Sometimes, destiny winds up unfulfilled. Or you just misread the signs all along.
Nevertheless, in a sport in which one team has won nearly 25 percent of the championships, the tale of Gerrit Cole already stands out. It could do so all the more by next spring if events don’t turn a certain way over the winter:
An elite starting pitcher and lifelong Yankees fan … doesn’t pitch for the Yankees?
Not yet — not for a lack of trying on the Yankees’ part — and maybe never. For the moment, the Yankees are less interested in wooing the right-hander and more focused on walloping him.