In 1968, comedian Dewey “Pigmeat” Markham, who may have played Harlem’s Apollo Theater more than any other performer, became famous in white America when Sammy Davis Jr. performed his “Here Come Da Judge” routine on NBC’s Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.
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According to Yahoo Sports, “Fox Sports Ken Rosenthal reported last night that the Yankees plan to recall Tyler Austin from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday to replace Alex Rodriguez on the active roster”.
Joe Girardi has noticed the excitement that Judge generates in the stands when he steps to the plate and, especially, when he hits the ball in the air. The team sold at the deadline for the first time in ages, Mark Teixeira announced his impending retirement, and Alex Rodriguez was given his release papers. Prior to the game was the celebration of the beloved 1996 World Championship team. “I think you get excited.”It was the second time players homered in the first at-bat of their major league debuts in the same game, but they were opponents the first time: Brooklyn’s Earnie Koy and Philadelphia’s Emmett Mueller did it in the first inning at the Baker Bowl in Philadelphia on April 19, 1938.Austin and Judge joined John Miller, Andy Phillips and NY assistant hitting coach Marcus Thames as the only players to homer in their first at-bats for the Yankees”. But in his first at-bat he hit an absolute bomb that nearly cleared the Mohegan Sun Restaurant in center field.
Their homers mark the first time in Major League Baseball history that two players have gone back-to-back in their first career plate appearances. They both had two hits each adding singles to their ledger, and they had good at-bats. Advice: He’s in the lineup and making his big league debut on Saturday against Matt Andriese and the Rays.
“He’s done a lot of damage against us in the past, so I’m not sad that he’s not going to be in their lineup anymore”, Longoria said.
After falling to the New York Yankees (60-56) by a final score of 8-4, the Tampa Bay Rays (46-69) dropped to 1-4 on their current six game road trip. For an offense that has had trouble scoring runs all year 8 runs is equivalent to an offensive outburst. (The Cubs did it earlier this year.) The home run hitters: Austin, Judge, Starlin Castro, Aaron Hicks, and Gregorius.
Miller continued to try to make things interesting, smashing a solo homer in the sixth to make it 6-4, but Didi Gregoius extended the lead to 8-4 with a two run homer in the seventh, the Yankees fifth of the game. It might not be worth a Yankeeography just yet – that depends on whether or not the two rookies can keep it up at this level – but it’s absolutely an incredible moment for the Yankees during a time of transition. Now every game isn’t going to be like Saturdays game, there will be just as many downs as ups. Called up from Triple-A Syracuse for his third start, he allowed five hits, walked two and struck out two. They are our guys who our favorite teams develop.
The Tigers also remained 1 1/2 games out of the second American League wild-card spot behind Boston and put the brakes on a six-game skid against Texas dating back to last season. “I’ve been hitting the ball more solid and been putting the ball in play more”.
The home-run rate for these two rookies will surely slow, but the swings they bring look like they will stay consistent for the Yankees.
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It’s nice to see that the Yankees still have their news-producing gene, even though A-Rod, the living, breathing headline, is gone.
