Insane Stat Coincidences About Clinch Should Make Yankee Fans Believe in Magic and 28th Title
By Adam Weinrib
Do you ever feel like certain seasons are just...sprinkled with fairy dust?
It's unquantifiable, and you want to convince yourself to stay grounded, but the 2019 Yankees are undeniably following in the 2018 Red Sox path, at this moment, of being both extremely talented and extremely blessed. Though they've been beset by a string of injuries unlike any the league has ever seen, there's always been a "next man up" in place, time and again, to carry the load. That's special.
So, it shouldn't shock you that it appears the heavens above were smiling on the team Thursday night, as they clinched their first AL East title since 2012. Just check out these remarkable numbers.
Their 19th division title tanaka was the winning pitcher (19) and the score was LAA 1 NYY 9 lol sheesh https://t.co/WbOYAiO0WD
— JoezMcfly?? (@JoezMcfLy) September 20, 2019
As you know, 28 is a rather special number around these parts. As much as Yankee fans enjoy shouting, "27 rings!" they've been desperate to up that number by one for a decade now.
After all, they want their obnoxious shouts to increase in impressiveness year over year.
As a kid and teenager I can’t tell you how many essays I wrote about being a sports writer
— Joe(Bronx Pinstripes writer) (@deflategator) September 20, 2019
A lot of us who’d like to find our way into the industry - whatever that means - owe a lot to this crop of Yankees for giving us so many cool moments to write about pic.twitter.com/pUYeOk7EKR
We don't know what combination of ghosts, spirits, and Steinbrenners concocted this remarkable confluence of 9s and 19s, but we do know it means something.
At least, we'll mentally carry that for a few weeks.