Besides winning his third American League East title and narrowly defeating a tenacious Baltimore Orioles ball club during the regular season and in the American LeagueDivisionSeries, he accomplished these amazing feats with a heavy heart.
On Saturday, a sellout crowd will bustle through the turnstiles at Yankee Stadium hoping to see another playoff victory by the 27-time world champions in Game Two of the American LeagueDivisionSeries against the Detroit Tigers.
In Game One of the National LeagueDivisionSeries between the Reds and Giants, Cincinnati closer Aroldis Chapman began warming up with his team batting in the top of the ninth inning while holding a 3-1 lead.