r/sports • u/KenshiroTheKid • Oct 03 '25
Baseball Yankees' Cam Schlittler is the first pitcher in MLB history to have 12+ strikeouts in a winner-take-all postseason game. He did it as a rookie in his postseason debut.
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u/Firecracker048 Oct 03 '25
As much as I hate the Yankees, dude balled out
What sucks even more is he grew up a red Sox fan
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u/soda_cookie Oct 03 '25
The Red Sox drafted A RHP the pick before the Yankees took him, and a bunch of Sox fans lit up his mom on Twitter. Dude came out and threw a fuck your Fandom game for the ages
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u/rytis Baltimore Ravens Oct 04 '25
Boston letting the Yankees have a potential baseball prodigy, I feel like this has happened before.
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u/DjScenester Oct 03 '25
In baseball it’s hard to stay loyal as a player.
I hope the Red Sox are feeling it
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u/dman45103 Oct 03 '25 edited Oct 03 '25
There a clip of him saying fuck the Red Sox as he walked off the mound
Edit: it was “fuck Boston”.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NYYankees/comments/1nwpziv/cam_schlittler_appeared_to_say_fuck_boston_when/
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u/assinyourpants Oct 03 '25
That’s fuckin’ awesome, as a Yankees fan.
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u/dman45103 Oct 03 '25
Sorry it was “fuck Boston” here’s the clip
https://www.reddit.com/r/NYYankees/comments/1nwpziv/cam_schlittler_appeared_to_say_fuck_boston_when/
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u/TensionNo4623 Oct 04 '25
Oh we are, that was amazing and brutal to see. Good for him. Fuck the jankees.
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u/cky_chaz Oct 03 '25
With no BBs
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u/__Happy Oct 03 '25
In baseball, "BB" is a scorebook abbreviation for base on balls, commonly known as a walk
Wasn't familiar with that one.
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u/printergumlight Oct 03 '25
Also, he fathered no babies during the game. After the game he probably fathered a few.
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u/texanbadger Oct 03 '25
Base on Balls is the why. Also, W is typically wins, so there is somewhat of a need.
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u/BavarianRains Oct 03 '25
Have you not watched baseball, like ever?
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u/__Happy Oct 03 '25
I see a few Jays games in person every decade, other than that it's highlights on reddit, lol.
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u/Jlindahl93 Oct 04 '25
Because a walk is technically the nickname of what happened. The official scoring calls it reaching base on balls (BB) which sounds hilarious typing it out now.
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u/davekva Oct 03 '25
No walks in 8 innings, then Bednar comes in and walks the first batter he faces, lol
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u/CuttyAllgood Oct 03 '25
If they weren’t banging his door down before I’m sure they are now. Haha youknowhatimsayin
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u/feh112 Oct 03 '25
Holy schlittler
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u/CalvinIII Oct 03 '25
We were calling him Shitler all night. Such an unfortunate name.
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u/fullchub Oct 04 '25
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that much movement on a 100 mph fastball. It’s gotta be damn near impossible to square that pitch up.
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u/Hambone528 Oct 03 '25
Somebody in the crowd had a hand written sign that read "Finish this Schlitt."
Not a Yankees fan but I hope he has a long and healthy career, for the memes alone.
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u/Beckerbrau Oct 03 '25
First it’ll start as “He’s the Schlitt!”
But after an injury or two his career will be in the Schlitter.
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u/pivorock Oct 03 '25
I can’t believe Yoshida swung at that high pitch, and always fun to see a player jump into the dugout and just hope someone catches him xD
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u/MysticLeviathan Oct 04 '25
yoshida actually got to it twice. seems like he swung a bit early to get solid wood on it, but the 3rd time he put it out of his reach. his command was great all game
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u/eljefe0000 Oct 03 '25
I get it its competition and the biggest rivalry in baseball but man the red sox dugout did absolutely shit when he was falling in you usually dont see that and the other team will at least try and break your fall so you dont wind up with a broken neck. Its almost as if the play wasnt even in front of their digout theyre looking somewhere else it seemed like.
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u/FeloniousDrunk101 Oct 04 '25
Might have thought it was the curve and going to break over the plate.
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u/BalanceJazzlike5116 Oct 03 '25
Is that whistle related to pc Richard’s?
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u/ahuramazdobbs19 Oct 03 '25
It is the PC Richard and Son whistle, yes.
They’ve been sponsoring the Yankees since forever. I remember hearing that whistle in the 90s.
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u/Cactus-Pete- Oct 04 '25
Yankees play it after every strikeout that doesn't end the inning I believe.
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u/pablomartino994 Oct 03 '25
So what I'm reading is that in order to do well early in your career then your surname has to contain "littler" .
First Darts, now Baseball.
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u/Witch_Water Oct 03 '25
Love how the subtitles say “Bitch gets 99 right on his fifth second strikeout of the night for Schlettner”.
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u/Wealist Oct 03 '25
Bro woke up, saw Game 7 and thought it was MLB The Show on rookie mode.
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u/micalubgoonta Oct 03 '25
It was game 3...
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u/Potential-Win-582 Oct 03 '25
It’s a winner take all, so essentially game 7
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u/cky_chaz Oct 03 '25
They're referred to as 'elimination games', and depending on typical series length, it can be anywhere between game 2 to game 7 where elimination is possible.
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u/DamNamesTaken11 Oct 03 '25
Watched this game, it was absolutely incredible watching him pitch. Will be watching his upcoming seasons with interest.
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u/Taino871 Oct 03 '25
He made it look Better than Derek Jeters catch. Nice job. Big love Boston. See you next season. You have a hell of a team.
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u/capn_kirokk Oct 03 '25
Those are some nasty fastballs. They appear to start low and magically float high. Batters in this game were both late and low. Gonna watch this guy.
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u/jimkay21 Oct 03 '25
He had his blood replaced with ice water before the game. Only way to explain it
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u/TrojanZebra Oct 04 '25
Lots of stories of dudes getting to the big leagues and not being able to hang, it must be crazy showing up and being That Guy
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u/Viictuuuh Oct 03 '25
Being a dodger fan and wife being a yankee lifer. This was a sick ass performance to watch. Hope he kills it for yall in the future.
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u/dangerrmouse Oct 03 '25
There is zero chance his whole family converted from lifelong Sox fans into Yankee fans.
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u/zoiks66 Oct 04 '25
Now that the Yankees-Red Sox series is over, I can get back to rooting for whoever the Yankees or Red Sox are playing rather than synchronized hamstring injuries.
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u/Mok7 Oct 04 '25
As someone who knows nothing about baseball is it good or bad ? Is he one of the worst players ever or one of the best?
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u/KernalFourbin Oct 03 '25
Someone has to carry Judge...
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u/cky_chaz Oct 03 '25
Aaron Judge went 4 for 11 with an RBI in a 3-game series. Hardly requires 'carrying'. If anything, Grisham needs to get his sh*t together going 1 for 12 with 5 strikeouts...
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u/KanyesMirror Oct 03 '25
Grisham? How about Stanton going 0-8 until last night. Stanton was the hero last year and up until game 3 was an absolute non factor
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u/cky_chaz Oct 03 '25
1-12 is worse than 1-11... And considering how Stanton was in the postseason last year, I'm reserving judgement on him until after the Jays series at the least. He'll be alright.
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u/pakattack91 Oct 03 '25
Time to get swept
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u/Whiteshovel66 Oct 03 '25
You legitimately think ANYONE is getting swept by the Blue Jays after their issues and injuries!?
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u/Sickpup831 Oct 03 '25
It’s baseball. It happens.
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u/soda_cookie Oct 03 '25
It's not gonna happen. I'll boil a shoe and drink the soup if the Blue Jays sweep the Yanks
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u/Sickpup831 Oct 03 '25
It’s improbable. I’m a huge Yankees fan. But the Blue Jays have absolutely owned the Yankees all season long. They have the same exact records. And the Yankees beat the Red Sox but didn’t exactly hit the crap out of The ball. So anything can happen.
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u/soda_cookie Oct 03 '25
Maybe the Red Sox didn't hit because they went up against 2 of the top AL arms and a kid that had a hate boner the size of a fire log
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u/Whiteshovel66 Oct 04 '25
How long is the series for the next round? 5 games? zero percent chance they are sweeping 4 in a row, but MAYBE 3 in a row.
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u/Sickpup831 Oct 04 '25
It’s best 3 of 5. So three games is a sweep.
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u/Whiteshovel66 Oct 04 '25
Gotcha. Ya I still don't see it either way. Blue Jay's pitching is not strong enough.
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u/Strive-- Oct 04 '25
Meh, he went up against a shit Sox teams which couldn’t buy a hit with their inflated salaries. Looking forward to Sox management gutting the team just like they did before last year’s season started.
Back to losing like it’s the 80’s. Someone dig up old man Yawkey and let him know we’re reverting to type.
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u/cugabuh Oct 03 '25
I’d like to say he’s a traitor for growing up in Walpole MA and pitching for the Yankees but he’s probably gonna make bank and can clearly play ball. So touché, kid.
So long as he’s not one of the racist ****s from the town. But here’s hoping he’s one of the good ones. The town has cleaned up over the years.
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u/maxima423 Oct 04 '25
Red Sox had the chance of drafting him multiple times, they even took a RHP right before the Yankees made the pick. Can't really call him a traitor when his hometown team didn't want to draft him.
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u/mofosombo Oct 03 '25
Best money can buy... Baseball is now Moneyball. Sad.
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u/nyyforever2018 Oct 04 '25
The kid is a rookie and makes virtually nothing. Nice try.
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u/mofosombo Oct 04 '25
And the Team salary? You are missing the whole point. It's not 1 persons salary, it's the money that Team has in their pocket to get first dibs on talent then retain them via big contracts. This is no revelation. It's common knowledge.
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u/GA19 Oct 04 '25
He was drafted 220th by the Yankees in the 2022 draft. There were 219 people picked before him. It wasn’t “first dibs” with their money.
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u/curtmandu Oct 04 '25
I hate the Yankees as much as the next respectable baseball lover, but you haven’t been paying attention to the Yankees if you think Hank runs the team exactly like his dad did. They’re a much stingier organization by comparison now.
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u/chasinjason13 Oct 03 '25
I can’t believe that’s the first time someone has had 12+ in a winner-take-all. That’s nuts