Marley was dead, all right, and so were the Yankees’ hopes at third base.
If you recall, not too long ago, New York had a blackhole at third base. I speak metaphorically, of course, but if you told me an actual break in the space-time continuum opened up in the Bronx, well, I wouldn’t doubt it. Just consider some of these names from the lean years of 2013-2014:
Scott Sizemore sounds like a computer-generated character in MLB The Show. So does Chris Nelson. As for Zelous Wheeler, he strikes me as someone just as likely to win the WWE 24/7 Championship as he is to play third base for the Yankees.