Interpret the stench coming out of a silent Yankee Stadium, where the Indians whipped the Yankees from foul pole to foul pole Thursday night and spit out the reasons.
Not allowed among them is the Yankees moving Mike Ford from first base to the mound for the final two innings.
After beating up on the Orioles, the Yankees crumbled against the far stronger Indians. If the teams meet in the postseason the Yankees are dead. If the Yankees can’t do better than three runs off Adam Plutko, their stay in October won’t be an extended one.
And in the middle of August, here is what the Indians’ overwhelming 19-5 victory in front of 44,654 really means: the Yankees got their butts whipped because pitchers Chad Green, Jonathan Loaisiga and Chance Adams were awful.