This is the Yankees’ chance to prove they can be our next champions

Get ready for this, because we’re going to do this a lot in the weeks and months — even years — to come. We’re going to use the Knicks as a template, as a blueprint, as a reference point whenever a team deems itself worthy of championship conversation. The Knicks are the model now. The Knicks are the exemplar. The Yankees? They are worthy of such conversation, and it so happens that right now, they are a perfect case study for this. Like the ‘26 Knicks, they are comprised of enough components to be thought of as title-worthy – at least in the abstract. Like the ‘26 Knicks, there’s a lot to like about what they’ve done so far this year, capped by back-to-back-to-back five-o’clock-lightning strikes in Washington just before the break. And like the Knicks, they can be more frustrating than th