NEW YORK -- Yankees No. 1 prospect Justus Sheffield has been staying at a Midtown Manhattan hotel since his status changed this week to first-time big leaguer.
The 22-year-old left-hander has felt like a New Yorker taking the subway to Yankee Stadium for his first games.
Nobody recognized him.
"I guess they don't know me yet," Sheffield said with a smile Wednesday night after his exciting, never-racking and successful major league debut, a scoreless ninth inning in the Yankees' 10-1 shellacking of the Boston Red Sox.
Yankees fans know Sheffield, and the Bleacher Creatures welcomed him to the majors with a roll call-like chant from right field in the ninth inning.