Did hiring Yankees fan Jay-Z tell the team where Cano wants to be?

The Yankees played Army at West Point on Saturday, a day that included a tour of the campus and its history and lunch with the cadets.4 train platform, Yankees fans boarded their ride due north, for a date with the Boston Red Sox. And one level below, beneath the pinstriped faithful — in a cruel bit of transit symbolism not lost on the city's Mets fans — the No. 7 train to QueensPublished: April 1, 2013. On his sixth opening day as manager of the Yankees, Joe Girardi said the advice he gave his many new players — which could easily have been to continue wearing name tags around the clubhouse — was to “just be who you are.”But not even they deserve to be locked in Yankee Stadium for four hours, with the only unconventional option being this dinky and confused beer stand with four drinks on tap, all behemoth-brewed by the MillerCoorsI got a phone call yesterday morning.

Read more ...