This organization needs an overhaul so badly. They will never win a championship again with the organizational philosophy they have and built.
The 1996 team had 4 different guys who won the batting title at least once and also had Derek Jeter in the lineup. You’d think these idiots would realize batting average and situational hitting matter since some of them were around for the dynasty years.
Think about the 8th inning rally off Pedro in game 7 2003, the cardinals 9th and 11th inning rallies in game 6 of the 2011 World Series, the 9th inning of game 4 of the 2009 World Series, the dodgers in regulation in game 1 of the World Series last year and all of game 5, the royals in game 5 of the 2015 World Series vs the Mets, the go ahead sequence in extra innings of game 4 vs Cleveland last year, or I think the angels game 6 rally against the giants in 2002. Know what those examples all had in common? None of them featured a single home run. All base hits, doubles, steals, taking an extra base on a single, and sac flies.