Late yesterday, we found out that the Yankees are , and may have gone as far as telling him that during their in-person meeting this week. There are still rumors that Cole prefers LA, but when we hear that the Yankees are backing up the Brinks truck, we get excited.
There is only so much we can do if Cole is dead set on playing close to home. Palm trees just don’t last in NYC. We can send CC to meet with him and tell him how great living in New York is. We can send Andy Pettitte to meet with him and tell him that winning in New York trumps any success you could have anywhere else in the world.