David Robertson locked down the save for the Phillies in game one of the World Series, pulling the veteran reliever one win closer to his second career World Series championship, and one win closer to exacting revenge on the team he believes stole a chance to have already won a second title.
The former Yankee was asked about the Astros and their infamous sign-stealing scandal before the start of the Fall Classic, and years after speaking out about being knocked around in game six of the 2017 ALCS, and the grudge he held for feeling he had been cheated out of a potential pennant, Robertson made it clear that he still hasn’t forgiven Houston.
“I think that those people who were involved in that situation still, every day, at some point, have to realize what they did and live with the decisions they made,” Robertson told the Los Angeles Times. “I will never get 2017 back.”
Many Yankees felt the same after the scandal broke, though most talked about moving on before losing yet again to the Astros this year. But Robertson, now with the Phillies, still has a chance to get some payback.
Meanwhile, the Astros have long since moved on. They are in the World Series for the fourth time in six seasons and a second title would go a long way in silencing the critics.
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