Remember the episode of “Cheers” when Cliff Clavin goes on “Jeopardy!” and gets the first-round categories “Civil Servants,” “Stamps from Around the World,” “Mothers and Sons, ” “Beer,” “Bar Trivia,” and “Celibacy”?
“I am feeling lucky today!” the chaste barfly postal worker exclaims.
When the Yankees’ Opening Day came around to the eighth inning Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, with Dellin Betances on the mound in a game knotted at two, the Yankees had to feel similarly confident. They should feel that way. Instead, they stumbled and fumbled their way to a 5-3 loss against the Astros, their fifth consecutive defeat in a season opener, dropping precisely the sort of game they are built to win.