This one started bowling-shoe ugly and ended up Sam the Chinese Crested Dog ugly, with Bradley Hanner proving why he is the definition of the 26th man on an MLB roster. Gerrit Cole gave up more home runs—three of ’em while not making it out of the fifth inning—but Hanner wasn’t any better, allowing two dingers while five men crossed the plate against him. All this is to say the Yankees were kicked around Saturday afternoon, losing 12-2 to the Mets.
I don’t know what it is about Gerrit Cole. He’s always been a little bit homer-prone, especially since coming to Yankee Stadium. Fastballs in the zone lead to some kinds of nasty contact, but the…
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