The Yankees once famously were dubbed The Evil Empire, and GM Brian Cashman fully embraced the “Star Wars”-inspired moniker by referring to the deep-pocketed pinstriped franchise as a fully operational Death Star.
But after their creative signing of two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani last weekend — with all but $2 million annually of a record 10-year, $700 million deal deferred — have the Dodgers supplanted the Yankees as MLB’s most hated dark-siders?
Probably not, because the Yankees always will be the Yankees to baseball fans in other markets, especially in Boston — and on the National League side of town, Steve Cohen’s Mets have outspent them in each of the past two seasons.
Still, the days of the Dodgers being known as lovable losers — or “Dem Bums” before their departure from Brooklyn more than six decades ago — are nothing more now than a distant memory.
