You just knew there was no way your team was going to lose.
The performances that were so big they carried the team to victory.
Here are the Top 10 Put ‘em On Your Back Performances that define baseball. #250for250
Hello to all my American friends!🇺🇲
Christian Yelich on Shohei Ohtani. 🦄⚾
"Without a doubt, I'd pick Shohei. If he's not the best player in baseball, he's definitely one of them. Getting to be his teammate, even for one game, is really cool."
"He's a freak. If he only pitched, he'd still be elite. If he only hit, he'd still be elite. The fact that he's among the very best at both is just crazy."
"His skill set is something we've never seen before. Not even Babe Ruth did what Shohei is doing. He throws 100 mph like one of the best pitchers in the game, and he's also one of the best hitters."
"He's physically different, too. He's a big, powerful athlete. I've seen him put together one of the greatest performances in baseball history against our team."
"In the NLCS Game 4, he hit three home runs and struck out 10 batters. It honestly felt like we lost to one player."
"There was nothing we could do. It felt like I had a front-row seat to a historic baseball game—one we'll probably never see again, especially in the postseason."
"What impresses me most is not just that he can physically do it, but how he prepares mentally. He has to prepare as both a pitcher and a hitter, while taking care of his body for both roles."
"He plays every day, throws six or seven innings, steals bases, and still performs at an elite level. That's an incredible physical demand. Shohei is truly a unicorn."
When one of MLB's biggest stars calls you a unicorn, that says everything. 🌟
Erling Haaland on breaking down in tears after Norway’s 2–1 extra-time defeat to England in the FIFA World Cup.
🗣️ “Those tears weren’t because I missed out on a semi-final. They came because I felt like I had let an entire nation down. When you wear the Norway shirt, you don’t just play for yourself you play for every child dreaming in the streets, every family watching from home, and every supporter who believed in us. That weight is impossible to describe.”
“People will see me crying and call it weakness. Let them. I call it love. If losing for your country doesn’t break your heart, then football doesn’t mean enough to you. I would rather cry after giving everything than smile knowing I could have done more.”
“I looked around that dressing room and saw teammates devastated. Some couldn’t speak. Some were staring at the floor. Others were crying just like I was. That’s when it truly hit me. Our dream was over. All the sacrifices, all the hard work, all the belief… gone in a single night.”
“To every Norway supporter, I’m sorry we couldn’t give you one more match. You deserved to see us in the semi-finals. You stood by us from the first minute of this tournament until the last, and hearing you sing even after the final whistle made the pain even harder to take. We heard you. We felt your love.”
“England were better when it mattered most, and they deserve credit. But don’t think this defeat will break us. It will stay with me for the rest of my life. Every time I train, every time I score, every time I wear this badge again, I’ll remember this night and the tears that came with it.”
“This isn’t goodbye to our dream. It’s a painful chapter in our story. Right now my heart is broken, and nothing can change that. But I promise the people of Norway one thing we will get back up. We will fight again. And one day, these tears will be replaced by tears of joy. Until then, I’ll carry this pain with me every single day.”
Dodgers catcher Eliezer Alfonzo Jr. is making his MLB debut on the same day that it was reported his sister and stepmother were found dead from the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela
Alfonzo and fellow Venezuelan Miguel Rojas are honoring them with messages on their hats 💙