It is said that the human brain tends to retain bad memories longer than good ones. That would certainly explain why I still can’t shake memories of the 2013-2016 Yankees, despite a deep playoff run in 2017 and a 100-win season this year. (Or maybe it’s because Greg touched on that era in his post appreciating the 2018 Yankees, but why let facts ruin a perfectly serviceable opening paragraph?)
What I hated most about that era wasn’t those teams’ win-loss records per se; I mean, the 2013-2016 Yankees actually all finished with winning records, with the 2015 edition somehow sneaking into the Wild Card Game.