In what was a classic start to the New York Yankees’ postseason, Gleyber Torres quickly turned it around and helped fans forget about a nightmare first inning. His homer in the third off Kansas City Royals starter Michael Wacha put the Yanks up 2-1. All is well, right?

Not exactly. It must be detailed what happened in the bottom of the first inning. After Gerrit Cole had gotten out of the top half despite surrendering a lot of hard contact, the Yankees immediately put runners on second and third with nobody out. Torres walked and Juan Soto doubled to left field.

Guess how many runs they got? All it took was an Aaron Judge strikeout vs Wacha (surprise!), an Austin Wells fielder’s choice that got Torres thrown out at home (terrible baserunning), and a Giancarlo Stanton strikeout (surprise!) to end the threat. The Royals were given a second life and immediately scored in the top half of the second to make it 1-0.

But Torres came through after an Alex Verdugo leadoff single. He sent one over the short porch in right field in the bottom of the third and Yankee Stadium came back to life after all the energy was sucked out.

The viewers at home got a bonus, too. They got to hear Bob Costas unnecessarily comment/complain about the ballpark’s dimensions. That’s the kind of playoff analysis we need!

Gleyber Torres short porch HR already has Yankees fans fed up with Bob Costas

After the ball went over the fence, Costas emphasized how short the right field dimensions are at Yankee Stadium and seemed to take issue with the fact the outfield walls didn’t detail the distances more frequently as you moved from the foul pole to center field. “In this ballpark, all you have to do is get under one and it might go … by the WB Mason sign, it can’t be more than 330 [feet].”

And to that we say … why does it matter? That’s a topic of conversation when you decide to get drunk and argue with your Yankees fan friends. It’s not a talking point on a national broadcast.

Funny, though, because we didn’t hear Costas making any comments after MJ Melendez hit a go-ahead two-run homer off Gerrit Cole in the top of the fourth … right over the porch.

Both teams can use it to their advantage! It’s been a thing for over a century. But we’re done with that. The story here is that the Yankees are once again not prepared to properly neutralize their opponents. They had a chance in the top of the first. Nope. They have their ace up against an offense that just scored three runs in two games against the Orioles. KC scored three runs in four innings on Saturday.

Expect an excruciating five-game series here. And it could go in either direction. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. The Yankees are showing us exactly why everybody was rightfully concerned about them heading into October.