NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: Aroldis Chapman #54 and Kyle Higashioka #66 of the New York Yankees celebrate after defeating the New York Mets at Citi Field on September 11, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
And now, we’re not referring to the play where the Yankees catcher tomahawked a way-too-high fastball deep and gone into left-center field to start the scoring.
Though that was ridiculous, and the team also doesn’t win without it.
No, we mean the one-out bit of magic that helped set Aroldis Chapman up to finish off a Mets team that refused to go away all night, yet another testament to New York’s resilience.