BOSTON -- Even as the hot, muggy, dog days of summer move in, an icy chill runs rampant through the New York Yankees' clubhouse. It's a chill that has gone right after the team's bats, causing the Yankees to post some of their worst offensive numbers of the season.
It's a post-All-Star Game chill, too, that has contributed mightily to New York's current four-game losing streak. A suddenly anemic offense has only six hits in its past two games.