FINALLY , YANKS
Bombers
About two hours before first pitch, the fans started gathering outside the ballpark. Most dressed in Yankees jersey, a few brave souls wore Astros gear and another came dressed as a trash can. A pandemic may have shaken our worlds over the last year, but the Astros cheating scandal would not be just forgotten. Not in the Bronx, where the Yankees fans felt cheated out of their postseasons in 2017 and ‘19.
Tuesday night, Yankee Stadium may have had it’s crowd limited by COVID-19 protocols, but the fans anger, fanned by a year of waiting, magnified the 10,850 who were there to harass the Astros and cheer the Yankees in their 7-3 win at the Stadium.
“It did seem like they’re standing up most of the game and into every pitch and definitely expressing some bottled up emotions there, it felt like most of the game,” Giancarlo Stanton said.
Stanton homered in the first, a
Yankees
Luke Voit could be back in the big league lineup as soon as next week. The first baseman who is recovering from surgery to repair the meniscus in his left knee, began his minor league rehab assignment Tuesday night by going 2 for 3 with a walk and a double in Triple-A Scranton’s loss to Syracuse.
“We have a little bit of an outline of what we think the next