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With the Astro victory it means (Original Post) 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

elleng

(131,163 posts)
1. OK with me!
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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