NEW YORK — About the lamest move a pro athlete can pull is to wear pieces of his uniform outside the stadium. It’s the equivalent of a college freshman who hangs his school ID from a lanyard around his neck. Team-issued workout clothes are O.K., but the uniform travels from locker to field and back. Veterans often send rookies out for coffee in full dress to drive home the point. And yet sharp-eyed Southern Californians this week may have spotted an amusing sight: Gerrit Cole, new Yankee, walking around in his new Yankees cap.
“He was like a little boy,” said his wife, Amy, after the Wednesday press conference at which New York introduced its $324 million ace.