Yankees players trying everything to turn slump around: report

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In the film "Major League," Pedro Cerrano uses all kinds of superstitions and voodoo to try to break out of a slump. The New York Yankees appear to be close to that.

The Yankees are 6-14 in August and 11-20 in the second half of the season. The team is on a two-game winning streak after avoiding a four-game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays and starting off their Subway Series against the New York Mets right behind Aaron Judge's 47th home run of the season.

Yankees players revealed to Sports Illustrated in a story published Tuesday the team has been trying everything to try to shake the bad juju – playing with and without undershirts, changing spikes, burning sage, the way they greet each other, chewing gum and even playing video games with each other.

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Yankees players stand for the national anthem before taking on the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium on June 3, 2022, in New York City. (Adam Hunger/Getty Images)

What about a rainout, a la "Bull Durham"?

"We've got a good thing with rain delays," Yankees reliever Lucas Luetge told the outlet. "We circle up and play video games together, and we won both times."

The weather threatened to delay Monday’s game against the Mets. But a passing thunderstorm couldn’t put a stop to the start.

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New York Yankees' Ron Marinaccio delivers the pitch against the Astros on June 30, 2022, at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. ( Juan DeLeon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Ron Marinaccio, another Yankees pitcher, admitted to Sports Illustrated it’s really all about keeping a "positive mindset."

"We try to keep everything as light as possible," he said. "We all know that none of that stuff really matters. It’s just trying to keep a positive mindset. … We feel like we're pretty close to getting back on track. … As much as it’s stunk for these past couple of weeks now, if we rattle off two good weeks now and then we can find ourselves 13 games up in the division again, then this bad couple of weeks doesn’t really matter anymore."

New York's Aaron Judge walks to the dugout during a Mets game at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 22, 2022, in the Bronx. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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Yankees fans have been booing and muttering "goosefraba" to themselves as the season winds down.

New York once had a 13-game lead in the American League East. And while it’s still eight games ahead, the team faces six more series against divisional teams who would love to ruin the Yankees' playoff hopes.