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Despite the tiresome debates, old school and new school stats are often in line with each other — not in these cases.

As it turned out, the Yankees’ 1962 championship would be the beginning of an end of an era.

The Yankees have had some monster switch-hitters, but these three also had big impacts on World Series-winning teams.

Hitters' streaks of homering in consecutive games By JohnW53 on May 8, 2021, 4:48am CDT + Only the Yankees (16,350) and Giants (14,804) have hit more. The Cubs have hit at least 1 homer in as many as 17 consecutive games. They have homered in at least 10 straight games 5 games in a row. Intriguingly, neither have the Braves, who had hit the fourth most total homers, 14,047. Nor have the Dodgers, Phillies or Reds. That makes 5 of the 8 National League teams that existed before 1962. The record for all 5 teams is 5. ... On the other hand, the Padres had a streak of 6 by Graig Net...

History shows 6-11 Yankees might be in BIG trouble Today 8:30 AM The Yankees’ many early-season slumpers include catcher Gary Sanchez (left), center fielder Aaron Hicks (top right) and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton (bottom right).AP Facebook Share The Yankees hoped their big win the other night was the start of a slump-busting run. Not even close. When you lose five, win one, drop another and look lifeless every single time, you’re still in a funk. That’s exactly what the Yankees still are dealing with after Wednesday night’s 4-1 stinker to the Atlanta Braves. Introducing Yanke...