The Yankees are due to return to the World Series.

It is almost unfathomable that a team that reaches the postseason so consistently and annually features one of baseball’s most talented rosters could go more than a dozen years without a trip to the Fall Classic.

Half of all MLB teams (Giants, Rangers, Cardinals, Tigers, Red Sox, Royals, Mets, Cubs, Cleveland, Astros, Dodgers, Nationals, Rays, Braves, Phillies) have played in the World Series more recently than the Yankees have.

If you believe this is the Yankees’ year, Opening Day only enhanced your optimism.