It’s Sunday once more, and you know what that means — it’s time for our weekly social media roundup! This week, we focus not just on the present, but also on the legacy of the past, as we celebrated Jackie Robinson Day this Wednesday. How did the Yankees acknowledge this important day — as well as the other goings-on of the early season — this week? Let’s find out!
Jackie Robinson Day
As you could probably guess from the top image, the article heading, and the intro, we begin this week with Major League Baseball’s annual
celebration of Jackie Robinson, whose story — as timely as ever — needs no introduction.
Cam in the Garden for NBA Playoffs
Because the Yankees had a matinee on Saturday, they had some rare free time at night, so after helping beat the Royals on Friday night with six innings of three-hit, one-run ball, Cam Schlittler was among the many celebrities at Madison Square Garden for the New York Knicks’ playoff opener. He got a very nice hand from the crowd, who got to see the Knicks take down the Atlanta Hawks in Game 1, 113-102.
Daily Comments from Dave
Yankees radio broadcaster Dave Sims discusses the Yankees’ hectic week on his Instagram.
Behind the NY
The Yankees continued to upload episodes of their YouTube series, Behind the NY.
Welcome back, Paulie!
Over the first couple of weeks of the regular season, the YES broadcast rotated David Cone and Joe Girardi alongside Michael Kay. But you know who was conspicuously missing? That’s right — the Warrior himself, Paul O’Neill. Well, at long last, the former Yankees right fielder made his season debut at the ballpark.
The Game Belt
The Game Belt got passed around quite a bit this week.
Batting practice with the WPBL
The Yankees invited the players from the new Women’s Professional Baseball League to take batting practice at Yankee Stadium last weekend, a show of support for the new league, which launches this summer.
The House of Horrors Returns
Guess what’s back! That’s right — the Trop. (chorus of boos and hisses)
Yeah, I’m not happy about it either. At least the Rays finally have something that resembles concrete plans for a new ballpark.
Of course, the Trop did give us our first “opposing mascot attempts to troll with Meredith Marakovitz during the pregame show.” As the YES Network account said, she truly is a mascot whisperer, and handles their shenanigans like a champ.
Banana Ball
The Savannah Bananas will be playing at Yankee Stadium next weekend, as the Bombers are on the road. One of their players posted to Instagram to express his excitement over fulfilling his childhood dream of playing at Yankee Stadiuim.
