Yankees Make Most Of Schedule Change, Defeat Orioles
Baseball's weird season reached another level of strange Wednesday night when New York stepped in for the Miami Marlins and ruined Baltimore's home opener.
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Baseball's weird season reached another level of strange Wednesday night when New York stepped in for the Miami Marlins and ruined Baltimore's home opener.
For the second consecutive night, the Yankees-Phillies game has been postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.
The Mets have reportedly signed the former A's catcher who became the first MLB player to protest racial injustice and police brutality in 2017.
According to multiple reports, the Yankees and Phillies game scheduled for Monday night in Philadelphia has been cancelled due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
The announcement that Trump would throw out the first pitch was met with some criticism, including from Mayor Bill de Blasio.
New York took two of three games in the season-opening series.
Filling in for Strasburg, Erick Fedde allowed a pair of runs in four innings, including Giancarlo Stanton's second homer in two games.
After waiting 1 hour, 58 minutes — 15 minutes more than were played — the game was called off and goes into the books as a win for New York.
After a four-month delay, it's finally Opening Day.
Players from both clubs wore T-shirts saying Black Lives Matter during batting practice, and the letters "BLM" were stenciled into the back of the mound at the center of the diamond.
He wrote Saturday in Spanish and English that he was "very sorry for the unsettling post."
The Yankees immediately did contact tracing. So far, no other player he has come in contact with has tested positive.
The Yankees remain leading contenders for the MLB postseason, but playing only AL East and NL East opponents will be a challenge.
The Mets and Yankees will reportedly play one of their Subway Series matchups on the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Tanaka was helped to his feet and walked off the field with help.
