NEW YORK -- Punxsutawney Phil spotted his shadow on Thursday morning, forecasting six more weeks of winter, but the tractor-trailer truck departing Yankee Stadium and pointing south toward George M. Steinbrenner Field tells a different story. Spring Training is almost here.
The Yankees' clubhouse staff has been packing bats, balls, uniforms and more this week, preparing all of the necessary gear for a 1,141 mile journey to the stadium complex in Tampa, Fla. The wheels will begin rolling over the George Washington Bridge on Thursday afternoon.
"We've got it down to a science," said Lou Cucuzza Jr.