Mets reliever Yan celebrates strikeout too early, umpire says it's a ball

In the theater of sport, where timing is everything, a young pitcher learned that joy — like a pitch — must be confirmed before it can be claimed. Jefry Yan, a 29-year-old rookie reliever for the New York Mets, leaped into his signature celebration at Citi Field on Saturday before the umpire had ruled strike three, turning a moment of triumph into a gentle lesson in patience. Two pitches later, the strikeout came for real, and so did the celebration — earned this time, and followed by his first career win in a walk-off victory that the home crowd had been waiting to feel.