Kingston High School graduate Zack Short gets ready to throw while playing second base during the New York Yankees’ spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday, Feb. 23, in Bradenton, Fla. Short, who is wearing No. 38 for the Yanks, was 0-for-1 with two walks and a run scored in the Bombers’ 6-2 win. Going into the Yankees’ game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Clearwater, Fla., on Sunday, Short had appeared in five games, getting a single in seven at-bats for a .143 batting average. He has also walked four times, scored twice, and struck out twice. Short signed a minor-league deal with the Yanks in the offseason. (Matt Slocum/The Associated Press)
