I told The Hoya I would only write this column this week if the New York Yankees won the wild card series against their — and my — arch-rival, the Boston Red Sox. Otherwise, I would be too busy mourning...

I was devastated after the New York Yankees lost the 2017 American League Championship Series (ALCS) to the cheating Houston Astr*s. But I was only a little devastated, not throw-remote-at-the-TV-and-then-go-cry-and-take-all-my-posters-down...