NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: Managing general partner and co-chairperson Hal Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees looks on during a news conference introducing Masahiro Tanaka (not pictured) to the media on February 11, 2014 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
Yankees Chairman Hal Steinbrenner announced a press conference for Thursday morning at the funniest possible time: after midnight the previous evening, with his Yanks still clattering towards a likely victory in a game they should’ve bagged because of rain long before the witching hour.