Should Yankee Fans Be Worried?

Should Yankee Fans be worried? After winning 21 out of 24, the team has now lost 4 out of 5, and 3 in a row. All the bad habits of October 2010 to April 2022 seem to have come back.

You would think that being at home, with Gerrit Cole starting, against the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees should be favored. And if I told you that Cole would go 8 innings, striking out 11 and walking none, you probably would have thought that the Yankees would win easily.

They didn't. Cole allowed 4 runs in the 4th inning, and a home run in the 6th. Aaron Judge hit 2 home runs, but that only got the Yankees to a 4-4 tie, before the Ramon Urias homer that Cole allowed in the 6th. The O's added a run in the 9th, and despite getting a leadoff walk, the Yankees did not live up to the Cliché Alert.

Orioles 6, Yankees 4. WP: Jordan Lyles (3-4). SV: Jorge Lopez (6). LP: Cole (4-1). And with the Tampa Bay Rays winning last night, the Yankees now lead the American League Eastern Division by 4 1/2 games.

The series continues tonight. Jordan Montgomery starts -- don't expect a lot of runs -- against Bruce Zimmerman.

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Days until the next New York Red Bulls game: 1, tomorrow night, at 8:00, home to expansion team Charlotte FC, in the U.S. Open Cup.

Days until the Red Bulls again play a nearby rival: 4, this Saturday night, at 7:00 PM, away to D.C. United, at Audi Field in Washington.

Days until the next game of the U.S. National Soccer Team: 7, a week from tonight, at 7:30 U.S. Eastern Time, against Morocco at TQL Stadium, home of FC Cincinnati. The USMNT have qualified for the 2022 World Cup.

Days until the Yankees' next series against the Boston Red Sox begins: 44, on Thursday, July 7, at Fenway Park.

Days until the next Arsenal game that counts: 81, on Saturday, August 13; time, opponent and location unknown, as the 2022-23 Premier League schedule hasn't been released yet.

Days until the next North London Derby: Unknown, but it almost certainly won't be the opening game.

Days until the New Jersey Devils play again: Unknown, as the 2022-23 NHL schedule hasn't been released yet. Usually, the new season starts on the 2nd Friday in October, which would be October 7, which is 136 days from now.

Days until the New Jersey Devils again play a local rival: Unknown, but it probably won't be the season's opening game.

Days until the next Rutgers University football game: 102, on Saturday, September 3, 2022, away to Boston College. A little over 3 months.

Days until the next East Brunswick High School football game: 108, on Friday, September 9, 2022, against arch-rival Old Bridge. Under 4 months. Hopefully, our home field, under renovation through the entire 2021 season, will be ready, so we don't have to go back to the purple pit.

Days until the next East Brunswick-Old Bridge game: See the previous answer.

Days until the next elections for the U.S. Congress and for the Governors of most States in the Union, including New York and Pennsylvania: 168, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. A little over 5 months.

Days until the next World Cup opens: 181, on Friday, November 21, 2022, in Doha, Qatar. Under 6 months.

Days until the next Rutgers-Penn State football game: 186, on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 26, at 12:00 noon, at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey. Just over 6 months.

Days until the next Women's World Cup opens: 412, on Friday, July 10, 2023, jointly held in the neighboring nations of Australia and New Zealand. Under a year and a half, or under 14 months.

Days until the next Summer Olympic Games: 794, on Friday, July 26, 2024, in Paris, France. Under 2 and a half years, or a little over 26 months.

Days until the next Presidential election: 895, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Under 3 years, or a little over 29 months.

Days until the next elections for Governor of New Jersey and Mayor of New York City: 1,260, on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Under 3 1/2 years.

Days until the next Winter Olympics open in Milan, Italy: 1,354, on Friday, February 6, 2026. Under 4 years.