A familiar feeling looms over these Yankees on the precipice
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standing on the edge and making everyone sweat about which way they’ll fall. The piece asks a fair question. If not now, when are you going to dream big?
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You know, I seem to remember another team of recent vintage, one with “New York” stenciled on the front of its jerseys, that picked the absolute perfect time to blossom into the version of itself we always wanted it to be.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but once that team found itself, it started not only beating teams, but throttling them. Access the Yankees beat like never before Don’t miss Greg Joyce’s text messages from The Bronx and beyond — he’s giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Yankees.
That team, not incidentally, wound up winning 13 playoff games in a row. Hey, if you’re not going to dream big baseball dreams on the morning the calendar officially clicks to October, when exactly are you going to dream them?
The Yankees blasted the Red Sox for a second straight night at Yankee Stadium, 9-2, to wrap up a stress-free American League wild-card series in a 2-0 sweep.
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standing on the edge and making everyone sweat about which way they’ll fall. The piece asks a fair question. If not now, when are you going to dream big? We’d say you dream big in April, in July, in the ninth inning of a game you’re losing by three. October is just the month that dares you to admit it. This team has made a habit of cranking the tension to ten, and the familiar feeling hanging over them is part of the deal. You don’t get to wear the pinstripes and hide from the stakes.
That’s not a complaint. It’s the point of being a Yankees fan. The history is heavy, sure, but it’s also the reason a city full of people who argue about everything can agree on one thing: anything short of a parade is a letdown. The players who thrive here are the ones who stop pretending pressure is a burden and start treating it like a privilege. The article gets that close to the right nerve. The precipice is where you find out who actually wanted the moment.
There’s a broader truth here that applies beyond the ballpark, too. Americans don’t build anything great by lowering expectations. We don’t cheer for the team that plays a respectable game and goes home satisfied. Winning still matters, and pretending otherwise is a losing mentality. So yes, dream big on October 1. The only people who think that’s foolish are the ones who never had to answer for a scoreboard. These Yankees are on the precipice, and that’s exactly where a team worth watching belongs.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.