TORONTO — When Giancarlo Stanton paraded through the clubhouse during spring training, walking back and forth between his locker and the batting cage, he was often wearing gold headphones on his head.
It was almost as if he was preparing for his first real leap into the New York fishbowl.
“Good times will be magnified, and so will the bad,” Stanton said recently. “The fans expect a lot — be prepared. I expect a lot, too, so we’re in the same boat.”
Stanton did not have to wait long for his first memorable Yankee experience, making his debut on Thursday an indelible one with a pair of tape-measure home runs — including one on his first swing — to lead the Yankees to a 6-1 season-opening victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.