God, was the weekend Yankees–Red Sox series a dream, or did that all really happen?
Did Giancarlo Stanton really rear back and two-handed chuck a baseball bat at his own dugout before circling the bases and collecting RBIs nine and 10 on his third homer of the weekend set?
Pinch me … or, wait, maybe don’t. I don’t want to wake up.
Of course, in order to properly encapsulate the joy I felt this weekend, I need to thank every Red Sox whose failure made our success possible.
There was Darwinzon Hernandez, who looked at Stanton after a deep breath and decided, “Yes, a 94 MPH center-cut fastball is the way to go here.