The New York Yankees have witnessed a tremendous change of fortune this season. From the best to the absolute worst of days, they have seen it all unfold. The Yankees qualified for the postseason as American League East zonal champions. But their campaign didn’t continue in the glorious manner that their fans anticipated.?
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The Yankees held on to the top spot in zonal rankings, throughout the regular season. Their megastar slugger, Aaron Judge, grabbed headlines with his record-breaking performances. Consequently, they clinched playoff berths, qualifying through direct entry.?
Opening up the postseason progress, the Yankees took on the Cleveland Guardians. The Yankees then defeated the Guardians in the series decider, winning the series by a 3-2 margin to proceed. Having entered the American League Championship Series, the Yankees faced off against the Houston Astros. From there onwards, the Yankees’ journey took a wrong turn.?
New York Yankees: A journey down the hill?
The Yankees have remained a prime contender to win the World Series this year. But that was until they faced yet another prime contender in the Astros. Interestingly, the Astros played in their sixth consecutive ALCS this year, and maintained their dominance. The Yankees dreamt of fighting back as they did against the Guardians, but the Astros proved a much stronger challenge.?
So, after losing the first three games of the seven-game series to the Astros, the Yankees faced elimination. Therefore, the Yankees fans lost hope in their team and the interest fell apart. As a result, the Yankees administration followed up by slashing ticket prices from $211 to $20 for Sunday’s game.?
The Fox Sports network thus posted the news on their official Twitter account.
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 23, 2022
Here are some of the fan reactions to the news-
Very sad. I hope they just play ball and have fun. It was a tremendous season regardless.
— Lee Mencacci (@leemen614) October 23, 2022
$20 to watch the Yankees implode is an absolute rip off
— History w/ Mr. Z (@historyMrZ) October 23, 2022
Worst fanbase on the planet
— Andrew Vargo (@vargod32) October 23, 2022
Bargain
— Chrissy K (@__chrissyk) October 23, 2022
https://twitter.com/TomasJSantosY/status/1584258834981302272?t=yJbcbik5HgvzJHfFMMSdIw&s=19
That’s what happens when the team is a joke
— Kyle Jay (@KyleJHutchinson) October 23, 2022
One person replied by quoting, “I don?t think I’d waste $20 on this team. They’d have to say ‘free tickets and a beer’ for me to get off of my couch, walk out in the rain and watch this disgraceful team lose.”?
I don’t think I’d waste $20 on this team.
They’d have to say “free tickets and a beer” for me to get off of my couch, walk out in the rain and watch this disgraceful team lose. 😂— Xanakin ✝️🇵🇷 (@realxanakin) October 23, 2022
So, there are those people who wouldn’t even spend that meager ticket price to watch the Yankees anymore.?
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Taking the Yankees’ splendid performances until the ALCS into consideration, the team surely did not expect this miserable end.?
A report on the Yankees vs Astros league championship?
The Astros swept the Yankees to become the American League champions. Thus, the Astros have entered the World Series for the second time consecutively. As for the Yankees, the wait extends by another year.?
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