The Rays won’t have many more days like this at George M. Steinbrenner Field. When the team bus rolled in from Charlotte Sports Park on Friday morning, players and staff piled out and took a quick left turn into the visitor’s clubhouse.

The start time for Monday's spring training game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox has been moved because of expected heavy rainfall, foreshadowing what the Tampa Bay Rays might have to deal with this year as they play a season outdoors.

For decades, the New York Yankees enforced a grooming policy so strict it could make a military dress code look lenient. The post How a Single Player’s Defiance Helped End Unreasonable Yankees Tradition Set Up by George Steinbrenner appeared first on EssentiallySports.

Members of the media tour the newly renovated dining room at George M. Steinbrenner Field during New York Yankees spring training in Tampa, Florida. February 13, 2025. Members of the media tour the New York Yankees batting cages at George M. Steinbrenner Field during spring training in Tampa, Florida. February 13, 2025.

In the Yankees' Spring Training opener, they hosted the Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field, which will become the home of Tampa Bay this upcoming regular

The Yankees’ spring training home and the Rays’ impending, temporary regular season home, has undergone massive renovations.

HOW TO WATCH: Fans can watch the game locally on YES Network and NESN, and can stream it on fuboTV (free trial). Time: 4:05 p.m.

They feel it defines their character.” George Steinbrenner announced the facial policy during spring training in 1976, mandating no long hair or beards — mustaches were allowed. Players ...