Number 5, Freddie Freeman!

There's no soft spot in this Dodger lineup, there really isn't.

Let's go, Dodgers!

Launches this ball right field!

No doubt! Gone!

Teoscar and Freeman go back-to-back.

In the prior series, it seemed like the injury was really affecting him.

He didn't quite seem like vintage Freddie Freeman.

And certainly that changed.

He threw a 97-mile-an-hour heater up and in, and I was able to just get to it...

Yeah, I was feeling pretty good.

Forty-one days without a home run, and then two of them

in a 24-hour span in the World Series.

The stadium went, like, bananas.

It's like, "Wow!

It's happening. We're doing this."

Dodgers score three in the third.

4-1 Dodgers, going to the fourth inning.

Yamamoto home with a 1-2.

And he strikes him out with a disappearing splitter.

Good news for the Yankees, you got time. You're only down three.

Bad news, Yamamoto's starting to pick up his fastball command.

I had a pretty good feel from the start,

and as the innings went on,

it just got better and better.

Down on a disappearing splitter.

Struck him out swinging.

He has retired the last ten Yankees he has faced

since allowing the home run to Juan Soto.

Six strong in the books for Yamamoto.

He was lights-out.

He signed up to pitch in big games, and he rose to the occasion.

And here comes Dave Roberts.

This may be the end of the line for Yamamoto.

I felt he gave us all he could give us.

In his World Series debut, he holds the New York Yankees

to one hit over six and a third.

He retires the last 11 that he faces.

When I was told I was done for the night,

I felt a huge sense of relief because I was able to do my job well.

And when the fans gave me

such a great ovation at the end,

that made me even more happy and relieved.

I could finally let go.

One out. Nobody on, bottom 7th.

The Dodgers up 4-1.

Lineup turns over. Fourth time to the plate for Ohtani.

On the 3-1.

Ohtani checks his swing on ball four, low and away.

It brings up Teoscar Hernández.

After stealing 59 bases during the regular season,

in 12-plus games so far this postseason,

Shohei does not have a single stolen base.

It's true for every team, of course.

You always have to think about taking the next base.

There he goes!

Throw down is...

in time!

And he's 0 for 2 on stolen-base attempts in this postseason.

Time out, time out, time out.

And he's in some pain.

Ohtani's grabbing his left arm.

Now, that is not a good sign.

Ohtani is still on the ground.

Yosuke Nakajima, Will Ireton, Dave Roberts

all hustling out of the Dodger dugout.

I ran out there with the trainer.

And I was holding my breath.

I'd never heard Dodger Stadium so quiet.

- Shoulder. - Really, which one?

- Left. - Did it pop out?

I think so.

You see your best player. You're not sure what's gonna happen.

You're not sure if he's gonna be able to play the remainder of the games

in the World Series, it's definitely deflating.

Right now, it's a caught stealing to end the seventh inning.

But the fear is much, much worse with Ohtani.

He is not moving that left arm.

At first, I wasn't sure how bad my injury was.

I was more concerned about whether I was out or not.

It was only when we went in the locker room,

we realized what had happened.

I knew he was done for the game.

But as we went off to the mound, I veered back towards my spot in the dugout

because we're still trying to win a game.

If you don't win that game and you got Shohei hurt,

that's like their crack in our armor.

We go to the top of the 9th inning.

Dodgers lead 4-1.

We don't have any word on Ohtani.

Do you think the Dodgers are scared?

Blake Treinen on the mound,

the Dodgers' highest leverage reliever,

facing the toughest part of the Yankee lineup.

In the World Series every hit is magnified,

every out is magnified, every error is magnified.

So, you've gotta make sure you take care of business

and put together your best sequences as a pitcher.

In a postseason game, you cannot take something for granted.

Soto drills a high liner to right field!

Betts is back and watches it dent the wall.

Soto starts the 9th with a base hit.

We can bounce back at any point.

Let's go right after these guys because we can.

Now it's Judge, whose struggles have continued tonight,

after one of the best offensive seasons in baseball history.

Judge watches one that's overthrown to the backstop

and Soto's to second.

Can he find it in the postseason before it's too late?

Having an opportunity to face a respected player,

one of the greats in the game, it's like a heightened awareness.

Like, "Let's clean up this inning and pick up my teammates."

- Yep! - Strike three.

Treinen gets him again.

Judge having a tough time. 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.

One down, two to go.

That'd be Giancarlo Stanton.

This guy can hit it nine miles.

Giancarlo's really mentally tough.

And he's able to focus in the biggest moments,

as good as anyone I've seen.

Off the bag! And the Yankees catch a break in the 9th!

Soto's in to score and it's 4-2!

A bullet that finds the bag,

and the tying run comes to the plate for the Yankees in the 9th.

And all you can ask for, John, is a shot in the 9th inning.

They're gonna have it right here with Jazz Chisholm.

Chisholm corks a base hit to right field!

Come on! Let's go!

Now there's some momentum going, some more belief going into that tank.

And that's what you need in those times.

The Yankees have the tying runs on base.

The go-ahead run at the plate with Anthony Rizzo.

The 27th pitch from Blake Treinen.

Timeout! First base!

- And it hits Anthony Rizzo. - Holy crap.

That loads the bases.

No one's throwing intentionally at people.

There's some battles you have to lose to win some wars,

but any guy that they put on base is an opportunity for us to score runs.

They're gonna leave Treinen in to face the right-handed Volpe.

This is as vulnerable as we have seen Blake Treinen in a long time.

It is a little high. Called a ball.

That didn't miss by much.

Hey! Not up, Andy, not up!

Dave Roberts furious.

Volpe, he's a very talented hitter, but there's a little bit of chase in there.

So let's see if we can't get him to chase.

Got him swinging!

Two gone in the 9th!

At that point in time, I wanted to get a different look.

And Dave Roberts is going to go to Alex Vesia

looking for a 2-0 series lead.

Jose Trevino emerged from that Yankees dugout

out of the dark, right into the spotlight.

I liked the matchup with Vesia.

The Yankees have 'em loaded. Two out. Top 9.

Trevino hits a high fly ball left field.

Tommy Edman is there,

and the Dodgers lead this World Series two games to none!

It takes Alex Vesia one pitch to put out the bases-loaded fire!

A nervy final out in the 9th inning

as the Dodgers hang on to win by a final of 4-2!

- I'm proud of you, honey. - We got two more, honey.

I know. Two more. Almost there.

- She said she had to see you. - Hi.

- Thank you very much. - Yes.

- I lost a tooth. - Which one?

- Two and the third one's coming. - Is that your second one?

Say, "The bottom two."

- You're so big. - Bottom.

Freddie and Markus are both big on family.

And so, when you see the Freemans, you see his dad,

you see Chelse, you see Aunt Carol, and the boys.

Like, you see everybody.

- You see her jacket? - I know. You cute.

Yeah.

And when you turn and look at our family, you see me, our kids, his mom.

So like, we have that in common already,

and so the friendship built from there.

- Grandpa! Grandpa! - Grandpa!

Hey, Grandpa. How are you?

That was a good one, huh?

Good thing I've got a good heart.

I know. My hand was sweating in my glove. I was like...

What's going on with Shohei?

I think his shoulder.

The main thing that was on all of our minds was Shohei.

And so we felt good, as far as a ball club,

but we were just kind of trying to figure out potential for him to play.

Not only the dugout but the whole stadium went silent.

You know how big Shohei is for this team, and hopefully he's okay

and the day off tomorrow will help him get back on the field Monday.

He's the best player in the game and you see him in pain on the ground,

it's not a good feeling, for sure.

I don't know if any reports have come out yet,

but, you know, we're hopeful that he recovers quickly.

You know, we're just sending our thoughts and prayers out for him.

I thought we showed some fight at the end, made a little run at it.

I definitely gotta step up, do my job.

Guys around me are doing their job getting on base and I'm failing 'em,

backing 'em up, so we gotta turn around Game Three.

Today, the last inning we were just a couple feet away from taking the lead.

So, I think it's a tough start but it ain't over yet.

So we're really happy to go back home,

try to get the fans going and everybody going

and try to start over.

- Let's go, Yankees! - Let's go! Let's fucking go!

Let's go, Yankees! Let's go!

My name is Marc Chalpin.

I'm one of the Bleacher Creatures.

We're the most passionate Yankee fans in the world.

Yo, let's go! Let's fucking go!

Those guys aren't even Bleacher Creatures.

So, you can imagine what we are in comparison.

Babe Ruth used to drink in that bar.

My job in the bleachers is to lead the roll call.

Aaron!

Aaron Judge! Aaron Judge!

If there's something that I'm a part of that adds to the baseball experience,

it's just such a total pleasure to be able to be that guy.

I forget which athlete said it, either Jeter or Kobe Bryant,

but "The best championship is the next one."

And it all starts tonight. We just gotta win the game, and that's a big "if."

But the hitters gotta hit. I mean, that's the ultimate...

That's what we need.

Now, as far as the Yankees' offense is concerned,

they are just 2 for 14 with runners in scoring position.

They managed just five runs in two games against the Dodgers

to start off this series,

and Aaron Judge has just not looked like himself at the plate.

It's gonna be hard to win any games if Judge doesn't...

- 1 for 9 and six strikeouts. - But I don't think

there's any reason to believe that it's over.

Because Judge certainly--

If we haven't seen the Yankees' best yet, then that bodes well.

They were in the games.

A break here, a break there, it could very well be an even series right now.

It's still there for them to do it.

He's obviously the best player in the sport

and certainly one of the faces of the sport.

But, you know, you find out, in baseball, who people are.

Their character's gonna be revealed to you.

Because it's a game of failure, even for the greatest.

And his professionalism, his understanding of the difficulty of the game,

and that there's gonna be ups and downs,

and he doesn't really ride the roller coaster.

Okay. No, we got stuck. We're on the fourth bus, but...

I think we're... We just got a police escort.

Yes, we just left.

Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Bye.

- How's Freddie? - He's been feeling good.

Like, hitting obviously, recently, so that's good.

I think he has so much adrenaline that I think he wants to win two more games

and then he'll be able to relax.

The Dodgers, they got a 2-0 lead,

but they got their superstar down.

Shohei's in the training room getting taped up, trying to take swings

and it doesn't look good at all.

So, I'm trying to convince him to minimize the swings.

And he said, "It doesn't matter. I'm gonna play no matter what."

So at that point in time I sorta just exhaled and smiled.

Because, like, okay. He's playing.

The guy just popped his arm out of socket. Like, it's okay if you wanna sit.

But he did everything he could to get on the field.

After he finished getting ready,

I looked at him, and I said "I'm proud of you."

And he was on the field for Game Three, after popping his shoulder out.

It's incredible.

Being able to play felt fulfilling,

but to have a manager and a team want me in the lineup

despite my injury

meant more to me than anything.

Let's go, Yankees!

Let's go, Yankees!

- Go, Yanks! - Let's go!

Go, Yankees!

Fuck LA!

Yankee Stadium. It's still the Yankees.

And you're in the Bronx.

There's a lot of energy. There's a ton of people there.

And it's kinda what you dream of when you're a young kid,

playing a World Series in Yankee Stadium.

Today's an important night for us.

We gotta win this one for the confidence and for everybody to get pumped up.

What makes the Yankees the Yankees is the fans

and how passionate they are

and how it's part of the identity of the city and the fabric of the city.

Anybody wearing Dodgers is getting a wedgie.

You, come here! Get over here!

It's Yankee Stadium. It's, like, hostile environment.

When things are good, you better be inside because there's beer cans flying

and a champagne shower before the game's over.

Welcome to Game Three of the World Series!

What's up, New York! Make some noise!

Just being out there even though we were down 2-0,

feeling the crowd and the energy,

I won't forget what that feels like,

because I wanna get back to that every single time now.

Let's go, Yankees!

All right, here we go from Yankee Stadium.

The scene shifts from Los Angeles to New York.

Game Three between the Dodgers and the Yankees.

All right, guys, let's talk the starting pitchers for this matchup.

Clarke Schmidt,

the guy that Aaron Boone has called the most confident guy that he's ever met.

Walker Buehler, his first year back from Tommy John.

There's a lot of uncertainty around Walker Buehler.

It's been a really tough road for him.

Coming off his second Tommy John surgery,

the life on his fastball hasn't been there.

He's had to learn how to pitch differently.

And he's gotta find something.

And the good thing about him is he's the type of person who thrives in big games.

He loves this environment. That's what the Dodgers are counting on.

You go 3-0 down to this team, you're in a lot of trouble,

I don't care who you are.

Tonight is the game that is a must-win.

And Ohtani will start his routine.

Bat resting on that injured left shoulder.

We're good to go. We can go. Yep, we're good.

Yep. Have a great one.

There's no Yankee pitcher that didn't know he was hurt.

But still, weren't gonna give in to 'em, and know that he's a threat regardless.

And off we go. Game Three from the Bronx.

Upstairs ball one.

Well, it's still Shohei Ohtani in the box.

Even at 50%, 60%, it's gonna be good enough.

Ball!

He still is gonna make the pitcher throw his best pitch,

which is mentally taxing.

On the 3-0 pitch.

Ball four.

That creates tiredness throughout the course of the game,

because you don't wanna give up a home run.

It's almost ten times the level of focus.

Loud boos for Freddie Freeman,

who broke Yankee hearts in Game One.

Come on.

Coming into this series he hadn't homered in 41 days

when he stepped into the box on Friday night, hit that grand slam,

and he homered again in Game Two.

Well, Ohtani is going to try to keep that shoulder

from any unneeded movement by grabbing the collar of his jersey.

First pitch from Schmidt.

Freddie takes a breaking ball, a sweeper that just got the edge at the knees.

Schmidt to Freeman.

Freddie swings and belts the ball right field,

hooking toward the corner!

He's found the seats again!

Yes!

Hello, short porch, and hello, Freddie Freeman!

When he hit that homer, everybody was looking at each other,

like, "This is absolutely ridiculous at this point."

They hadn't had a World Series game in a long time in New York,

so they were all excited.

Quieted it real fast.

My old college coach, Gary Adams, used to say, "Listen to the silence."

So, it was good because we were listening and we heard silence.

For a third straight game in this World Series,

Freddie Freeman goes deep.

Fuck you. You should fucking hit him next time.

I was in the zone.

I knew I was feeling good, I was in a good spot.

Yeah, I was feeling pretty good.

That fast start we were talking about the Yankees desperately needing

instead comes from the Dodgers.

And now a two-run lead for Walker Buehler.

Gleyber Torres heads up there to lead things off for the Yankees.

Torres leads off with a walk.

Here's the at bat that this entire crowd is not only gonna root for,

hold their breath for.

MVP! MVP! MVP!

The last 24 hours, Yankee fans have been talking on social media

about how they were gonna welcome their captain home with a standing ovation,

and they're making good on their word.

MVP! MVP! MVP!

Ninety-six on the fastball from Buehler.

He carried us to that point.

He's the best hitter in the world and it's only a matter of time.

It only takes one swing, one bad mistake to get this guy going.

Judge needs this more than we do. He's gotta get a hit here.

Turn the page. Turn the page, Aaron. Come on.

This is the AL MVP, so at any moment he can get hot.

But I truly do believe he was trying a little too hard.

And I could just see a little bit more anxiousness in Aaron

than we saw in the regular season.

It's a swing and a miss, strike three.

A cutter low and away.

This is one of the greatest sluggers the game has ever seen.

Baseball is a cruel thing that you can develop so much goodwill,

but in the pressure cooker of the postseason,

and with the spotlight of the World Series,

what you do there can redefine your legacy.

One on, nobody out.

Trying to extend it in the top of the third.

Edman takes a short lead.

Mookie is one of those guys that

I was just so impressed with how he never gave away at bats.

He's one of the most consistent hitters.

Doesn't chase, always puts together a good at bat, always a tough out.

He just keeps grinding, fighting through at bats

until eventually he can get something that he can hit.

3-2.

Defensive swing poked into right field. Soto's not gonna get there!

Here comes Edman racing around third.

He'll score without a throw.

Mookie Betts finds a way to bring in Tommy Edman.

And the Dodgers lead 3 to nothing.

Yankees still looking for their first hit against Walker Buehler.

For so long, we've looked up and say, "3-0, that's nothing."

Not right now, it's not.

This team is not built to play 2-to-1 games, 3-to-2 games.

They need to hit.

Giancarlo Stanton.

Strike one!

God! Get a hit! Somebody get a hit!

Come on, G!

That's up towards the left field corner.

Drop, drop. Thank you!

Gonna get the Yankees their first knock of the ball game.

Hernández to get it on the track.

Giancarlo Stanton into second with a double.

Finally these folks have something to get excited about.

3-nothing, Dodgers. One on, one out in the 4th.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. to the plate, batting from the left side.

Jazz has all the flair.

He's fast, he's a gamer, he knows the game really well,

and he plays free and plays confident.

Here's the pitch from Walker.

Line drive, right field.

Betts comes on and makes a diving play!

That had some tough spin off the bat from Chisholm.

But Mookie Betts dusted off that Gold Glove

and making a diving catch in right field.

Hey-o, hey-o, hey-o!

I told you he does everything well.

There isn't anything he doesn't do well on the ball field.

A regular outfielder doesn't make that.

That was a spectacular play.

As an outfielder, you anticipate

all the plays that can happen to you.

For me it was like, "Okay, we got Giancarlo at second.

He's not a fast runner.

We got two outs. With a base hit, they gonna send him."

This is the guy.

Volpe can get a big hit and change things in a hurry.

Hooks it into left field. That's down for a base hit.

I was thinking, "I'm gonna have time."

Just because he's not a fast runner.

Stanton being waved around. Here's the throw-in from Teoscar.

I can see him. I can see the ball. I'm trying to wait.

Let the ball get to me and travel and put a good tag on him.

The play at the plate!

Out!

Got 'im!

An absolute hose from Hernández in left!

Oh, my gosh, that was huge. Teo makes just a throw on a dime.

That was a momentum changer.

Bullshit! No!

Review that shit!

We expected them to make plays.

It was the World Series. They're obviously who they were.

So you gotta take chances and from their perspective

it was a big momentum swing.

Teoscar Hernández just kept the Dodgers in front by three

and kept the Yankees off the board.

Wow.

They were having the momentum and then I made the throw.

They completely shut down.

It's getting awfully quiet in here.

The fans start turning on their club.

You can start to sense it a little bit. And that's what you want.

Michael Kopech's gonna try to wrap this thing up.

Torres will be the hitter.

Stirring up one last dose of hope.

Kopech's ready. As is Torres.

Bouncer up the middle.

Edman spins, fires!

In time!

And that's a win for LA!

And the Dodgers dominate Game Three.

And LA is just one win away.

You go down 3-0 to a club like ours, it's bleak.

And so let's just keep this momentum and go for the jugular.

You guys are now down three,

how much of an uphill climb does that feel like against a team

that can do as much damage as the Dodgers?

Just win tomorrow.

It's gonna sting tonight, but tomorrow when we show up we'll be ready to play.

Aaron, only one team has ever come back from a 3-nothing deficit.

How do you like your chances heading into Game Four?

We're trying to get a game tomorrow.

Okay? That's where our focus lies.

Hopefully we can go be this amazing story and shock the world,

but right now it's about trying to grab a game,

force another one and on from there, but we gotta grab one first.

Aaron. Aaron.

Hell's gonna break loose if they get swept in the World Series.

I don't know if the Yankees can get out of this.

You cannot allow yourselves to go to a World Series and be swept...

The Dodgers celebrating a sweep at home

would feel like a knife wound to the chest.

If they get swept here, somebody's losing their job.

You know that and I know that.