The 27-time World-Champion New York Yankees will open their  2010 spring training schedule on Wednesday, March 3, at 1:15 p.m. vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Yankees will don their away garb for a World Series rematch against National League champs the Philadelphia Phillies the following day. No spring training games will be played against their AL rivals the Boston Red Sox in 2010. In addition, the Yankees announced that ticket prices for 2010 spring training games at George M. Steinbrenner Field will remain the same as last season, marking the second straight year the Yankees have carried over the same prices from the previous spring.

The Yankees will play a 33-game Grapefruit League schedule that will include 16 home games. The season features six games against the Detroit Tigers split evenly between home and away and 4 games each vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates in Bradenton and the Baltimore Orioles at their new Spring Training home in Sarasota, FL. The Yankees will play a home exhibition game against their minor league stars in their spring training finale on Saturday, April 3, at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Included in the Yankees' home exhibition games are six night contests (7:05 p.m. start time) on Thursday, March 11 vs. Atlanta; Tuesday, March 16 vs. Houston; Thursday, March 18 vs. Tampa Bay; Wednesday, March 24 vs. Washington; Friday, March 26 vs. Philadelphia; and Tuesday March 30 vs. Toronto.

Individual-game spring tickets will go on sale in January. For information, fans should call 813-879-2244

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Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report on Wednesday, February 17, with the first workout scheduled for Thursday, February 18. The Yankees' first full-squad workout is scheduled for Wednesday, February 24.
The Yankees will open the regular season April 5 against the Bosox in Boston.