Netflix and no chill
Yankees 7, Giants 0
Everything about Opening Night felt off. The 5 p.m. start. The first game of the year at home. The Netflix of it all.
My mind begged for the usual signs of Opening Day: A Friday afternoon, six or so games into the season, facing a semi-obscure team.
Instead we got the Yankees on a Wednesday night with dancers and cable cars and yellow taxis. We also got a Giants team that resembled its former self in all the wrong ways. Overmatched by a left-handed pitcher, unreliable in the field, and incapable with a runner on third and less than two outs.
From beginning to end, none of it felt like or looked like or sounded like Opening Day. And that’s because it wasn’t. Season starts on Friday.
Up next: Robbie Ray gets the ball in Game 2, facing Cam Schlittler and the Yankees. Kruk and Kuip make their 2026 debuts, no streaming service required.