FROM SAVAGE TO SUCKAGE!

This is what low feels like, and I don't like it. I don't like it at all....not one bit. This team is unwatchable. This team is looking for an identity and a spark and with 20 games left, I just don't know if they are able or even WANT to find it.

I had high hopes going into this long Labor Day weekend. Seriously, a series at Camden Yards should mean great potential for a winning streak and for their luck to change. It could have happened, but it didn't. It didn't bring the optimism or hope we have been looking for....instead it brought shame.

I still can't believe that we lost three straight to the Orioles. I can't believe we are now 6(!) games back of the Rays. We WERE tied with the Blue Jays for SECOND place. I can't believe the Blue Jays are where they are right now and we are THIRD in the division. That makes me violently ill right now.

We used to be so SAVAGE. Do you remember those days? I do, and I miss them. It's amazing to think about what a difference a season makes and just how bad we have looked in a pandemic shortened season. We were one of the favorites for the World Series months ago. Now it is even hard to imagine a postseason berth let alone a World Series appearance considering how bad we are playing.
But we are better than this. We SHOULD be playing better than this. Last year we were better than this. 

I've never missed Austin Romine more than I do right this minute. I've never been more disgusted with Gary Sanchez than right now. I don't want to talk about him, I don't want to read about him and I don't even want to hear his name....I just want to make him disappear at this point. I don't care that he's only 27 or any of the other arguments at this point. I just don't think he has it. He's not the answer the Yankees are looking for. It's time to move on.

I miss 2019 Gleyber Torres so much. I was hoping moving to shortstop wasn't going to be a tough transition for him, but it has. This season hasn't been easy for him at all and before Torres hit the injured list he led the league in errors at shortstop and had a .231BA with only one home run and 6 RBI's. Where has 2019 Torres gone? I miss the guy with the .278BA, 38 home runs and 90 RBI's. The Yankees need to find a way to get his 2019 version back.

But you know who I miss the most right now? I miss roof bangin Brett Gardner. Yes, I said it. Last year people were calling on Gardy to knock it off, but now I am saying SHOW ME SOMETHING. This team needs a fire lit under them. I called them robots several times in the past when we were not playing to our potential. I wanted to see they were feeling as much emotion and frustration as I was and eventually we saw that from Gardner. THAT was savage and it made a statement. We need a statement right now other than the WE SUCK.

And Aaron Boone's denial and "we've gotta play better" quotes do nothing for me. The season is slipping away fast and he's giving us all robot quotes that just make me want to slap him silly. Remember when he was ejected from a game against the Rays last season for arguing balls and strikes? That epic rant was born, "my guys are f****** savages in that f****** box, right?" was born. Get that angry again! We know the injury riddled Yankees story again.....but what are you gonna do about it?

The Yankees have 10 of their last 20 games of the season against the Blue Jays. If the Yankees want to save the season they need to get their heads out of their BUTTS and show us their savage side again. Time is running out....so is my sanity.

--Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj