Even as the Yankees prepared their first offer for Williams, they looked elsewhere for another outfielder.

Now the Yankees will prepare to face the future without Don Mattingly.

Brown had said unmoved once, seeing the Yankee, who had been swearing under his breath, prepare to go down.

Out on the mound, as the Yankees prepared to bat in the first inning, the pitcher looked into the home dugout.

And, Stanley said as the Yankees prepared to head home, "We've still got a lot of baseball to play."

And then the Yankees packed and prepared to go home for the first time this season.

But the Yankees are preparing for the worst - that Nelson won't be back.

The Yankees are preparing for the possibility that O'Neill will not be able to play.

Both managers are working hard to be good organization men as the Mets and the Yankees prepare to open the season.

As the Yankees wound up their spring camp today and prepared to fly north, another potentially serious injury confronted them.