Guardians fans are down bad calling out Yankees' Aaron Boone in David Fry HR clip

Championship Series - New York Yankees v Cleveland Guardians - Game 5
Championship Series - New York Yankees v Cleveland Guardians - Game 5 / Jason Miller/GettyImages

Though the New York Yankees took the ALCS in five games over the Cleveland Guardians, it certainly wasn't easy. Every game at Progressive Field was a grind, which included the Yankees' choke in Game 3 — a contest that very much felt like it would tip the scales in the Guardians' favor.

Through seven innings, the Yankees only scored one run. And they hadn't put a runner on base since the second. But, somehow, they came alive in the eighth inning after the Guardians went to star closer Emmanuel Clase.

Back-to-back homers from Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton made it a 4-3 game, with the Yankees needing only six outs to go up 3-0 in the series. But two unlikely swings of the bat saw the Guardians walk things off in the 10th.

Jhonkensy Noel hit the game-tying bomb in the ninth after the Guardians were down to their last strike during the previous batter, Lane Thomas. Then, Clay Holmes surrendered the walk-off two-run jack in the 10th to unlikely postseason hero David Fry.

A day later, Guardians fans were clipping a moment from the pandemonium after Fry's home run, claiming Yankees manager Aaron Boone "disgustingly" threw his gum in the direction of Fry.

Guardians fans are down bad calling out Yankees' Aaron Boone in David Fry HR clip

Join on in, folks! Guardians fans have every reason to hate the Yankees, but this is the moment you're going to pinpoint? Boone angrily tossing his gum after an historic loss nowhere near Fry? Could've gone with the many other reasons the Yankees are hateable. Nope.

We get it, though. We'd still be down tremendously bad if the Yankees were unable to ride the momentum, had they captured a victory like the Guardians did in Game 3. Instead, the lesser opponent lost, surrendering a two-run homer in the first inning of Game 4, then blowing it late before doing almost the exact same thing in Game 5.

Add this to the list of "the Yankees had the easiest playoff path" and "of course the Yankees should be here because they have the highest payroll" and "we're not watching this World Series because of course it's Yankees vs Dodgers, even though this matchup hasn't occurred in 43 years!"

Only another 10 days of this crap before we're officially in the offseason clear. Hang in there, Yankees fans.

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