Harrison Bader

Harrison Bader delivered for the Yankees in Game 1 of the ALDS in the MLB Playoffs after a slow start to his tenure with his new team.

Bader certainly has value for the Yankees when he’s healthy, and he showed as much in Game 1. The biggest thing is, I’ll be ready to play when I’m ready to play and when I’m healthy. [Game 1](https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-harrison-bader-etches-name-in-new-york-history-books-with-never-before-done-feat/) of their ALDS series against the Cleveland Guardians with a solo home run in the third inning to tie the game.

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In the meantime, share this newsletter with your friends and family, and tell them to sign up at and Houston, they began the playoffs on the road in St. He kept trying to go a little bit more toward the corners, and the batters kept spoiling the ones that were on the black and taking the ones that just missed. Wheeler faced the Braves three times and allowed six earned runs in 20 innings (2.70 ERA). Wright faced the Phillies three times and allowed six earned runs in 19 innings (2.84 ERA). They fouled off nine pitches in the first and three more in the second. The dinger tied the game; it was his catch that saved it. Because of the new rules and blocking the plate, guys are able to hook-slide. He whiffed Andres Giménez on a nasty slider to escape the jam. The fielder’s choice set up a force at every base, which allowed the Yankees to throw out Rosario at the plate easily when Óscar González followed with a grounder to third. Presumably, some of you reading this newsletter have experienced the atmosphere of playoff baseball in person. It was also the first time I ever attended a postseason game.

Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling broke out in song for Harrison Bader's first postseason home run for a classic call.

His home run calls are legendary (whether you like them or not), and he’s likely been holding on to this one since New York traded for Bader in August. You just know the 84-year-old radio broadcaster has been holding onto that song for the majority of his life, just in case he needed it. [narrative about his postseason performance](https://elitesportsny.com/2022/10/12/this-is-yet-another-good-sign-from-yankees-alds-game-1-win/) in pinstripes, Gerrit Cole gave up a solo home run to Steven Kwan to give Cleveland a 1-0 lead. [CAESARS SPORTSBOOK](https://elitesportsny.com/link/caesars-new-york/) I mean, my goodness, that was a straight fastball pretty much right down Broadway. The Yankees ended up winning Game 1 of their ALDS matchup against the Cleveland Guardians handily by a score of 4-1.

Harrison Bader has had an interesting season. He began the year with the St. Louis Cardinals, who ultimately traded him to the New York Yankees at.

Louis Cardinals, who ultimately traded him to the [Nestor Cortes](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cortene01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral) getting the ball for the Yankees. Harrison Bader is the first player in Yankees history to have his first career home run with the team come in the postseason. [Matt Carpenter](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carpema01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral) applauded him from the Yankees dugout. That made him the first player in Yankees history to hit his first home run with his new team in the postseason. [Cal Quantrill](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/q/quantca01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&utm_source=&utm_medium=referral) in the bottom of the third inning to tie the game.

Bader grew up a Yankees fan and went to several games at Yankee Stadium, including many during the Yankees'$2 2009 World Series run - and he was loving ...