He had no control over whether the Yankees wanted him.
The Yankees do not want to pay more than $8 million.
That is why the Yankees did not want to walk off the field after the game.
Not all that much is going the way the Yankees want.
Still, the Yankees might not want to offer him three years.
The subject of the list: things the Yankees have always wanted to say.
Right now, the Yankees want someone to take the job for their own.
The Yankees wanted to believe he was finally for real.
The Yankees didn't want to do things the hard way.
The Yankees wanted him to learn on the job and he did.