The Yankees Finish Off The Obliteration Of The Baltimore Orioles - End The Season Series Winning 16 Games in a Row

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Season Series: Yankees 17 Orioles 2

One of the main reasons the Yankees lost the AL East division last season was that they didn’t beat bad teams, specifically the Baltimore Orioles. This year the Yankees decided to change the music. They took it to Baltimore. I mean TOOK IT.

There’s no excitement in beating the Orioles. It’s tough to gloat when they’re as bad as they are, but the Yankees just beat that baseball team 16 times in a row. That just doesn’t happen. That’s not taking care of business. That’s not winning a season series. That’s an obliteration. 17-2 on the season. EXACTLY what they had to do. No more playing down to their competition. This year it was just laser focus straight ahead as they annihilated that team into oblivion. The best record they’ve had versus a team since 1927. I think it has to do with the assortment cast of characters they had produce this year. No one took one at bat for granted.

This stat sums it up.

You can only play NINE at a time! 17 different Yankees homered in these 19 games. More players than the O’s have had hit a homer all season! That’s insanity. That stat just does not make any lick of sense. The domination the Yankees put forth on Baltimore has really never happened in years, maybe decades. At least in front of these two eyes. Most homers ever hit against a team in one year. Most homers ever hit in a road ball park in one year. Record after record.

Gary Sanchez had a great day at the dish, going 3 for 3 including this first inning blast.

Let’s get him going over the next six weeks and then pray for the world. August Gary is really something else.

Now we’ve got a HUGE four game series with the Indians coming up this weekend. We’re missing Bieber too which is nice, although they rocked him in his last start against them. Cleveland has been red hot of late, but this team is better. They’re just the next team standing on the tracks. And the bad news for Cleveland? There’s an unstoppable freight train coming at full speed.

81-41. FORTY games over .500. What a fucking baseball team.