"It Was Personal For Me" - Cam Schlittler Saw Some Fans Harassing His Mom Online Before Game 3 And Decided He Had No Choice But To Dismantle The Red Sox

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From what we've seen from Cam Schlittler so far in his young career, the dude keeps his emotions in check. Despite being a rookie and all of this being new to him, you won't see him out there on the mound strutting around with his tongue out, letting his emotions take over. After a big strikeout he's not going full Joba Chamberlain on you and somersaulting to the dugout. The 6'6" righty does his business on the mound and carries himself like a guy who has been in the league for 10 years already. Outside of his flame throwing pitching arsenal, all we really knew about the guy is that he owns a cat and is from Walpole, Mass. Leading up to this potential start against the Sox he spoke about converting his family to Yankee fans.  

What seemed like good fun a few days ago quickly turned into motivation fueled by anger. We don't know exactly what was said, but if you read between the lines it seems some things were said targeted at his mom. 

Cam would go on to use that as extra fuel to dismantle the Boston Red Sox and end their season. Schlittler proceeded to deliver one of the best postseason starts in Yankees franchise history. The definition of fuck around and find out. These idiots went at Momma Schlittler and turned her son into a fire breathing nightmare. 

Anyone good at lip reading? 

Not that you need any extra added motivation for a do or die postseason start, but hey it doesn't hurt to get any edge you can. 

Dude just straight up wasn't going to let the Sox win that game after the fans went after his mom online. 

The way he did it was demoralizing for Boston. 96 of his 107 pitches were some sort of fastball whether it be a four seam, cutter or sinker. He knew the Sox lineup couldn't touch him. I've always wondered what it'd feel like to be on the right side of a start like Lance McCullers' in 2017 ALCS when he threw the Yankees 24 straight curveballs, knowing they weren't going to do anything with them. I think I now get the idea. Here it is, good luck. They stood no chance against this demon. 

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After the game Cam was feeling it a little on social media. A little alcohol mixed with the high of morphing into the best pitcher of all time in a do or die game? Yeah, do whatever you want Cam. 

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For the longest time there was this mental block with the Yankees in these sort of games. The Cam Schlittlers of the world who carried themselves with this unbreakable confidence played for Boston, not us. We lacked someone who could enter a massive game like on Thursday and just rise above everyone else with their clutch gene. I fucking love Gerrit Cole to death, but he's never dominated Boston like that, especially with that much on the line. Well now we have one of our own, and the best part is he was theirs for the taking. 

It's fucking beautiful. Gives me hope this rivalry can actually reignite in the coming years. We need hate back between these two teams, just leave the moms out of it. Maybe next year they'll learn how to hit a fastball. 

The job isn't close to finished and the ALDS gets started in less than 48 hours, but man winning like this against the Red Sox feels so goddamn good. The Jays, just like the Sox, had our number during the regular season. It's a whole new ballgame now. Time for a trip up North.