QUEENS, N.Y. — They arrived earlier than usual on Friday afternoon, nearly everybody on the first bus to Citi Field.
Nobody knew if it was going to work, but they heard what Ron Gardenhire said a day earlier, about sticking together and playing for each other and fighting through the losing streak — a bunch of bull that doesn’t matter, some say — and so they took early batting practice and ground balls, hoping that this would be the day they would be winners again.
“I don’t know how many days it’s been,” Gardenhire said, hours later.