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Jersey Shore Guardsman Catches, Returns Yankee Phenom's 1st HR, Asks Nothing Back Jersey Shore Guardsman Catches, Returns Yankee Phenom's 1st HR, Asks Nothing Back
Jersey Shore Guardsman Catches, Returns Yankee Phenom's 1st HR, Asks Nothing Back It was an emotional first for the family of New York Yankees shortstop Andrew Velazquez -- and an exciting one for a U.S. National Guardsman from the Jersey Shore. Velazquez smacked first career home run during the Bronx Bombers' win over the visiting Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Frank Luna of Bradley Beach caught it. "Of course I gave it back," Luna later said. And asked nothing in return. The main sidebar to the ninth straight victory for the Yankees on Saturday was a video clip of mama Margaret Maldonado-Velazquez and other family members clapping, cheering and crying after the home r…

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'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91 'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91
'Chairman Of The Board': Yankees Great Whitey Ford Dies At 91 He won more World Series games than any other pitcher, retired with a winning percentage that remains a modern-day record and was the best hurler on what was baseball’s best team for years. Hall of Famer Whitey Ford died Thursday at his Long Island home at 91, the New York Yankees announced Friday. In a sad coincidence, New York City’s two greatest-ever pitchers – Ford and the Mets’ Tom Seaver – died less than six weeks apart. Born on Oct. 21, 1928 in Manhattan, Edward Charles Ford grew up an only child in the same Astoria, Queens neighborhood as Tony Bennett. The blond-haired Ford pitch…

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by Jerry DeMarco