BOSTON — On their flight from St. Pete-Clearwater Airport to Logan Airport early Thursday evening, the Yankees became a little bit less up in the air.
Aboard the chartered 757, Aaron Boone consulted with head trainer Steve Donohue about the status of Didi Gregorius and Aaron Hicks and received the kind of late-is-better-than-never news — both were healthy enough to play again. So a few thousand feet over America, the Yankees manager began to formulate a lineup for Game 159 — but really for Game 163, the sudden-death wild-card game Wednesday against the A’s.
“It was nice to write all of those names down,” Boone said.