Word of the Week: YANXIETY

YANXIETY: noun The fear that the dreaded Yankees will climb back from even the stiffest of deficits late in the game--that no lead is safe.

Usage: The Rays were up by 6, and Rodney was on the mound, but I still felt pang of Yanxiety as the Bombers prepared to hit in the bottom of the 9th.

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