The Yankees are engaging in a monumental quest that had never been considered in all their years as baseball’s baddest boys from the Bronx.
The Babe, Iron Horse and Joltin’ Joe never imagined this far-out mission. Neither did Yogi, Whitey nor the Mick. Ditto for Thurm, Mr. October and Donnie Baseball.
The Yankees’ new goal, as wacky as it sounds: keeping up with a team from St. Petersburg, Fla., the mighty Rays.
Even Joe Torre never could have dreamed up something so goofy.
Not surprisingly, the Yankees are convinced the best way to dig themselves out of third place, after missing the playoffs for the first time since 1993, is to throw the biggest money at the biggest free agent, and their focus is CC Sabathia, the pitching jewel of the open market. Read more..








