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John Sterling:
“Well Suzyn, you can’t win if you don’t hit, and the Yankees just didn’t show up today. One hit! One! In a playoff game at Yankee Stadium, with forty-three thousand in attendance, and the Bombers were completely baffled by Antonio Mendoza. He looked like Cy Young out there, mowing them down inning after inning. It was lifeless, Suzyn, just lifeless.”
Suzyn Waldman:
“John, this was supposed to be the start of a big October for the Yankees. They had a great regular season, so much optimism, and then… nothing. The offense was flat, there was no spark, no urgency. You could feel it in the crowd too—people were waiting for that big Yankee moment, but it never came. Mendoza was in total control, and the Yankees never put up a fight.”
John Sterling:
“And that’s the most disappointing part. You enter October with high hopes, and then you give your fans… that. No rallies, no drama, just nine innings of futility. If they want to stay alive in this series, they better wake up fast, because one more game like this and the season will be over before it ever really began.”
Suzyn Waldman:
“Exactly, John. It’s only one game, but it sure feels like a gut punch. The Yankees have to regroup quickly, or this October run is going to be very short.”
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