Images of Yankee Stadium Enveloped in Smoke Portray Dystopian Scene

The Yankees and White Sox played in the Bronx on Tuesday night despite poor air quality caused by smoke from Canadian wildfires.
Images of Yankee Stadium Enveloped in Smoke Portray Dystopian Scene
Images of Yankee Stadium Enveloped in Smoke Portray Dystopian Scene /
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What was supposed to be a baseball game ended up looking more like a scene from Blade Runner 2049.

That’s the sort of picture which unfolded at Yankee Stadium for Tuesday night’s game between the Bronx Bombers and the White Sox. Smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted hundreds of miles south into the New York City airspace, creating an eerie atmosphere for players and fans to contend with.

The air quality was so poor that the Yankees’ Triple A affiliate, the Scranton Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, postponed their home game against the Norfolk Tides, citing an “abundance of caution for potential health concerns.” The team’s home stadium is located in Moosic, Pa., approximately 130 miles from Yankee Stadium.

Take a look at the extraordinary scene in the images below.


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Nick Selbe
NICK SELBE

Nick Selbe is a programming editor at Sports Illustrated who frequently writes about baseball and college sports. Before joining SI in March 2020 as a breaking/trending news writer, he worked for MLB Advanced Media, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. Selbe received a bachelor's in communication from the University of Southern California.