In just two days Yankees baseball will be back. The Yankees open their 33-game Grapefruit League schedule Wednesday with a home game against the Tigers. No home-and-home games with the Phillies to open the exhibition season this year. Weird. Seems like that’s how they open the spring every year.
Anyway, 21 of the team’s 33 Spring Training games will be broadcast either on television or online, which is a bit fewer than previous years. Lots of regional networks scaled back their spring coverage this year. I guess those mid-week afternoon games haven’t attracted enough eyeballs the last few springs.