YANKEES ALWAYS LAND ON THEIR FEET

We have all fallen on hard times at different points in our lives. I am in one of those times right now. Pandemic blues, challenges at work, rapid change... they can bring you down but my brother said something today that really made me rethink the road ahead. "You always land on your feet." Think about that. Despite the difficulties, despite the transitions and abruptness that life deals us from time to time, we land on our feet. And so will the Yankees if history is any indicator of their greatness and dominance as a franchise in this sport.

"In 1923, the Yanks won their first World Series, led by slugger Babe Ruth’s three homers in six games. Four years later, the Yanks had assembled their fearsome “Murderers’ Row” lineup, but had only two homers over that whole 1927 Series, both from Ruth — which was still two more than the Pittsburgh Pirates managed while losing in four straight. In 1928, Lou Gehrig hit four homers for the Yanks during the Series, but Ruth still outshone his teammates by hitting three dingers in Game 4, doing his part to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals," wrote the Village Voice as President Biden took office in January. 

Source: THE VILLAGE VOICE, MAY 30, 1977; PHOTOS BY JAMES HAMILTON

The article in the Village Voice points to ebb and flows of the Yankees as a team, perhaps indicative of the times or even the administration in office. Ebb and Flows- the recurrent of coming and going or decline and regrowth. Certainly we have all experienced these patterns and the Voice even goes so far as to cite this interesting statistic, "for those who have been keeping score — that’s Dems 20, GOP 7 — what can we divine for 2021?"

Source: CBS Sports

The Yankees lived through cold, hard days and tough losses. Since Aaron Boone took the helm, they seem to be even more painful. But the Yankees have lived through worse. After winning in the 1950s and 1960s and dominating the sport, the Yankees experienced a drought. It was not until the late 1970s that the Yankees picked things up and then during the Ronald Reagan years, the dreaded 1980s, the Yankees went silent. Those were some tough, cold years. But the Yankees remained steadfast to their goals. Just like today. 

Source: ESPN

New faces in the White House and new faces in the clubhouse this year might just be the transformation the Yankees need to once again, land on their feet. So, don't let COVID-19, the threat of baseball delays or even the sour days since 2009 get you down. The Yankees are headed to greatness again because they always land on their feet. 

--Suzie Pinstripe
BYB Managing Editor
Twitter: @suzieprof