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Yankees coach takes blame for miserable pitching streak

It’s a tradition that has been part of sports’ landscape since Adam and Eve talked about launch angles:

Players win. Coaches lose.

So, with the Yankees rotation in a free fall, voices outside of the organization would like to usher pitching coach Larry Rothschild to the exit.

In the past nine games, Yankees starters are 2-5 with two no-decisions and whopping 13.50 ERA. They allowed 63 hits, 11 walks and hit two batters in 37 ¹/u2083 innings. Eleven of those hits were homers.

“It’s been really tough. It’s tough on them and tough on the team.