The media horde approached Brett Gardner’s locker Sunday afternoon, and then the Yankees’ current leader in service time uncharacteristically turned around and walked toward a restricted area, abandoning his inquisitors.
That lasted about a half-second; Gardner spun back and smiled.
“Just kidding,” he said.
You know you occupy a tranquil universe when you can clown around after an extra-inning loss.
The Yankees dropped a crazy one, 7-4 in 11 innings to the Orioles at Yankee Stadium, which prevented a sweep of Buck Showalter’s O’s and pulled the two teams, both 15-8, back into a tie atop the American League East.