The New York Yankees are off to yet another hot start, and surprisingly, considering what the Yankees did back in the day, they actually made some history.
This year’s three-game sweep over the San Francisco Giants was a very impressive start for this ball club, and according to Jordon Lawrenz of SI, the Yankees swept their Opening Day opponents three straight times for the first time ever.
“The New York Yankees handled the San Francisco Giants with ease as their three-game sweep helped set franchise history. Last year, the Yankees took down the Milwaukee Brewers in a three-game series that highlighted their offense. This time around things were quite different as the pitching took center stage, but that goes to show that this team is as complete as it gets.
“Remember, the Yankees also opened the 2024 season with a four-game sweep over the Houston Astros. Now, they’ve set franchise history as this year’s sweep over the Giants marks the first time ever they’ve swept their Opening Day opponent in three straight seasons,” he wrote.
In the grand scheme of things, sweeping someone on opening weekend doesn’t mean a whole lot. It was obviously a very nice start to the year for the Yankees, but as we’ve seen over the past two years, they haven’t won a World Series.
They got there and were very close a season ago, but weren’t able to get the job done. Hopefully, the season will be different, but it’s safe to say that the Yankees aren’t going to put too much stock into winning three games to start this season.
We’ve got a long way to go.
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