I believe an underrated aspect of baseball is how funny it can be. Errors are silly if they’re happening to the opposing team. A huge cut-and-miss on a pitch that was obviously out of the zone is physical comedy. Even the ludicrousness and absurdity of certain situations — game-tying grand slam in the bottom of the 8th, for one — have humor to them. Without the laughs, sports are a lot more serious and a lot less fun. So, then, what happens when you put a universally hated team in the World Series, whose fans and organization are convinced is destined for greatness after a dry fifteen year spell with no trophies, and they fail catastrophically on the sport’s biggest stage, especially when they had a real chance to keep their hopes alive?
The Yankees losing the World Series is still funny
