It was a good day for people who believe in omens and hate the New York Yankees.
A sewage leak seeped into the New York Yankees' clubhouse bathroom and forced fans to walk around pools of stinking water during a spring training game at Steinbrenner Field on Saturday, according to The Athletic's Brendan Kuty. Tampa’s Department of Public Works is reportedly aware of the problem.
From The Athletic:
“It’s spring training for the toilets, too,” a Yankees spokesperson said.
Workers were reportedly tearing up part of the entrance to the stadium offices to access piping, while a security guard was directing people around the dirty water. The Yankees also closed the bottom floor of their two-floor team store, and some of the sewage reached outside of the clubhouse bathroom into carpeted areas.
Apparently, two sewer lines broke outside the main GMS Field entrance just before today’s game.
— Pete Caldera (@pcaldera) February 21, 2026
Things got progressively worse.
“It’s not great…it’s all over the place,” Aaron Boone said of areas of the Yankee clubhouse.
Hoping for a quick cleanup before tomorrow’s game v NYM pic.twitter.com/5L23TM6frH
The Yankees did their best to work around the problem, taking interviews in a hallway instead of the clubhouse. Their skipper's analysis, via The Athletic:
“It’s not great. It’s all over the place,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “Hopefully, we’ll get it cleaned up overnight and back in business tomorrow.”
“Life gets you sometimes,” he added. “We’ll get through it.”
Never let it be said that a little sewage will bother the Yankees, though, as they defeated the Detroit Tigers 20-3 behind a two-homer day from Aaron Judge.