New York Yankees broadcaster YES Network on Thursday set an all-time ratings record for a spring training game, as more viewers tuned in to watch the Yankees’ controversial slugger Alex Rodriguez face the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays, Multichannel News says. The game’s ratings exceeded those from last March’s Yankees exhibition game against Virginia Tech, which was played as a tribute to the previous year’s shooting on that campus, Multichannel News reports..
—Danny King