We missed this from earlier in the week: Brett Gardner was inducted into the Charleston Baseball Hall of Fame.
Brett Gardner, Justin Smoak and Matt Wieters inducted into the Charleston Baseball Hall of Fame at Riley Park pic.twitter.com/6czK6MuECU
— Jeff Hartsell (@Jeff_fromthePC) August 29, 2023
Hearing about Gardy again — and the guy still looks like he can play — got us thinking. Yes, the Yankees were probably right from a baseball perspective to move on. But their incompetent handling of Gardner’s exit — Aaron Boone’s public regret, followed by giving his spring training locker to Aaron Hicks — was, in hindsight, a red flag about what a disaster the organization has become on and off the field.