Our grandparents grew accustomed to a different type of baseball: ‘hit it where they ain’t’, they said. Home runs weren’t as important back then as they are today. Our parents, when looking at statistics, often prioritized batting average, home runs, and RBI. And now, the game has evolved into more of a three true outcome approach, and the New York Yankees, as an organization, love their walks and homers as much as anyone else.
To say that home runs have been the key for the 2021 Yankees’ season is an understatement, because that’s probably true for every team.