Nestor Cortes has seen just about everything in his baseball life to date, but he’s still chasing a championship. But for a guy who says that he has been in the gutter, there’s always plenty to smile about. Nasty on the mound, yet anything but in person, Cortes sat for a chat with Yankees Magazine deputy editor Jon Schwartz to discuss his journey, the vagaries of pitch selection and so much more. Plus, Yankees Magazine executive editor Nathan Maciborski joins to discuss his September feature on Pedro González, the first Dominican player in Yankees history. Lastly, we get another chapter of History Books, in which Yankees senior museum curator Brian Richards details a baseball heist involving one of Joe DiMaggio’s favorite “ball bats.” 

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