The World Series is the city's carnival; this statement couldn't be more true: at least for New York, which has been away from the North American sports center for a long time, the entire city is completely occupied by elements of the Yankees.

Almost every street and alley, every household has hung the flag of the New York Yankees; the topics of discussion among colleagues and classmates at work and school are invariably baseball.

Even though other events like football, basketball, and ice hockey in the three major leagues are in full swing, at this moment, they seem non-existent; the whole Big Apple City, with millions of mouths, is left with only —

Baseball! Baseball! Baseball!

Yankees! Yankees! Yankees!

Especially the away trip to Los Angeles, after the home team achieved an opening victory in the series, the enthusiasm has reached another peak.

When Yankees players traversed the entire North American continent, returning to their home field from sunny California, they saw this scene:

Outside the terminal, fans wearing Yankees-themed clothing had already packed the area, each face showing extreme enthusiasm;

Even though the temperature in New York had dropped to below ten degrees, it couldn't stop the fans from welcoming their heroes back — they stretched out their hands toward the players' direction, trying their best to convey the emotions in their hearts.

"Go Yankees, let's take them down in one go and win the World Series Championship!"

"We've waited too long, it's time for baseball to return to the Evil Empire era!"

"Ahhhhh— Lin, I love you—!!!"

Even though the team had ample plans for such situations, the enthusiasm of their fans far surpassed the imagination of everyone in the Yankees:

If it wasn't for the timely communication between the staff and airport security and the path opened by professionals through the crowd, Lin Guanglai would have had no doubt about being completely submerged in the crowd.

"Our performance in Los Angeles was very impressive; although we didn't win G2, I'm very pleased with the team's attitude of not giving up when facing a significant deficit..."

Finally, after leaving the airport, on the return shuttle, Girardi was giving the players the last pep talk before disbandment.

"Now we are tied with the Dodgers, but the next three games will be at our home field... I suppose after all this hassle, none of you want to go to Los Angeles again, right?"

Girardi's words also received nods of agreement from all the Yankees players:

Although it only takes more than five hours to fly directly from New York to Los Angeles, and the seats are first-class chartered flights, the great physical and mental exhaustion of the game, the tight schedule, and the vast geographical span made the Yankees players reluctant to continue such a life.

After securing a crucial victory at Dodger Stadium, the entire New York Yankees team has unified their goals:

During the three-game series starting tomorrow in the Bronx, they are determined to claim victory and aim to end the battle on their home turf, taking home the gold cup!

The Yankees players have gained some breathing space after returning to New York, but for the media professionals who came from all over the world to report live from New York, their busy time has just begun.

"Knock, knock." Uesugi Yasuyuki gently knocked on the door and called inside, "Mr. Saito, my contingency plan for tomorrow's live report is nearly done, I'd like you to review it."

After receiving permission from inside, Uesugi Yasuyuki then pushed open the door, went inside, and handed the materials he was holding to Saito Toyo, who was also working diligently. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Saito Toyo took the materials, skimmed through them, and nodded with satisfaction: "Hmm, Yasuyuki, your contingency plan is quite well done; you really live up to being Koshien's winning catcher, your questions and everything are very professional, I think it's great."

Being praised like this, Uesugi Yasuyuki nodded a bit shyly, "Not at all, this is what I should do. During my time in the United States, I've learned a lot from you, Mr. Saito..."

In the night of New York, the teacher and apprentice then began discussing the contents of tomorrow's media interview segment contingency plan and made some amendments to certain parts.

As the catcher during Lin Guanglai's high school era, since graduating from Waseda Industries, Uesugi Yasuyuki didn't choose a career path like most players;

During his time at Waseda University, even though he was a substitute who followed the team to win the Tokyo Six Universities League and the National Championship, feeling that his talent was limited, Uesugi Yasuyuki ultimately chose to abandon this path.

Instead, still passionate about baseball, he joined Daily Sports after graduation and started working as a baseball reporter —

Just like now, during the MLB World Series, he got the opportunity to come to the New York site as the assistant of Saito Toyo, who was specifically responsible for MLB business reports at Daily Sports.

Logically, Uesugi Yasuyuki, who graduated only last year and joined the company for less than a year, wasn't likely to get such an opportunity, but his experiences during high school helped him tremendously in this aspect:

As the main catcher of Waseda Real that won consecutive spring and summer championships and summer consecutive championships in 2011-2012, Uesugi Yasuyuki stood out thanks to this experience and his excellent business ability and ultimately won such a valuable spot: