October 5, 2019

Brett Gardner’s unlikely Yankees story gets more insane each day

by Felix Pantaleón

Brett Gardner appeared in all three games of his first playoff series, the 2009 ALDS, also against the Twins — except he was deployed exclusively as a runner and a late defensive replacement in center field for Melky Cabrera. George Steinbrenner was ill by then, in full retreat from his day-to-day immersion running the Yankees….

Written by Felix Pantaleón

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