NFT: NY Yankees Opening Day on Yes at 1 PM

The playoffs, of course, are a different story but I am looking forward to a really fun year.

Man, what I would give to be down there today. Golf in the morning, beer in hand by noon and sitting in the 84 degree sun watching the yanks. Instead I’m at work and it’s 41 degrees outside and drizzling. Fuck.

You get so much closer to the field than in MLB stadiums. It's fun to hear the chatter.

In comment 13840045 Danny Kanell said:

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Man, what I would give to be down there today. Golf in the morning, beer in hand by noon and sitting in the 84 degree sun watching the yanks. Instead I’m at work and it’s 41 degrees outside and drizzling. Fuck.

Haha, a view shared by many of us, no doubt.

the weekend of march 16-18 but my buddy just bought a new house in tampa and he is moving in that weekend so i will go down for the Rays series in June ,Love that stadium and always try to make a tampa yankees game when i go down to tampa in the summer .Last season it was empty on a Friday night game i was shocked

You can sit basically front row over the dugout for 120

Yay! Finally somethingt o be optimistic about.

Ellsbury DH
Stanton RF
Bird 1B
Hicks CF
Gregorius SS
Torres 2B
Romine C
Andujar 3B
Frazier LF
Cessa P

In comment 13840049 Greg from LI said:

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You get so much closer to the field than in MLB stadiums. It's fun to hear the chatter.

If you go to a Tampa Yankee A-ball game there's usually only 100-200 people in the stands and you can hear absolutely everything, including the HP umpire talking to the batters.

My 10 year old son has literally been telling me about this all week lol." Dad you know what Friday is- We have some business to finish!"

in Ft Lauderdale. Sure miss it.

no more Tampa Yankees.

In comment 13840119 bceagle05 said:

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Ellsbury DH Stanton RF Bird 1B Hicks CF Gregorius SS Torres 2B Romine C Andujar 3B Frazier LF Cessa P

Nice.

and Judge and Sanchez - who combined for 85 HRs last season - aren't even in it.

In comment 13840247 bceagle05 said:

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and Judge and Sanchez - who combined for 85 HRs last season - aren't even in it.

Yup, Boone’s going to be able to give guys days off when called for without taking too much away from the lineup

Glad to see Torres and Andujar in there on day 1

Let’s go Yanks!!

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Stanton's coming up soon!

After a 3-0 count

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Third batter in a row, but strikes out.

3 batters 21 pitches 2 out

1-0 Tigers after 1

face-first dive by Torres...

(read nothing into it)

two quick outs

doing it. Slide feet first spikes up and the fielder is in danger. Head first, hands out is asking for injury.

second for Cessa

In comment 13840451 Victor in CT said:

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doing it. Slide feet first spikes up and the fielder is in danger. Head first, hands out is asking for injury.

It was a fielding play. The ball was out of reach but he dove for it anyway.

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swung at both of his two pitches.

First hit of the year

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is that we are going to win several world championships in a row.

(long winter)

1-0 Tigers after 2

A quick ground out already

2 outs

Nice breaking ball

Less than 10 pitches

In comment 13840462 adamg said:

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In comment 13840451 Victor in CT said: Quote: doing it. Slide feet first spikes up and the fielder is in danger. Head first, hands out is asking for injury. It was a fielding play. The ball was out of reach but he dove for it anyway.

Thanks for telling me adamg. I'm getting my info here, can't watch at work. I was referring to sliding on the bases and thought that's what Rasputin was referring to.

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runners on 1st and 2nd no out

Frazier ends up on third

1-0 Tigers after 3

I've got the Fox Go app on my iPad, so it would be easy to watch. BUT, I'm at work. Not good optics to be watching baseball while on the job. Ugh!

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I'm sure he'll be a pleasure to deal with.

Two outs

Another opposite field line drive by a righty...

no cheap calls so far

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Caught him looking for the third out

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but a good play gets him out. Hicks moves to second

not sure who that is, but Torres pops out to short. Not putting in good at bats yet

Advances to third on a wild pitch

on base for the second time in two ABs

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men left on first and third. 1-0 through 4

- guys got a taste last year
- long road, going to have to grind
- it's a bit weird being manager
- preaching controlling strike zone to hitters
- talent stands out
- they're embracing the grind, "high character club"
- on coaching staff: guys I've come across and had relationships, some from within organization who he interviewed and blew him away, pitching coaches "are covered" and he's going to lean on their expertise
- been consumed with the job, getting to know people in organization and players, been very busy, hasn't had a chance to reflect on things
- on Judge: thought he'd be behind but he's ready to go, got him to buy in to pacing himself some more, expect him to play in 4 or 5 days (next week)
- on Gary: putting in good work, commitment to work and pitching staff, "really excited where he is", going to lean on him a lot, also going to pace him because of his big work load as a catcher
- on Gardner and vets: going to rely on Gardner and CC to continue leading, he looks to them to get a sense of the team's heartbeat, but wants to be the guy who has that sense of the team himself
- on Jacoby as CF: Hicks came of age, there's more in there (Hicks), injuries tripped up Ellsbury, he's in good shape and hungry and excited about the challenge, see how it shakes out for the CF battle
- Andujar and Torres: going to be really good players for a long time, high character guys, being a swagger, the league isn't too big, but also grounded
- Drury: entirely at third base, he's established himself and he's a young guy with upside, hoping to get that upside

missed his name

In comment 13840614 adamg said:

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missed his name

David Hale

Jorge Saez is up

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Saez tags and gets to third. 1st and third two outs. Wind prevented a homerun there

Looks good at the plate. Solid swing. Took first two pitches for balls and one was close.
lost bat into crowd on second swing (good catch by a fan).
Worked the count full but struck out.
1-0 through 5

Judge liked Boone's meeting where he was saying they're built to win now.

Dellin Betances is expecting World Series success. Anything else is failure.

with a 1-2-3 inning

speed earned him the extra base

and got a balk to advance him to third. 1 out

and walks. 1st and 3rd 1 out

bases loaded, 1 out

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but no DP. Run scores. Tied at 1

They're talking about how beefed up Greg Bird looks.

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Two runs score. 3-1 Yanks. Second hit of the game for Saez

3-1 Yanks through 6

in the top of the seventh. Quick ground out to start

Both Judge and Stanton will work out at left. They'll decide at some point who will take that role. Curry estimates Judge is the better fit.

Ball took a high hop

Ellsbury is an extra outfielder. Hicks "is your centerfielder".

Men on second and third two outs.

kept the runner at third.

Gets a ground out to end the inning. Wade's error doesn't chang ethe score.

In comment 13840691 adamg said:

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Ellsbury is an extra outfielder. Hicks "is your centerfielder".

This is obvious to anyone who had eyes

In comment 13840700 Greg from LI said:

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In comment 13840691 adamg said: Quote: Ellsbury is an extra outfielder. Hicks "is your centerfielder". This is obvious to anyone who had eyes

Agreed.

will go wrong. I've been watching the Yankees for years 50 years. I remember 1979 coming off back to back World Series wins. We all know what happened that year. But having said all of that to try not to jinx this year I've never seen the Yankees loaded to this level form MLB to low A. It is a very exciting time to be a Yankee fan.

but it's not quite far enough. 1 out. He's killing these balls.

my bad. Looks like it was a 1-2-3. 3-1 through 7.

first batter grounds out

on a full count

fly to center. but Florial is there. 2 outs.

3-1 through 7.5

1 out

swings at a pitch in the dirt with a full count. 2 outs

and he did put a good swing a foul ball earlier in the count. Good AB

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throw to second was high

pops up to end the 8th

Strikes out the first batter, but a wild pitch let's him arrive to first safely. No out.

one out

Men on first and second 1 out

but gets it for the second out.

strike out. game Yankees

Boone wins his first ever game as a manager

All joking aside, nice to see Wade got a couple hits. Didn’t get to watch, any guys make plays of note?

In comment 13840779 mfsd said:

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All joking aside, nice to see Wade got a couple hits. Didn’t get to watch, any guys make plays of note?

Wade made a good play in the field the same inning he made the error. Saez's hits were dinky but count just as well. Plus clutch with the guys on base. So I give him player of the game. Heller stood out as far as the pitchers went.

Cave looks good. He has a nice swing.

Andujar and Torres didn't flash today but it was just one game. I'm looking forward to see what they can do.

He has no future with the Yankees, but could be a surprise contributor for another team.

In comment 13840789 Greg from LI said:

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He has no future with the Yankees, but could be a surprise contributor for another team.

Agreed. I excited to see more Florial too. He looks like he's got a lot of potential just based on his athleticism.

Wade looked good at the plate
Austin with two nice drives to deep CF-RF
Higgy and Romine looked solid at and behind the dish
Florial was nervous but he sure looks like our future in CF