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After 2-0 in the American League Division series, New York Yankees is a loss away from their season ending-a situation that Bernie Williams had been II during her play days.
Toronto Blue Jay’s demolished Yankees in each of the first two matches in the ALDS north, and the panic meter in Bronx is high.
Williams was in a similar hole in 2001, when his dynastic Bronx bomb plane aimed at a fourth straight world series. These Yankees lost the first two matches of this ALD at home before winning the next two in Oakland against athletics and then winning Game 5 back in Bronx.
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Bernie Williams from New York Yankees run the bases under Game Two of the World Series against San Diego Padres on October 18, 1998 at Yankee Stadium in New York. (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)
The cliché may be to have a short memory, but Williams has another advice for 2025 Yankees.
“In a way you will forget the downturn, but at the same time you will keep them in your mind because you will not repeat them,” Williams told Pakinomist Digital in a recent conversation. “So I think there is a bit of a duality where you really think about how hard it is to lose the way they have lost the last two matches because one thing loses, but they are patted in two matches, especially this time of year, you know it’s a little embarrassing.”
However, there is a “cliché” mentality that Williams wants Yankees to comply.
“You can’t really think about the future. Just be at the moment and take it literally for a moment at a time, one bat at a time, one pitch at a time and to be at that moment, do what you need to do in that moment, the future will take care of itself because you are doing the steps required to succeed,” Williams said. “And that’s the one thing you got to hang your hat on. You do everything you can to make sure everything happens.
“If that doesn’t happen, you can always look in the mirror and say, ‘You know what, I did everything I could.’ And you know that’s the thing you have to live with.
With Yankees’ season on the brim, manager Aaron Boone is again at the forefront of fingerpointing from Yankee’s fans. But Williams knows that Boone is in a very different environment than Joe Torre, who managed Williams for 11 seasons.
Former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre (R) looks at with current manager Aaron Boone before throwing the ceremonial first pitch in a game against Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on August 18, 2018 in Bronx Borough of New York City. (Jim Mcisaac/Getty Images)
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I think Joe Torre had much more to say as far as the team chooses and choosing a lineup. I think Aaron Boone works with a situation where you have a lot of people, or a lot of mathematicians, control their analysis and create a kind of lineup for him to make a trained guess that predicts the future result of a game that has not happened that has happened on the past, “Williams said.” I think Aaron plays at another time.
“I think the front office itself is different, especially without Mr. [George] Steinbrenner, which was an always present presence and very influential in the decisions that were made. Very low patience and he would shake things when shaking. And I think Front Office in this particular repetition of the club is a little slower to make these changes. And I think they have to tackle it. “
Williams, however, suggested that this Yankee’s team – even better, the whole league – does not emphasize “the little things in the game.”
“Moving runners over, bunting, playing strong defense. It didn’t hurt that we probably had the best closer in the game. They play a different brand of baseball right now. And I think many of the teams we play against have taken this framework for Yankees and have taken up on themselves to create teams that way. said. “And it’s a little hard to have a bull-eye on your back and say, ‘I’m the team you have to beat.’ Yankees has been that team for so many years.
Williams admitted that his dynasty “spoiled the” Yankees fan base to think that winning was “as easy as we kind of made it,” but even with their back against the wall, the five-time all-star feels that this year’s team can make some magic start at. 20:08 A Tuesday.
New York Yankees Outfielder Aaron Judge (99) connects to a base hit against Boston Red Sox during the first lap of Game 1 in an American League Wild Card Baseball Playoff Series, Tuesday 30 September 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
“I think they have the amount of expectations expected from this team right now because these guys in the 90s did it, why can’t you do it? And I don’t think not only fans and the organization, but the players themselves, they have that burden and say, ‘You have to get this gorilla out of your back, you got at least win one,'” said Williams.
“Gleyber Torres, Gary Sanchez, these guys are now for a generation ago. But I still think they still have a great opportunity. They just have to continue with the things they have [Tuesday]”
