With two of New York's minor leaguers testing positive for COVID-19, the team has sequestered its farm system in Tampa hotels. What's a ballplayer to get excited about with no ball to play? Monopoly, mealtime, and Slaughterhouse-Five
The big league Yankees have left town. But the Bombers' minor leaguers are quarantined through March 25.
They wait there like golden retrievers, eagerly anticipating the sound of the car in the driveway. A few minutes before mealtimes, Garrett Whitlock and his roommate, Aaron McGarity, each stand before one of the windows in the Yankees’ minor league team hotel in Tampa where they are quarantined and watch for any sign of activity.