The Dodgers won 7-6 to capture the title.“The sting of not finishing it off stays with you forever,” Boone said.Kelly said on his “ Baseball Isn’t Boring” podcast the Dodgers entered each game saying: “Just let them throw the ball into the infield.

One that might resonate with Soto is his baseball idol, Robinson Cano, a five-time All-Star second baseman with the Yankees and a key part of their last world championship team.

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman responded last week to the comments by Kelly, a former Red Sox reliever who pitched to a 4.78 ERA this season, was left off of the Dodgers’ NLDS roster due to a shoulder injury and never returned during the playoffs.