Poetic justice… The entire stadium was roaring against the visiting team, only to be silenced moments later. While facing a hostile crowd is nothing new in MLB, sometimes that hostility goes beyond the foul lines. That’s exactly what’s happening in Game 3 between the Yankees and Blue Jays.
Coming into the game down 0-2, Yankees fans didn’t even wait for the first pitch before unleashing boos at Toronto, even during “O Canada.” They were determined to make Yankee Stadium as hostile as possible in this do-or-die matchup.
“Fans at Yankee Stadium boo the Canadian national anthem,” Newsday’s Anthony Rieber shared.
But it didn’t take long for that energy to backfire.
Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. stepped up and crushed his third homer of the series in the top of the first, giving T