CLEVELAND — The baseball gods work in the shadows, scripting moments and matchups and sequences that we couldn’t begin to fathom.
Take, for instance, the night of June 26, when Matthew Boyd just so happened to flip on a Cleveland Guardians game to gauge the pulse of the team desperate for his services.
But in late June, shortly before Noel arrived, he suffered an elbow injury that the Guardians have kept discreet.
“I’m like, ‘No, I’m just not hitting well, Dad,’” Fry said.
This was the baseball gods working overtime to deliver us October goodness, a beautiful blend of tangled storylines and jaw-dropping momentum shifts.
Persons:
CLEVELAND, Matthew Boyd, Boyd, Jhonkensy Noel, Rafael, Noel, Rafael won’t, Noel’s, Stephen Vogt, Ryan Merritt, Merritt, Emmanuel Clase, Aaron Judge, Judge socked, — Boyd, Cade Smith, Tim Herrin, Hunter Gaddis, ” Vogt, Giancarlo Stanton, David Fry, Shohei, Fry, “, I’m, ’ ” Fry, , ” Fry, Lauren Leigh Bacho
Organizations:
Cleveland Guardians, Camden Yards, Guardians, Blue Jays, American League, Cleveland, Yankee, Athletic, Apple Watch, Louisville Slugger
Locations:
Cleveland, New York, Detroit