Train trouble delays Yankees' return to New York

• Power problems delayed the Yankees departure out of Baltimore
• The Yankees were delayed about an hour
• The Orioles' travel plans were also affected

NEW YORK -- Train travel was a way of life for major-league baseball teams until the advent of the jet airplane. The New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles found out in the wee hours of Wednesday morning that the old-fashioned way might seem romantic but isn't always necessarily a lot of fun.

The Yankees and Orioles both had their train trips between Baltimore and New York aborted because of electrical problems on the tracks. That made for a long night of travel following Game 2 of the American League Division Series.

Baltimore's 3-2 win over the Yankees at Oriole Park at Camden Yards did not end until 11:58 ET because of a one-hour, 10-minute rain delay at the start. Thus, it was well after midnight before the teams boarded their trains for what should have been a relative short trip to New York, where the series resumes at 7:37 p.m. ET on Wednesday night with Game 3.

The Yankees train got stuck in Aberdeen, Md. They eventually took buses at 3:30 a.m. to New York and arrived back Yankee Stadium at around 6 a.m.

"I thought our guys made the best of it," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said in a conference call with reporters. "They laughed and even took some pictures. It's just something we had to deal with. In a lot of ways, it was like getting back home from a West Coast trip."

The Orioles had an even longer night. They also wound up taking a bus to New York and did not arrive at their midtown Manhattan motel until nearly 9 a.m.

Not surprisingly, both teams cancelled their scheduled off-day workouts Tuesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter still sounded a little groggy when he spoke with reporters on a conference call at 5 p.m. and concluded it by saying, "good night, it's night-night time.