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Teams intentionally being bad is good for the Yankees, but it’s hurting the sport.

The Yankees have missed the playoffs four times in the last twenty years. Some people would call this an incredible feat. I know I would. Mind you, they have only won a meager four World Series championships in that span. As a Yankee fan, only being able to count World Series rings on one hand during a 20-year time frame is a travesty. It just shows they’re not really trying to win. Let me clarify that if you agree with those last few sentences, there’s something very wrong with you.

A lot of fans might not agree with this statement, but here it is: the fact that the Yankees have only missed the playoffs four times in the last twenty years is one of the most impressive feats in sports history.