After reaching the century mark with four weeks to go, the New York Yankees were in a position where they could go on a historically terrible stretch, one akin to the 2022 Yankees last August, and still easily coast into the playoffs. While the 1998 Yankees didn’t quite get into the “win one game in a two week stretch” levels that we saw last year, they did stumble quite a bit in the opening weeks of September.
September 5: White Sox 9, Yankees 5 (box score)
Record: 100-39, .