Typically boring news is now cause for celebration. The MLB schedule is out, and the New York Yankees are officially slated to begin playing meaningful baseball on July 23. They’re also scheduled to play on July 25, and random Thursdays in August, and all the way through September 27 with just seven days off. For the first time since mid-March, Yankees fans can look at the calendar and know that there is baseball scheduled for almost every day.
The 60-games-in-67-days timeline is daunting, and certainly places a larger priority on each individual game. One ordinarily-regular blown save in the dog days or a flat getaway day performance could be the difference between making or missing the playoffs in just a 60-game season.