Woodward regrets remarks

A day after calling Yankee Stadium a “Little League ballpark” following Gleyber Torres’ gamewinning home run over the rightfield short porch, Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward said he regretted his postgame remarks.

Woodward had said the 369foot drive was an “easy out in 99% of ballparks,” but MLB Statcast said it would have been a home run in 26 of the 30 stadiums.

Woodward said, “Probably bad words on my part.”

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MLB plans to play regular-season games in London in 2023, 2024 and 2026. The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox played at London’s Olympic Stadium in June 2019. The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs were scheduled to play there in June 2020, but those games were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are the leading candidates to play in London next year.