You can’t win a World Series in June. This season’s champion will be determined like all others, by way of a small-sample October tournament. Games played today can only mean so much in determining who goes home with the trophy.
But one can demonstrate true championship-mettle on any day. That’s what the Yankees did in Minnesota, in picking up their ace on a night when he imploded, and finding a way to win a game that looked lost. No, the Yankees didn’t much increase their odds of winning the World Series. They merely looked like the best team in baseball in storming back to beat the Twins, 10-7.