BALTIMORE — The Replacements?
The Expendables?
The B-Team?
Forget it, I’m not any good at nicknames. Someone smarter than me (setting the bar low) can come up with a handle for the Yankees’ never-ending array of guys fresh off the last Bus From Nowhere who have played a considerable role in getting them Somewhere.
With each step forward, that Somewhere feels more special.
Another lousy performance by Masahiro Tanaka came with the silver lining of a 9-6 Yankees victory over the terrible Orioles on Monday night, their sixth straight overall, as chants of “Let’s Go Yankees!