They have been yearning for this day since Brian Cashman decided to relitigate the 2017 ALCS in the spring. And it has arrived. Round 4 with the Astros in October, albeit the first one since Houston’s vast cheating apparatus was exposed.
The Yankees feel a championship was stolen from them five years ago. Perhaps it was. We would argue being too cheap to trade for Justin Verlander was the real issue. No matter, though. The Bombers want their revenge. They have earned the opportunity following this gutty, come-from-behind dismissal of the feisty Guardians in the ALDS.