Tommy Kahnle of the New York Yankees (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Tommy Kahnle’s gone from the Yankees, and he’s not coming back.
When the New York Yankees lost Tommy Kahnle on Wednesday morning, it hurt.
But it hurt far less than when the Yankees truly lost Kahnle on a July afternoon in 2020 when hope was supposed to be springing eternal.
Instead, it was in many ways the beginning of the end for a championship contender that had already had its window partially closed by negotiations, COVID, and greed.