NEW YORK -- As he looked out at the raucous Yankee Stadium crowd during his team’s electric eighth-inning rally Wednesday night, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone had one thought: “It’s May, and it’s bedlam.”
October has arrived in the Bronx. Five months early.
And, after a pair of high-energy games between the Bombers and Boston Red Sox in the Big Apple this week, Thursday's Game 3 figures to keep that playoff intensity alive.
For Yankees first baseman Neil Walker, playing in this storied rivalry for the first time, it feels like Halloween is around the corner -- not Mother’s Day.