The 1998 season did not get off on the right foot for the Yankees. After getting swept in a two-game set by the Anaheim Angels — a team that would win 29 fewer games than the Yankees — arguably the greatest team of all-time dropped the first game to the Oakland Athletics before finally getting rid of the goose egg in the win column. With the potent Yankees lineup dropping a nine spot against Mike Oquist and the A’s bullpen, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the offense was about to pull itself out of its early-season slump and come alive.
1998 Yankees Diary, April 6: Doomed, I tell ya, DOOMED
