Why Brett Gardner’s ‘edge’ means so much to the Yankees

Mike Tauchman started it all, drawing the leadoff walk, which sparked a three-run eighth inning. Mike Ford finished it off, blasting the walk-off home run to seal the Yankees’ 5-4 comeback win over the A’s. The fans who filed into Yankee Stadium on Sunday weren’t supposed to be familiar with either first-year Yankee, who have…