Giancarlo Stanton wasted no time introducing himself to Yankees fans. He hammered two home runs in his first game for New York. It’s now worth looking back on what put Stanton in pinstripes. Bryan Hoch has the scoop in ‘The Baby Bombers: The Inside Story of the Next Yankees Dynasty’, which I reviewed earlier this month.
‘The Baby Bombers’ (Diversion Books) is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. The following excerpt takes us back to last December, when the trade went down.