Yankees taking on water as struggles mount in Subway Series disaster

When it rained, it poured at Citi Field. 

This is life with the Yankees these days 

Oh, and Wednesday’s game also was delayed in the fifth inning by as bad a storm as I’ve seen at a ballpark in nearly four decades. The precipitation was so heavy that the outfield fence was not visible from the pressbox, the sixth Great Lake formed down the left-field line within a matter of minutes and the slapping of the rain on seats and concrete was making discernible noise. 

But now back to the team that is currently drowning. The Yankees are leaking from so many areas that it is hard to pick the worst. 

This stuff changes rapidly over a long season, of course. If you can remember all the way back to June 11, the Yankees crushed the Royals 10-1, still had the majors’ best record and were seemingly ready to improve further with Gerrit Cole near a return. The Mets opened a homestand with a loss to the feeble Marlins that dropped them to 28-37 and in the moment it felt like a statement that there was just no “on” switch to their season. 

In the two weeks since, the Mets are an MLB-best 11-2, including a 12-2 rout Wednesday to complete a two-game Subway sweep and get to .500 (39-39) for the first time since they were 18-18 on May 7. The Yanks even after, in Aaron Boone’s words, “getting our teeth kicked in” for two days at Citi Field, still lead the AL East with the majors’ third-best record. Yet, the vibe about New York baseball has done a complete flip.