For the first time, there were nerves, anxious moments when the young Yankees weren’t sure if they belonged, wondered if they were going to freeze up.
No, this wasn’t a baseball game, it was live national television, on the MLB Network, where seven of the “Baby Bombers” — catcher Gary Sanchez, outfielder Aaron Judge, first baseman Tyler Austin, utility man Rob Refsnyder, pitchers Luis Severino and Ben Heller, and injured first baseman Greg Bird — were special guests for the early-afternoon “MLB Central” show.
“It’s a little more stressful,” Judge said before the Yankees’ 3-0 win over the Blue Jays on Wednesday night at the Stadium.