"By their nature, the New York Yankees are an intimidating team. They flash their money like rappers, play in a stadium that oozes history and trot out five players who make more this year than the entire Florida Marlins roster."
Nothing more intimidating than a stadium oozing history.
"So it was odd, then, to see the 2005 Yankees walking around with an unnerving lack of swagger, looking more like kids on the first day of school than bullies on the playground. Their body language said as much about the Yankees as their play did, and they made a quick exit from the playoffs, going without a World Series for the fifth consecutive season."
Do you think Jeff Passan is completely making this up?
The 2005 Yankees stormed back from a rough start to win the AL East from the Red Sox. They won the AL East in a showdown at Fenway in a playoff atmosphere in the last weekend of the season.
Nobody ever knows who's going to win in the playoffs, but I think the Yankees had plenty of swagger as they headed into the first round of the 2005 playoffs. "The team that gets hot in October" and all that jazz.
Unit was fantastic in the second half. Unit was not Kevin Brown. ARod was so "comfortable" in his second season as a Yankee, that he had 48 homeruns, 130 runs batted in, and an MVP award on the way. Mariano had an ERA of 1.38. Even the Giambino had bounced back.
Jeter, Rivera, ARod, Sheffield, Matsui, Giambi, Posada, Mussina, Unit, Wang, Gordon.
Were they really walking around with an unnerving lack of swagger as they headed into the ALDS vs. the Angels?
Or is Passan just making it up because they lost?
Oh, and for accuracy's sake, the Yankees have not gone without a World Series for five consecutive seasons.
I scanned my memory banks and used the Interweb for verification.
Sure enough, Jeff Passan seems to have forgotten about the years "2001" and "2003."
Yeah, yeah. I know what he meant. The Yankees have gone five consecutive years without a World Series title.
Write what you mean, you hayseed.
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