LOS ANGELES — Call it the fog of WAR.
Some big names, with sizeable Wins Above Replacement totals, took part in the critical play from Saturday afternoon’s 2-1 Yankees loss at Dodger Stadium, a suspenseful game with a hell of an ending that featured one of the more confusing sequences you’ll ever see.
So confusing, in fact, that only one Yankee sounded particularly perturbed over an umpire’s ruling that played a huge role in the game’s outcome. Gleyber Torres’ scathing indictment of the officiating played to a backdrop of shrugs.
So confusing that Yankees fans probably should keep this one out of their Savage File, their list of grievances that has turned their club’s battles with umpires into a captivating subplot of this highly dramatic 2019 season.