Friday Night Lights at Yankee Stadium

Photo by New York Yankees/Getty ImagesIt’s Friday, May 12, 2023. Wandy Peralta has just recorded the final out of a 6-5 comeback win over the divisional rival Tampa Bay Rays. Before you have a second to process what just occurred, Frank Sinatra is singing you to the exits of Yankee Stadium. The only curtain call that night was from Anthony Rizzo, but at this moment the show was over. It wasn’t until I got into my car that I realized how perfect that night at the ballpark had been. Two weeks later and I felt compelled to write about it.

I’ve concluded that the best regular season games at Yankee Stadium are warm Friday nights. The energy is palpable, the buzz is immediate, and the atmosphere…