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The Yankees shocking expulsion from Baseball’s October proceedings left their devoted legion of fans falling perilously into negativity, trapped in feelings ranging from disillusionment to anger.

People react to disappointment in different ways, their methods of coping best reflecting their personalities. Some people disavow their devotion, while others find their loyalty reinforced in defeat. Some people react calmly, while others write a nonsensical stream of conscience sports column named after a Carlos Santana jam. Whatever the survival method, we all eventually get led back to a mutual point of origin:

Hope for the future, appreciation for the past, and a constant yearning to continually move forward.

How exactly should the Yankees correct the error of their ways?

At the dawning of yet another cold winter catharsis, here are one fan’s humble suggestions.

They say you have a better chance of being struck by lightning or winning the lottery than dying in a plane crash. According to the BBC, the chances of having a single fatality on a flight are 1 in 16 million. You are actually at a greater risk driving to the airport than you are in flight! Statistically, a person would have to fly once a day every day for over 15,000 years to be involved in an aircraft accident.

On Wednesday, October 11, 2006 former Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle died after his plane crashed into a building on New York’s Upper East Side. He is survived by his wife of 9 years, Melanie, and 6-year-old son Christopher. Lidle was 34.

The only good thing to come out of the movie “Meet Joe Black” was a scene portraying a quick one-two punch of cars slamming into Brad Pitt. Right in succession. The only good thing to come out of this weekend was that I now have a reason to gratuitously reference this scene. That’s just the kind of few days it’s been.

This hurts right now. Here is what’s on my mind.