Already having blown through more than a third of the major league season, things look bleak for the World Series hopeful Yankees. They’ve committed more than half of a billion dollars across a trio of players on the wrong side of 30, and they’re still four games back from earning a chance to play in the Wild Card game at another club’s ballpark. While their recent skid might suggest that things are starting to slip away from the Yanks, they have more games left than they’ve played in the longest season of any major American professional sports.
Down, but not out: A pair of summer streaks got struggling Yankees squads into the postseason
