Not since Michael Corleone’s daughter was fatally shot at the conclusion of Godfather III has such a skin-crawling scream been heard.
This time, however, it was the death of a World Series dream that prompted a guttural cry in the Seattle Mariners locker room following their Game 7 defeat at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
While George Springer’s already-iconic three-run homer sprung the Jays to a World Series berth against the Ohtani-led Dodgers, it sank the Mariners.
The depths of their collective despair were on display during a post-game interview with pitcher Bryan Woo.
While trying to put his team’s heartbreak into words, a skin-crawling scream from a teammate did all the talking for him.
A glassy-eyed Woo even seemed taken aback by the hellish howl.
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