From August 12th to August 22nd, the Yankees lost nine consecutive games, fully tanking out of Wild Card contention and embarrassing fans around the world. The last time the team had dropped that many in a row was in 1982, the first year of a playoff drought that extended all the way to 1995.
New York was able to stop the bleeding on Wednesday, though, ending the streak at nine. It was, however, one of the worst stretches of play in franchise history. It makes us wonder about the truly worst streaks over time, as while there had been several other nine-game skids, a double-digit skid hasn’t occurred since the days before World War I.