Watching Nick Punto face reporters on Sunday night was almost hard to watch, even for a Yankees fan.
Almost.
A fringe player who looks more like a plumber than a professional athlete, Punto sat ashen and bleary-eyed in front of his locker trying to explain why he had barrelled around third base in the eighth inning like Rex Ryan toward a buffet table. His blunder had doomed the Twins, and now he was the man responsible for turning the lights out for good at the Metrodome.
If it would make him feel better, someone should tell Punto that he has company. After all, the Minnesota infielder is only the latest in a long line of players that famously abetted recent Yankee October runs.
Punto now joins the likes of Mark Wohlers, Trevor Hoffman, Timo Perez, Jeremy Giambi, Byung-Hyun Kim, Byung-Hyun ...
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