It was the latest maddening, infuriating end to another season for the Yankees and for Yankees fans.
TAMPA — It was the latest maddening, infuriating end to another season for the Yankees and for Yankees fans, but this one has accompanied them to George M. Steinbrenner Field and will come north with them when they begin stalking that elusive 28th World Series championship for the 14th consecutive season.and danced on their Yankee Stadium grave the minute the four-game ALCS sweep ended.
“That was my first time feeling that type of pain in the big leagues,” Isiah Kiner-Falefa told The Post. “You feel that in high school and coming up, but this was my first taste of how bad it actually hurts in the big leagues. You get that far, you come so close with a team, and to get kind of embarrassed the way we did, it didn’t feel good, and I think in a way it was an opportunity for us to go into the offseason with a different mentality, a little more urgency in the offseason.
The Yankees aren’t supposed to merely knock on the World Series door. It is past time for them to kick the door down, and they all know it, from Hank Steinbrenner to Brian Cashman to Aaron Boone to“I know that resonates all the way to the front office in terms of offseason moves, ’cause they see the same thing,” King said. “There’s just like a different attitude after a loss like that.
Asked if he watched the Astros fill the Bronx night with whooping and hollering, Judge said: “I was the last batter, so I kinda grabbed my stuff and headed out.”“It was incredibly painful,” Nestor Cortes said. “It’s the team that’s beat us every time we’ve got into the LCS. I feel like we gotta get over that hump to get there. Them celebrating and sweeping us in four games was like a dagger, so hopefully we can change that around this year.
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