When the Yankees clinched their 33rd straight winning season, I had this thought:
The Giants and Jets have played more meaningless games in September over the last 33 years than the Yankees.
Yes, forgive some (but just some) tongue in cheek there. But you get the idea. The Yankees have spent three-plus decades in contention representing a city in which the rest of our sports teams do not approach that consistent universe.
The Yankees now have had 33 straight winning seasons, which moved them past the 1951-82 Montreal Canadiens for the second-longest streak among the old-guard four sports leagues. Only the 1926-64 Yankees — 39 straight seasons — have had more consecutive years over .500.