With every game mattering so much now that the postseason is here, the New York Yankees recognized that every sort of advantage they could get could matter considering how thin the margins separating them and the Boston Red Sox are. With ace southpaw Garrett Crochet on the mound for the Red Sox , Yankees manager Aaron Boone decided not to include left-handed hitter Jazz Chisholm Jr . in the starting lineup for Game 1 in what was an eventual 3-1 loss for the home side.

The Yankees' season is on the brink of coming to an end, and every decision becomes magnified especially when the team that led MLB in total runs scored failed to get more than one run across the plate. Chisholm, in particular, could have made a difference; he hit 31 home runs in the regular season after all and did

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