New York Yankees: Loss in rainstorm is symbolic of how season is going so far

The New York Yankees season can be described by this classic saying: when it rains it pours. After a Friday night loss in a torrential downpour, it only makes sense considering the Yankees this season.

For the New York Yankees so far this year, things have gone the opposite of planned. Their season can be described by many different sayings. One of them could be Murphy’s Law, what can go wrong will go wrong. But in perhaps the most symbolic thing of the season, the Yankees laid yet another egg in a rainstorm at home on Friday night in a seven inning, 9-6 loss to the White Sox.

When it rains it pours. 

As the saying goes, when it rains it pours. That is exactly what has been happening to the Yankees this year. Not only are they already suffering injuries that are very clearly impacting their performance, they are suffering injuries, and they won’t stop. To relate it to the saying, a light drizzle in the beginning of the year has turned into a full-blown monsoon by game time Friday.

Now, after already losing their biggest names, like Giancarlo Stanton, Didi Gregorius, Aaron Hicks, Miguel Andujar, Troy Tulowitzki, I’ll spare naming the rest to save time, they will now likely be without Gary Sanchez, who has been their best player this year, arguably, and Dellin Betances for the time being.

That is two more derailing injuries for the Yankees.

So, on a Friday night in what was supposed to be a nice win to end a losing streak against a good team, but young team, turned into a slugfest and another notch in the “L” column for the Yanks.

In a game that saw massive rain storms and even a delay, the Yankees took another loss, on a night where the Tampa Bay Rays notched another win, the Red Sox won, all to more signify that it keeps pouring on the Yankees.

Now, I made sure to write and run this before what is supposed to be a nice, warm Saturday afternoon game in the Bronx, but even one nice day and game wouldn’t mean the rain has stopped. The Yankees could still be very much in trouble and the injury bug is not only real it is clearly impacting them. We are still not very long into the season but it’s getting to a point where it is reasonable to worry.

For all the things the Yankees have been through, at least they might get C.C. Sabathia back to start his final send off, and with time hopefully the rainstorms become nothing more than the usual shower here and there.

But, on a night where it just wouldn’t stop freaking raining, and during a game in which the Yankees just completely unraveled again, perhaps nothing is more symbolic to their season than losing to the White Sox in a near monsoon.

When it rains it pours. For the Yankees, that is literal and figurative. That tarp on the field in the above Tweet has been the only thing to protect the Yankees on the field all season.