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Yankee fans have had enough of this season.
With the Yankees final home game of the year a makeup of Saturday’s rainout against the Diamondbacks, only a few thousand fans bothered to show up on a cold and wet afternoon in The Bronx.
It came a day after the Yankees were officially eliminated from playoff contention for the first time since 2016.
The Yankees entered the game 41-39 at the Stadium and got the win 6-4 over Arizona.
They averaged an AL-best 40,349 fans per game this season.
The paid attendance was 41,096, the team announced.
That was supposed to be for Saturday’s game, which included an Aaron Judge bobblehead giveaway.
“When you don’t show up and you don’t produce and you get kicked out like this in the regular season, that’s a big failure right there,” Aaron Judge said of the Yankees season on Sunday.
“We got a lot of work to do, a lot of internal talks, a lot of stuff we gotta get figured out and get right for next year.”
The Diamondbacks greeted those in attendance with a two-run first inning thanks to a two-run double by centerfielder Alek Thomas.
The Yankees tied the game in the fourth with a two-run homer by Austin Wells and took the lead for good in the eighth.
Before the game, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he was unsure about his future with the Yankees.
“I think that will be part of the conversations we have organizationally,” Boone said. “I’ll step back and evaluate where I want to keep pushing forward on certain things and where you want to make adjustments. Hopefully, those align with us being in a better place.
“And whether we won 100 games and were going to the playoffs, that reflection and evaluation doesn’t really change. You’re always trying to get better … All I can do is the best I can do.”
This is the Yankees’ final home game of the season as they head out on the road to Toronto and Kansas City to finish up 2023.
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