Mike Brosseau says home run off Aroldis Chapman not about revenge

For Mike Brosseau, hitting a game-winning home run off of New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman in a decisive Game 5 was the icing on the cake. 

Thanks to Brosseau, the Tampa Bay Rays advanced to the American League Championship Series for the first time since 2008 and just the second time in franchise history. While it seemed like poetic justice for Brosseau and the Rays, the 26-year-old revealed that hitting a home run off of Chapman wasn't about revenge. 

In September, Chapman was given a two-game suspension for throwing a 101 mph fastball near Brosseau's head, which was another hostile moment in the American League East rivalry. Brosseau said, according to ESPN's Marly Rivera:

"The revenge aspect, it's not a thought in my mind. We put it in the past and we moved on. We moved just straight to business. The battle that we've had all year with these guys, to go to Game 5 and have such an unbelievably played well-played game, well-executed — you can't script it any better."

Chapman has reiterated time and time again that he didn't mean to hit Brosseau, but that pitch cleared the benches and escalated the animosity between the two sides. 

Following Game 5, the Rays trolled Chapman and the Yankees by playing "New York, New York" by Frank Sinatra and "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys on the field at Petco Park in San Diego. The team's confidence may have stretched too far, though, as they also trolled the Astros — their next opponent — by banging on a trash can.