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The Yankees go from highs and lows as quickly as a toddler on sugar or an athlete crossing the finish line. They go from diving catches to three errors, ten runs to no runs, and bases loaded to no hit baseball. The extremes are unbearable and with only three weeks or so left to suffer through this cycle of uncertainty, it is hard to predict what could possibly happen or maybe it is avoiding the possibility of coming up empty. What's wrong with this team? What's their destiny in 2018?
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The Daily News had a lot of say about the Yankees fall into this abyss, which may be too deep to climb out. "The Yanks went into Tuesday night’s game at the Coliseum with a 3.5-game lead on the top AL Wild Card spot, which would allow them to play the game back in New York. Now, it’s about protecting that lead and not having to fly back across the country for a one-game elimination playoff against this dangerous team," reported the News. And although J.A. Happ pitched a gem last night, it took forever for the offense to get going. This simply can't be.
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"The A’s are the young, scrappy and hungry type of team that can be dangerous in October, and the Yankees are now realizing they will likely have to figure out how to stop them if they are going to make a run," said the News. That's what the Yankees are witnessing, a team that they once were, perhaps before the injuries, before the beat downs and before the teams they were once beating turned on them.
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If the Yankees are going to make a run of it they need to do it now. Simply put, the Yankees need to play like champions not like these stand-ins we have been watching at the Stadium or out on the West Coast. They need to snap out of it and go out there hungry for the win, not expect teams to just fall at their mercy. They can't stumble. They can't slow down. They have to fight for what they want. Whatever is going on with this Yankee team, it's got to stop now. There's no more time to waste. Put the best team out on the field and let them make it happen. That's my call to action, folks. No more fooling around, the post season is at stake and unless the Yankees have other plans that are more pressing than October baseball, they better get their act together, because the bus is leaving with or without the New York Yankees.
--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof
I believe the team would play more inspired baseball if they weren't being managed by a pie in the sky smirk and smile kindergarten teacher !! The best managers get the best from their players by employing more motivational techniques than aw shucks, we gotta get after it better ... after each sloppily played loss to a lousy team.
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