Aaron Boone is facing a familiar and potentially damning problem: the Yankees keep losing the same way every October. Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber examine whether Boone’s consistently good but never great tenure is finally approaching its expiration date as the Yankees sit on the brink against Tampa Bay.
The pressure surrounding this Yankees team is nothing like the carefree 2017 run, and the results have become painfully predictable: quiet bats and costly defensive mistakes. Evan and Tiki debate whether coaching, preparation or the pressure of expectations explains the recurring failures, while a near-grand slam from Cody Bellinger becomes the moment that perfectly captures how quickly Game 2 slipped away.
