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With three weeks to go, Yanks like schedule
- Updated: September 11, 2016
NEW YORK — To feel the minor disappointment in the Yankees’ clubhouse Sunday afternoon was to appreciate just how far this team has come in the last week, and a testament to the position it has played itself into. There is a slight sense, after a 4-2 loss to the Rays at Yankee Stadium, of missed opportunity. Going forward, an overwhelming majority of the Yankees’ games will come against teams with winning records, many still positioned slightly ahead of New York in the standings.
“Every loss hurts, because it’s a day you don’t make up any ground, or you lose ground,” manager Joe Girardi said. “Just based on how few games are left.”
But more at the forefront was the reality of the club’s newfound postseason chances, and reflection into how those came to be. The seven-game winning streak the Yankees had snapped Sunday had been their longest in more than three years, and it propelled them from the fringes of postseason contention, for at least a moment more, to the forefront.
“You’re …
