The Yankees, Bryce Harper and What Might Have Been

For years and years, I (and pretty much everybody else) felt entirely certain that Bryce Harper would end up on the New York Yankees. It seemed as inevitable as the 4 train.

The guy grew up a Yankees fan. His baseball idol, remarkably, was Mickey Mantle, who retired 24 years before he was even born. Plus he just had this Yankee aura about him; Harper was…