Supradeep Dutta

4 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Supradeep Dutta |Irfan Kabeer

The stadium lights were not even dimmed before the anxiety started to filter in. Fans stormed out with slumped shoulders, their cheers fading into something far more void. There was no dramatic walk-off. No miraculous comeback. Just that heavy silence, the kind that lingers when something far deeper is at stake than a midseason series. When the Yankees covered their much-hyped clash against the Dodgers, Aaron Judge could not hide his frustration. The loss did not just sting, it hit a nerve.

4 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Supradeep Dutta |Irfan Kabeer

The fans’ hopes can turn any stadium into a cauldron — and in the Yankees’ home, it boils faster. One marquee name, one historic contract and suddenly every slump is a scandal. After a frustrating month, the noise only got louder. And one star now finds himself at the eye of a storm he did not create. Juan Soto, after his average performance in May, made the critics restless. However, voices like Francisco Lindor and David Ortiz have walked in and are trying to anchor the ship.

4 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Supradeep Dutta |Pratyusha Srivastava

Something had to give. For a team chasing October glory and juggling talent, a roster shake-up was only a matter of time. Behind the scenes, quiet moves often speak the loudest, and this one could echo deeper than it first appears. With the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ most elite star inching closer to doing what no one else in MLB can, they made a surprising roster decision.

5 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Supradeep Dutta |Pratyusha Srivastava

The energy was strange that morning. The kind of strange you can feel but cannot quite name, like when the air in the locker room feels heavy, not with drama, but with something quieter. Stars were going through motions, but behind the situation, there was a lingering concern: What happens when a star begins to dim? Francisco Lindor had sensed it, and Juan Soto was going through it. In a game that demands daily effectiveness, even the best hit rough patches.

5 days ago | essentiallysports.com | Supradeep Dutta |Pratyusha Srivastava

Sometimes, the tiniest decisions echo the loudest in sports history. A name left off a list, a stat added at the last moment, and a deal made with more hope than certainty—these choices can come back to haunt teams in ways no one could have imagined at the time. This is such a story, involving the Chicago White Sox. In 2016, pressure was quietly mounting behind the scenes for a team that looked like a contender on the surface.