Virtual Baseball: Yanks Send Napoleons to Their Waterloo. Concern Grows Over Sterling.

The Virtual New York Yankees handed the Cleveland Napoleons a walk-off Waterloo, as Clint Frazier's three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth abruptly seized defeat and reversed it to be a 7-6 victory.

Yankees starter Mike King had the worst start of his surprising rookie season, but as usual the legion of New York relievers bailed the team out, with Chad Green getting the win and Zach(k) Britton picking up the save.

Meanwhile, concern continued to grow over the state of John Sterling's health.  The much-adored broadcaster told friends today that he had managed to find a portal in time where he is staying at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital.

Sterling said that he had been able to go back to the 1904 season that had concluded at Hilltop Park, on the site of where the hospital stands today.  He claimed that he had been able to reverse the outcome of the doubleheader on the final day of the season, so that the Highlanders defeated the Boston Pilgrims instead of the other way around.

He further claimed that he was able to reverse the cancellation of the World Series that year, and help the proto-Yankees to defeat the Giants, 5 games to 4, in the new, first-ever Subway Series.

These claims by Sterling greatly disturbed his doctors.

The story of how Happy Jack Chesbro bested Boston for his record 42nd victory to take the pennant, and then defeated Christy Mathewson, 1-0, in 12 inning of the decisive ninth game of the World Series is, of course, a well-known piece of New York baseball lore, one that used to be known by every schoolboy, back when there were still schoolboys.

"The fact that Mr. Sterling could really think he made this happen is very concernful," remarked Dr. Jack Finney.  "It may indicate that a neurological event has rendered him prone to illusions."

Pressed for more details on what this could mean, Dr. Finney conceded: "It could be he will never warble again."