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MIKE: “Alright, WE’RE BACK! Yankee Stadium, Game 3, and lemme tell ya somethin’, Dog — this was a BAD loss for the Yankees. BAD. You cannot — cannot — give up fourteen hits at home in a playoff game and expect to win. And this Jesus Satiago — Dog, what a performance. A homer, a triple, a double — he hit everything but the Subway sign out on River Avenue!”
DOG: “MIKE, HE KILLED ‘EM! HE ABSOLUTELY KILLED ‘EM! They could not get this guy out with a butterfly net! Beeman — BEEMAN — he had nothing, NOTHING! Every ball was hit hard, Mike! The Indians were on him from pitch one!”
MIKE: “Beeman didn’t have the command, didn’t have the bite on the slider, and Cleveland just kept piling on. And I’ll tell you — that sixth inning, Dog — that was the turning point. Game tied. Crowd getting into it. And Miguel Saldana, who never hits the ball out of the infield — singles in the go-ahead run!”
DOG: “OH, HUGE! HUGE! And Mike, the Yankees — LOOK — they had chances! They absolutely had chances! Ten hits, they’re putting guys on base, and they can’t get the BIG hit! Ruiz gives you that big double early — Shackford with the homer — and then NOTHING. Goose eggs the rest of the way!”
MIKE: “And the defense, Dog… the defense. Four errors from Cleveland and the Yankees STILL can’t capitalize! That’s unheard of! Cleveland practically GIFT-WRAPPED opportunities. Yankees didn’t take ‘em. That’s the ballgame.”
DOG: “YEP! And now — NOW — you’re down 2-1 in the series, and you’ve got pressure all over ya! You gotta even it tomorrow! You have to win tomorrow! If you go down 3-1 with THIS Indians lineup hitting like this? Forget it! SERIES OVER!”
MIKE: “Tomorrow becomes a must-win. No question about it. Yankees have to show some toughness. Cleveland’s feeling GREAT, Dog. They come in here, smack you around in your own park, get every big hit — they walk out of the Bronx up 2-1.”
DOG: “BIG game tomorrow, Mike! BIG! MONSTROUS! You CANNOT let Cleveland take control of this series! MUST-WIN for the Yankees! MUST-WIN!”
MIKE: “We’ll see if the Yankees respond. Alright — we’ll take a break, back after this.”
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