Perhaps the Yankees’ disappointing end to the season is actually a blessing in disguise. As an English Literature grad and someone who works in the publishing industry, I’m an avid reader, but it’s next to impossible to find time to fit books into my after-work schedule when the Yankees are playing.
Now that the Yankees are sitting at home like the rest of us, suddenly my reading schedule has opened up a little bit. As we stare down the barrel of a relentlessly long offseason—there’s still no news on the CBA front and the rumours tying the Yankees to every big-name free agent have already started circulated—it might be best to unplug and brush up on our Yankee knowledge.