Masahiro Tanaka delivered sign of hope Yankees have waited for

Masahiro Tanaka was bathed in a noise as he took the mound in the ninth inning Monday night that had greeted Edwin Encarnacion’s first Yankees at-bat. And with each strike and each out, those left from the announced crowd of 39,042 increased the decibels with a mixture of appreciation, encouragement and, yep, hope. Brian Cashman…