From Bryan Hoch:
The stare was ice cold, displayed immediately after Juan Soto launched one deep for what would be announced as the second-longest homer to reach Eutaw Street. The Yankees slugger flipped his bat dismissively, then savored his trot around the bases.
There had been beef between Soto and Orioles right-hander Dean Kremer, the gritty details of which Soto said he’d keep to himself. Though Soto won that showdown, Kremer and the O’s claimed victory, handing the Yankees a 4-2 loss on Tuesday at Camden Yards.
“It was part of the game. We were going back and forth,” Soto said. “He didn’t like the shuffle. I bet he didn’t like the homer, too.”
Bryan Hoch must feel so embarrassed writing stories like this, right? “Second straight loss to their divisional rival knocking them out of first place…boy, what a home run by Soto to cut it to two!”
Sorry, I was traveling today, so I couldn’t get this up sooner. As a counter to the silly Soto narrative, the featured image is Soto failing to catch the single that drove in the fourth Baltimore run.
Yankees doing what they’ve been doing for years, making mediocre opponents bullpens look good.
The Yankees have more hard hit groundouts the past 2 days…
Ozzzzz!