By then, on another channel, the Jersey Giants will be down by 14, and we'll be pondering the Tankathon. By then, the Sunday TV news blather will be done, and we'll be thinking about Canada.
By then, we'll be ready to learn the truth about the '25 Yankees.
I'm not saying they must win today, (though, upon reflection, that would be nice.)
What the Yankees must do today is show a grit, spirit and competence that, frankly, has evaded this team all year. They have three weeks to change a troubled narrative, and the transformation - if it's to happen - must begin today.
Right now, the '25 Yankees will be remembered for a great April-May, a horrible June-July, and a self-owned media that has gas-lighted their fan base all season.
Right now, this team will be remembered as Aaron Boone's last managerial fling, with a pile of ejections, bad decisions, and postgame hostage videos that stacks to the moon.
Right now, this team will be remembered for Oswald Peraza, Marcus Stroman and DJ LeMahieu, and the expectations they could not fulfil.
Right now, this team will be remembered for embarrassing itself against playoff contenders, most notably Toronto and Boston.
Right now, this team is just another wild card - an aging roster constantly buttressed by lavish spending - doomed to disappear in October, when it faces opponents who do not self-destruct.
Today, the Yankees can win a game and a series - in both cases, their second straight - against an actual power. They can send the baseball world a message:
They are real.
Listen, I'm not saying that if the Yankees lose today, the season is over.
But it sure will feel that way.
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But El D, “we are real” will be fake news. FAKE, I TELL YOU!!!!
Nicely written, o fearless leader. This game feels big, oversized, gigantico. Win and we get a degree of redemption. Then we need to wipe the floor with Boston.
Anything else and we're failures. Period.
I would not be surprised to see the Yankees win today and ride that high right into an ass whipping from Boston. That’s just the way this season is going.
Yeah, that sounds more likely.
win today, split with Boston, they break out the champagne, then get their asses whipped on and off until they limp into the "Universal Basic Post Season."
Get it done!
Take the Giants + 5.5 points!
They'll probably win outright.
As I type, The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" plays in the background.
That's PEERLESS Leader, JM! Though I am sure El Duque is also fearless. After all, he deals with us louts year after year.
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