What if Buck Showalter had never agreed to become the first manager of the expansion Arizona Diamondbacks? What if he instead chose to return to the New York Yankees?
As explained by New York Times reporter Bill Pennington in his recent book titled "Chumps to Champs: How the Worst Teams in Yankees History Led to the 90s Dynasty," Showalter was visited by former Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and offered the New York managerial job just hours after agreeing to join the Diamondbacks in 1995.
Pennington explains that, just days after replacing Showalter with Joe Torre, Steinbrenner flew to Pensacola, Fla.