Roberta Vinci: Historic party pooper, instant legend in Italy …
… Inspiration to the Yankees?
“There were two underdogs in New York that won today,” manager Joe Girardi said, smiling, on Friday afternoon, giving props to surprising U.S. Open women’s finalist Flavia Pennetta as well as Serena Williams’ unlikely foe Vinci.
A third underdog did not prevail in the Big Apple. By about 7:20 Friday night, Girardi’s smile might as well have relocated overseas.
The Yankees opened their most important series of 2015 with a thud, suffering an 11-5 beatdown at the hands of the mighty Blue Jays and, with their third straight loss, falling 2 ¹/u2082 games behind Toronto in the American League East.