"There is always more spirit in attack than in defense."
—Livy, History of Rome (Book XXVIII, sec. 44)
"This is a ninth inning that has to be seen to be believed." So said WFAN’s John Sterling, he ironically a radio play-by-play man who, though famous for being wrong about things most of the time, was appallingly right on this occasion. The Yankees hung eight runs on a generally ineffective Angels squad, but that’s not what’ll be remembered from this one. Turn to the ninth where, with a seven run lead over the opposition, the unlikely tandem of Esmil Rogers and Dellin Betances allowed six runs to score.