There are slumps, there are bumps in the road, and then there’s what’s unfolded in the Bronx the past month: An utter collapse from a World Series-ready New York Yankees team that until the second half was flirting with historical greatness.
Panic mode, activated.
OK, so this mystifying stretch of bad baseball is certainly cause for concern. And Yankees fans thirsting for the club’s first title since 2009 might have thought a relatively free ride back to the Fall Classic was in the offing after the team lapped the field in the first half.