In some sectors of New York, New York, some teams have learned that the old civic standard still applies: “Wait till next year” is a perfectly acceptable credo there.
On one side of the Triborough Bridge sit the Yankees, who fervently believes they have closed the gap between themselves and the Astros, which means they are a reasonable selection to represent the American League in the 119th World Series.Aaron Judge and the Yankees expect to add World Series title No. 29 this season.“I think we have a really good team here,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said at the beginning of spring training.
“We know we have a lot of good ballplayers who know about winning games,” Mets manager Buck Showalter said a few weeks ago. “We think there’s something real here and something that can be built on.” There is no wait till next year this year. The two teams combined to go 200-124 last year. That’s an awful lot of winning for one city. And that’s an awful lot of expectations that have only ratcheted up since the Padres dismissed the Mets and the Astros swept the Yankees two weeks later, leaving a bitter autumn aftertaste to a glorious spring and summer.And as Frank Galvin once declared, in the voice of Paul Newman:Yep. Around here, across this baseball season, there is no more next time.
The Mets? Sure, it would be sweet to beat out the Braves and Phillies — the NL reps in the last two World Series — for the NL East. But can they also beat the Padres or the Dodgers or the Cardinals? And how much of a blow will losing superstar closer Edwin Diaz — presumably for the year — wind up being?
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