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elleng

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1. OK with me!

Reply to kairos12 (Original post)

Sun Oct 20, 2019, 05:39 PM

Oct 2019

For the Yankees, Good Is Not Good Enough in the Age of the Astros.

The 2010s will end without a pennant for the Yankees, the first time that has happened since the 1910s.

'HOUSTON — It happened so gradually that it was easy to miss. But when Jose Altuve’s searing drive crashed off the facade above left field here late Saturday night, it was finally official: The mighty Yankees, the most successful team in baseball history, have lost in the postseason more often than they have won.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/sports/baseball/yankees-astros.html?

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With the Astro victory it means [View all] kairos12 Oct 2019 OP

OK with me! elleng Oct 2019 #1

pretty sure this won't tarnish the image of perennial champion Kurt V. Oct 2019 #2

The Yankees losing CanonRay Oct 2019 #3

Packers and Mariners gopiscrap Oct 2019 #5

Technically, the decade ends after 2020. Auggie Oct 2019 #4

Just a few decades short of the Cubs record rurallib Oct 2019 #6