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LOS ANGELES — One of the television screens that hung in the home clubhouse made the Yankees’ plans clear, part motivational and part informational. 

They had just staved off elimination in Game 4 of the World Series at Yankee Stadium, and Game 5 with Gerrit Cole on the mound was less than 24 hours away. 

“Win Tomorrow, Fly Thursday,” the sign read. 

Except they never got on the plane.