TAMPA — You don’t always have to see the revolution that’s coming. Sometimes you can hear it. Sometimes you can feel it. There was a small crowd of folks making their way from the third level of Steinbrenner Field to the ground level, walking along the narrow corridor leading to the Yankees clubhouse.
We wanted to talk to Jorge Mateo because he already had given us a splendid preview of what’s next for the Yankees. Mateo is a 20-year-old shortstop with blinding speed. The other day, he star-gazed at a blast that never quite cleared the fence, and still blazed his way to a triple with legs that stole 82 bases last year.