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Cherry-picking some tidbits from the article about yesterday's loss to the Red Sox:
With the Yankees on the way to yet another loss, this time to the rival Red Sox, even the public-address system gave up early.
The strains of Frank Sinatra's rendition of "New York, New York" sounded throughout Yankee Stadium when Gary Sánchez tipped a 1-2 pitch with two outs in the ninth inning on Friday night. Ol' Blue Eyes was only slightly premature.
Sánchez fouled two more pitches, then swung over Matt Barnes' knuckle-curve in the dirt, the Yankees' 15th strikeout
A season-high sellout crowd of 18,040, boosted by an easing of coronavirus restrictions, booed as the Yankees grounded into a pair of double plays that raised their major league-leading total to 54.
Sánchez, whose batting average dropped to .198, contributed to an 0 for 15 by the bottom four in New York's batting order that included Rougned Odor (.182), Clint Frazier (.179) and Brett Gardner (.192).
Yankees hitters had double-digits strikeouts for the sixth time in eight games and 29th time this season. Eight of New York's last nine outs were whiffs.
I bear in mind that it's only early June. Still, so far, this is easily the worst Yankees team that I have seen in many years.
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- Bru
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