The Empire Strike Back “Last year, we were the team that everybody loved, that feel-good story,” Sabathia — who signed a one-year, $10 million deal — told MLB Network on Thursday. “But getting Giancarlo just brings us back to being that hated team. That's what we like. We want to go out there, put the best team on the field and crush everybody every game.” http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/cc-sabathia-glad-yankees-back-hated-team-article-1.3764160