I don’t know if you heard, but Gerrit Cole is a Yankee. I KNOW. Based on his dominance as an Astro and the absolute unit of a roster around him, Cole will likely be integral to some great moments in the next decade of Yankee baseball.
But for now, we’re celebrating the 2010s. Let’s do it.
The 2012 Yankees were on fumes, the dying embers of the Jeter dynasty. But their warhorse, the future Hall of Famer, carried them past an upstart Orioles team essentially on his own. Sabathia had already earned his Yankee stripes by then, but this moment helped cement him as a truly memorable pitcher in the Bronx.