Someone needs to check if the Yankees are okay. Because what happened last night against the Seattle Mariners was either the greatest comeback in franchise history or the most elaborate practical joke ever pulled on 40,000 paying customers.
The Setup: When Being No-Hit Becomes Performance Art
Picture this: You’re the New York Yankees, supposedly one of baseball’s premier franchises. Bryan Woo, a 22-year-old pitcher, retired 20 straight Yankees batters and took a no-hitter into the eighth inning. For seven and two-thirds innings, the Yankees’ offensive approach resembled a group of tourists trying to hit a piñata while blindfolded. The Mariners were up 5-0 and probably already planning their post-game celebration dinner when the baseball gods decided to intervene.
The Comeback: From Zero to Hero
Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled leading off the eighth to break up the no-hitter and suddenly the Yankees remembered they were supposed to be good at this whole “hitting a baseball” thing.
What followed was the kind of rally that makes you question the laws of physics. The Yankees suddenly turned into offensive juggernauts.
The Finale: Volpe’s Acrobatic Masterpiece
Anthony Volpe scored the winning run with an acrobatic slide on Aaron Judge’s shallow sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, and the New York Yankees rallied past Seattle 6-5.
To Bryan Woo and the Mariners: our condolences. To Yankees fans: enjoy this one, because explaining how your team won this game is going to be like trying to describe the plot of a fever dream. Somewhere in Seattle, Bryan Woo is probably staring at the ceiling wondering how he went from potential no-hitter hero to footnote in someone else’s comeback story.
Were you watching this game? How did you react to the Yankees’ impossible comeback? Share your thoughts in the comments – we’re still trying to figure out what we just witnessed.
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