SNY’s Andy Martino does a great job on the Yankees beat and knows the the team well. So well that he wrote a book called The Yankee Way: The Untold Inside Story of the Brian Cashman Era. It was released last spring, and we actually discussed it at length with him.
Well, a season later, the original-yet-ever-evolving Gene Michael-conceived “Yankee Way” still runs strong. The Yankees mashed home runs, took plenty of pitches to draw plenty of walks, and pitched well all the way to the World Series. However, the team’s glaring lack of baseball fundamentals cost them, and New York lost the Fall Classic in five games.