Alarming Yankees must wake up for teams ‘they hate’
NY Post
Repeat after Aaron Boone: We will hit. We will slug. We trust our guys. They have a track record.
About all we haven’t heard from Boone yet is: The Bambino struck out plenty. Joe DiMaggio didn’t get a hit in that 57th consecutive game. The Mick struck out plenty, from both sides of the plate. Jeet went 0-for-32 once. Memo to Boone and Yankees:It was only a three-second glimpse, but Matt Rempe, finally, showcased offensive strides. The ones he started talking about in the preseason — after a summer’s worth of work — and kept doubling down on, even when he fluctuated in and out of the Rangers lineup and shuttled back and forth to AHL Hartford.
In a different time, in a season to come, we may be inclined to wax poetic about the way this one played out. In a different time, in a season to come, the Nets will be seeking to stack wins and not losses, will be fighting for playoff seeding and not for a few extra ping-pong balls in the draft lottery this spring.
The NBA has an All-Star Game problem. Despite Adam Silver’s efforts to inject juice into the February showcase — including a format alteration to the 2025 game that is too confusing to attempt to understand before it’s inevitably changed again — there’s little interest in watching teams eschew defense for a series of layup line highlights. That also means the most entertaining part of the NBA All-Star Game is just like the Pro Bowl — debating over who should get a spot.