New York Yankees general partner and owner Hal Steinbrenner spent $324 million on, to see Gerrit Cole in a Yankee uniform and pitching for the Yankees, at Yankee Stadium. Cole, 30, was born on September 8, 1990, in Newport Beach, California to Mark and Karen Cole. Cole’s father was from New York and a Yankee fan. His father would tell him stories of Lou Gehrig and other famous Yankees, and the young boy would quickly become a baseball fan and Yankee fanatic.
On weekends one could see the young boy playing baseball at local ball fields, playing any position, just so he could play.