King made his postseason debut for the Yankees during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season at eerily empty Petco Park. He expects the crowd to be “absolutely nuts” when he starts for the home team

Michael King made his postseason debut for the New York Yankees in the AL playoff bubble during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season at eerily empty Petco Park, where the only “fans” were several hundred cardboard cutouts.

Mike Shildt said he could have picked his initial postseason rotation out of a hat. He doubled back to make sure the reporters gathered around him on the fourth-floor press conference room at Petco Park understood he was joking.