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Yankees Opening Day overreactions due to familiar flaws on full display

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 01: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees cannot get to a double hit by Randal Grichuk #15 of the Toronto Blue Jays in the tenth inning that led to the go ahead run during Opening Day at Yankee Stadium on April 01, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Yes, there’s a good chance Yankees fans will look back in embarrassment at their Opening Day takes several times over the course of this season.

When the team is on a roll mid-summer, it’ll look quaint and preposterous that we were all stressed out over DJ LeMahieu’s ill-timed grounder to third and Aaron Judge’s seventh-inning killer double play with the bases loaded.