The nonchalance really shows.

Probably the biggest compliments a fan can pay a player is to describe the player as "tough" and "clutch."

It isn't just "finishing games off" and it isn't just injuries.

• If Chapman isn't ready to pitch in the major leagues, then find someone who can.
• Mike Tauchman is a cute underdog story until he grounds into a double play with the bases loaded against a rookie pitcher.
• The season is now halfway over and it's time to bench or demote Sanchez. Boone batted Sanchez fourth. Sanchez left six runners on base by my last count. He did manage a walk with the bases loaded ... so there's that.
  

The Yankees are soft and stupid and bad fielders. They are 1-5 in one-run games. The Yankees struck out 13 against the Mets ... in a 7-inning game ... and deGrom wasn't pitching. The Mets' first run scored on the Yankee Patented Unearned Run: HBP, error, wild pitch.

So, yeah, the injuries are part of the sad story.

But Boone didn't prepare his team for a sprint, and he still hasn't.

Each games counts like 2.6 games. A 7-game losing streak is really an 18-game losing streak.