Favorite Athlete: Alvaro Espinoza

When Alvaro Espinoza was the Yankees' shortstop, sometime

during The Second Interregnum (a/k/a The Mattingly Years, between Jackson and

Jeter), I'd go to 25 or 30 games a year at the Stadium. The place was rarely more

than half full on weeknights; loud music and noisy scoreboard games weren't

blaring at every break in the action. Steinbrenner was in jail or…