Yankees 0, Rays 12: Minimal offense, minimal relief

Sean BoyleThere are quite a few baseball axioms that become entrenched in your brain from watching the game for a couple decades. They don’t quite fall under the umbrella of “unwritten rules” because they have nothing to do with sportsmanship or whatever; just smart baseball. Broadcasters love to repeat them.

Don’t make the first or last out at third base.

Don’t try to steal when it’s late and you’re losing by more than a few runs.

Don’t try to advance to third base on a groundball hit to the left side.

Those are just a few of many. Might I suggest a couple even more obvious additions?

Don’t score zero runs.

Don’t give up double-digit runs.

That’s real brain baseball right there, I know. But the…