Juan Soto sends the Yankees to the World Series for the first time in 15 years

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The New York Yankees are going to the World Series for the first time since Obama's first year in office. 

Juan Soto hit a three-run home run on Saturday to bring the American League pennant back to the Bronx for the first time since 2009. The 25-year-old superstar outfielder worked seven pitches against Cleveland Guardians pitcher Hunter Gaddis, and with two strikes, he smashed a high fastball into deep center field. He watched it with an unsteady face as it left his bat, seeing just how far it was going to go. 

And then it landed over the center field fence to give the Yankees a 5-2 win in Game 5 of the American League Championship series, and a 4-1 series win. 

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New York Yankees outfielder Juan Soto celebrates after hitting a three run home run during the tenth inning against the Cleveland Guardians during game five of the ALCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Progressive Field.  (David Dermer-Imagn Images)

The crowd in Cleveland was three quarters stunned silent, one quarter rowdy Yankees fans. Those traveling Yankees fans kept the Progressive Field crowd loud and roudy long after the final out, with chants of "Let's Go Yankees!" that echoed across an otherwise silent city, into the distance of Ohio's Lake Erie. 

For Cleveland, it is a crushing loss and a continued trend of October heartbreak to the evil empire. 

Cleveland has now lost four postseason series to the Yankees dating back to 2017, Aaron Judge's rookie season. That year, with Cleveland coming off its own American League pennant, a 102-win season and the longest winning streak in American League history. With