Why do all these Yankees seasons start to crack at the same time of year?

Source: New York Post

“Listen, if you can’t spot the sucker in your first half-hour at the table, you are the sucker. ”  – Mike McDermott in the opening line of “Rounders” The Yankees began a nine-game stretch Monday against a trio of teams that played poorly enough in July to fall from contention to sellers. It opens with their historic patsy, the Twins, at home, then three on the road in St.