It’s truly remarkable how quickly the proverbial air was sucked out of Yankee Stadium after the club dropped an all too important series sweep against the Baltimore Orioles.
The YES Network’s Michael Kay said it best, September baseball needs to be played as if it were a game in the NCAA March Madness Tournament. You simply can’t afford to lose. Because with the defeat, the Yankees dropped to 3.5 games back of the Orioles for the final Wild Card spot and 6.5 games of the first-place Toronto Blue Jays.
It’s safe to say that 9/10 Yankees fans are just about past the shock and awe of this club even being in contention.