Bernie Williams discusses Yankees' chances at ALDS comeback, differences between Joe Torre and Aaron Boone

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

Trailing 2-0 in the American League Division Series, the New York Yankees are one loss away from their season ending — a situation that Bernie Williams had been in during his playing days.

The Toronto Blue Jays demolished the Yankees in each of the first two games of the ALDS up north, and the panic meter in the Bronx is high.

Williams found himself in a similar hole in 2001, as his dynastic Bronx Bombers were aiming for a fourth straight World Series. Those Yankees lost the first two games of that ALDS at home before winning the next two in Oakland against the Athletics and then winning Game 5 back in the Bronx.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

Bernie Williams of the New York Yankees runs the bases during Game Two of the World Series against the San Diego Padres on October 18, 1998, at Yankee Stadium in New York.  (Sporting News via Getty Images via Getty Images)

The cliché may be to have a short memory, but Williams has another piece of advice for the 2025 Yankees.

"In a way, you want to forget about the downtimes, but at the same time, you want to keep them in your mind, because you don't want to repeat them," Williams told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. "So I think there is sort of a little bit of a duality where you really think about how hard it is to lose the way that they have lost the last two games, because one thing is losing, but they're being clobbered in two games, especially this time of the year, you know, it's a little embarrassing."

There is one "clichéish" mentality, though, that Williams wants the Yankees to abide by.

"You can't really think about the future. Just be in the moment and