Twenty-four years ago was the last time the New York Yankees finished under .500. Buck Showalter was the manager. Don Mattingly was the captain. George Steinbrenner was suspended.
And, despite a 76-86 record, the 1992 Yankees were going in the right direction.
“You could tell they were not an under-.500 team going down,” said Michael Kay, who in 1992 was in his first season as John Sterling’s partner in the Yankees' radio booth. “They were an under-.500 team going up.”
The path of the 2016 Yankees (44-44) and beyond is still to be determined.