By The Babylon Bee | Created at 2024-10-31 17:20:21 | Updated at 2024-10-31 19:39:27
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NEW YORK, NY — The 2024 Major League Baseball season ended in historic fashion, as the New York Yankees successfully defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series.
Despite their best efforts, the Yankees were unable to overcome the Yankees, opening the door for the Yankees to pull out a victory over the Yankees in Game 5 in the Bronx.
"We were just too much for us tonight," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said following the loss. "We felt like we had a good game plan, we knew we were behind in the series and had an uphill battle, but we were confident we could win. Unfortunately, we weren't able to put up enough of a fight against us. But, hey, hats off to us. We're the toughest opponent we've faced all year. It's really difficult for us to win games against us."
Key strategies employed by the Yankees to defeat the Yankees included having Aaron Judge drop a routine fly ball, messing up a simple throw to third, and Gerrit Cole not covering first base as though he were playing for a AAA Little Leauge team.
Though disappointed to come up short, Yankees players were quick to give credit to the team that defeated them. "You've got to hand it to us," said star New York slugger Aaron Judge. "We were clearly able to stop every attempt we made to win this series. It hurts. But, hey, you've just got to tip your cap to us for beating us out there on the field tonight. We'll just rest up during the offseason, come back next spring, and make another run at it. Hopefully, we don't run up against us in the playoffs next year."
At publishing time, baseball fans across the country were congratulating the Yankees on soundly defeating the Yankees.
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