Yankees are ‘straight garbage,’ Stephen A. Smith shrieks in epic rant

Brad Penner | USA TODAY SportsStephen A. Smith launched into an epic Yankees rant during Wednesday’s edition of ESPN First Take.

“You go 22 innings without a run? That is unacceptable,” Smith said, referencing the back-to-back shutout losses to the Red Sox and Rays on Sunday and Monday.

“Unacceptable from the Yankees. You’re looking at their payroll, you’re looking at their expectations … to lose is one thing. It’s the way they’re going down. You’re going down like straight garbage.

“The Yankees, you look like trash right now. You look like flat-out trash. You’re worse than how it smells from the sewers in the Bronx. And I was born in the Bronx. I know what the hell I’m talking about. I’ve…