In Winfield’s first season — his only one with Reggie Jackson — the Yankees reached their fourth World Series in six years. Jeffrey Loria, the former Marlins owner, gave Stanton a 13-year, $325 million windfall in November 2014. He is not really the Marlins’ owner, but he is close enough, because he has what ownership represents: power. The Marlins are hardly the Yankees, but they were available, so Jeter pursued them — and won, as he so often does. Hicks used the Yankees as an escape hatch then, just as Jeter is doing now, as the person mopping up Loria’s mess.

Source: New York Times December 10, 2017 00:00 UTC