Sewage water “leaked into the Yankees’ clubhouse and flooded parts of the concourse” outside the team’s spring training home at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. A Yankees spokesperson joked, “It’s spring training for the toilets, too.” The spokesperson added that a “drainage issue in the surrounding area was responsible for the noxious odor and pools of water” that popped up. Numerous maintenance employees “attempted to clean up the spills as fans headed for the exits and even tore up the ground in front of one entrance in order to work on some pipes.” The lavatories accessible to fans “didn’t seem to have any issues during the game.” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that the “filth was ‘seeping’ from the Yankees’ clubhouse bathrooms to the carpeted space that houses the players’ lockers” (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 2/21).
Yankees’ Steinbrenner Field sees sewage leak during spring training
