MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: Lemme just immediate open this link dump with a bit from the article, because it’s a pleasure to read.
Aaron Boone was walking the hallways of Yankee Stadium this past December, preparing to interview a potential member of his coaching staff, when general manager Brian Cashman summoned the rookie manager to his office. The latest gossip was too juicy not to share.
”’I think we might be getting Giancarlo. Something came together overnight,’” Boone recalled Cashman saying. “You add the National League MVP to what we feel like is already a very strong lineup, the possibilities start to run through your head of what that could look like.