Draping the Yankees stars’ uniforms over their slighter-by-comparison frames, two staffers took turns sliding headfirst on the tarp, to the howling delight of players and coaches.
Watch Spencer Strider’s start today, and you’ll see a rarity in today’s game: a reliance on the four-seam fastball. He’s got a good reason for it, too.
Tim Sheridan isn’t the usual broadcaster for the Single-A Lake Elsinore Storm. He’s actually the mayor of Lake Elsinore, Calif. But making his baseball broadcasting debut Friday, he called a no-hitter.
Not only does 10-year-old Amir Azul Santiago style his hair like Fernando Tatis Jr., he’s a better hitter at that age than the Padres’ shortstop was — says Tatis himself.