An adage from the first day of sports remains in play today.
“Players win; coaches lose’’ has stood the test of time.
In April of last season, Alan Cockrell was in his first season — the Yankees’ third hitting coach in as many years — and the results were dreadful. In the final week of that month, the Yankees went 2-5 and scored a total of 12 runs. They ended the month 8-14, drawing more attention to the Dead Bat Society.
“It weighs on you mentally,” Cockrell told The Post’s Dan Martin at the time.