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| 13th March, 2008 - 1:48 pm | espn.com - Wearing No. 60, Billy Crystal got his chance to play for the Yankees a day before his 60th birthday. A lifelong Yankees fan, the righty faced Pirates left-hander Paul Maholm.
With the entire Yankee dugout on its feet to watch the team's latest free-agent signing, Crystal worked the count to 3-1 before striking out swinging, according to an ESPN.com report.
After taking ball 1 high, Crystal fouled off strike 1, hitting a bouncer along the first-base line. He took ball 2 inside and ball 3 high before Maholm came back with a pair of inside fastballs that Crystal swung and missed on for the game-opening strikeout.
He waved to the cheering crowd as he walked back to the dugout. [READ] |
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