TAMPA – Atop the steps of the visiting dugout here at George M. Steinbrenner Field late Monday afternoon, Rhys Hoskins draped his arms over the railing and settled in to see the show. The Yankees were well into their pregame batting-practice session. It was their final group’s turn to hit, and that group was the one that most drew people’s attention. Yes, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, as part of his dream fulfillment/publicity stunt, took some cuts, but he wasn’t the main attraction.
Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton were, and the two of them made the ballpark – 399 feet to left-center field, 408 to center, 385 to right-center – seem as small as a row house’s front lawn.