"We're the Yankees," Boone said. "When we lose games, if it's in and around a mistake, that criticism is fair game."

Just a few weeks ago, New York sat atop the AL East. On Friday, the Yankees blew a 6-0 lead and lost 13-12, with three of their newly acquired trade deadline relievers giving up multiple earned runs.

The New York Yankees were already in a crisis that has now worsened with a sweep at the hands of the Miami Marlins, a team that, for the first time in its history, has managed to s