World Series Game Four: The Yanks are Coming, the Yanks are Coming!

With the New York Yankees down 3-0 in this year's World Series, I was still drinking in the fact that we were in the World Series at all. I watched the pregame and saw the World Series logos on Yankee Stadium, and that coupled with that MLB on Fox music that we all know and love, well, it all made me emotional and nostalgic. I waited 15 years for this. It could have went much better for us at this point, but we made it here regardless.

The Los Angeles Dodgers entered Game Four just one win away from winning the whole thing. The Yankees had two things on our side, though. One, there hasn't been a World Series sweep since 2012. Two, the Yankees haven't been swept in the Fall Classic since 1976, when the Big Red Machine brought out the brooms.

Both statements would remain true after tonight.

The Yankees had Luis Gil on the mound, while Dave Roberts decided to turn this into a bullpen game for the Dodgers. Gil got Shohei Ohtani out, but gave up a single to Mookie Betts. And then, Freddie Freeman struck again. Good God. Another two run homer from Freeman. I swear, the sound I heard was Cleveland Guardians fans laughing their asses off and saying, "See how you like it!" So it was 2-0 Dodgers after the first inning, which saw a pair of Yankees fans try to take the ball from Mookie Betts. Yikes.

Anyway, the Yankees had something going in the 2nd, but then, Anthony Volpe commits a terrible baserunning blunder. Austin Wells nearly hits one out, it hits the wall, but Volpe--somehow--didn't score. I don't know if Volpe thought it would be caught or hit out of the park, but he didn't run immediately, and as a result, what should have been an RBI triple for Wells ended up being a double with runners on 2nd and 3rd. Alex Verdugo's groundout did drive Volpe in, but that was that for the Yankees in the 2nd inning.

The 3rd inning saw Juan Soto strike out, followed by Aaron Judge being hit by a pitch. Jazz Chisholm, Jr. singled, and stole second, and Giancarlo Stanton walked. Bases loaded, one out. Unfortunately, Anthony Rizzo popped up to short. No one scores, two out. Volpe comes up, and on the first pitch... GRAND SLAM!!! Volpe makes up for the baserunning blunder big time and hits a big time grand slam to give the Yankees a 5-2 lead. This was our first lead since Game One, and Volpe gave us that lead, too.

The Dodgers did chip away at our lead. Will Smith homered in the fifth inning, and that was followed by an RBI by Freeman to make it 5-4. Clay Holmes entered and finished the fifth, and in the sixth, Wells led off with a solo shot to make it 6-4. The eighth inning featured a big time explosion. Verdugo drove in another run with two on, and after that, Gleyber Torres hit a three-run shot. That iced it right there! Soto doubled and Judge later drove him in for his first World Series RBI.

The dream for #28 is alive! The Yankees won Game Four, 11-4, thanks to a performance that we definitely needed. The grand slam was a thing of beauty for sure! The fact that it was Anthony Volpe, a lifelong Yankees fan, who hit it? Perfection. The brooms were broken, the Yankees are three wins away from #28. I'll be honest, I do think the Yankees can do this. I'm not just saying that because I'm a Yankees fan. With the way these guys showed out, it definitely looks like the drive is back. Oh, and the winning pitcher for the Yankees? None other than Clay Holmes. Holmes went from blowing saves left and right in the regular season, to winning three postseason games, including one in the World Series.

Game Five is Wednesday in The Bronx. One way or the other, this will be Yankee Stadium's last game this season. Because of that, and with Gerrit Cole on the mound for this game, I can see the Yankees showing out again and forcing the Fall Classic to return to Los Angeles.

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