BRONX — New York headline writers had a field day Monday after the battered Yankees gave up 23 runs during two American League Division Series losses last weekend.
“D'Oh Canada” was splashed out in large blocks of letters on the New York Post sports page, while “North Scar” was the headline of a gaming story.
Newsday went with “Canadian Cursbed” and the Daily News used “Bummer, EH!” On your sports page.
The Yankees lead all major league teams with 27 World Series titles, but their last crown was in 2009. New York won the American League pennant last year but fell to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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“They're used to winning,” said longtime baseball writer Ronald Blum of the Associated Press. “(Some) 40 years of (late owner) George Steinbrenner's Browbeating 'Winning or Bust' lingered in the fan base. So anything short of a World Series title is considered a failure.
“Last year's trip to the World Series and falling apart in Game 5 is considered a blemish on the franchise's history by most of the fan base.”
New York will be eliminated with a loss in Game 3 on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. If Game 4 is needed, they played it in the Bronx.
If the Yankees manage to pull even, the deciding Game 5 will be played Friday in Toronto.
“There's a lot of noise (here), but there was a lot of noise in Toronto,” New York Post columnist Jon Heyman said. “I was really impressed, the fans were really, really into it. It was a really great atmosphere I thought there.”
The Blue Jays won the Fall Classic in 1992 and '93. The last playoff series win in Toronto came in 2016.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 6, 2025.
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