The ceremonial first pitch at Tuesday night's Yankees game was thrown by someone best known for wearing green and white, as well as a bigger helmet and shoulder pads. Muhammad Wilkerson, the New Jersey native who just re-upped with the Jets, crossed the river wearing his familiar number-96 -- but this time, in pinstripes.
How good a time was he having as he took the mound? That menacing presence along the defensive line replaced by the enthusiasm of a kid from Jersey sitting in the upper deck for the first time.
OK, on to the game, here's the biggest hit of the night: Starlin Castro crushing a Vance Worley pitch in the bottom of the 2nd inning. His two-run homer gave the Yankees a lead they'd hold and build all night.
Watch that ball land in the second deck in left field. While it's not quite the Death Valley of the original Stadium, it takes a powerful poke to plant a ball there. Baltimore's 1st baseman and the nearby umpire couldn't help but look.
Castro later added a two-run double against reliever Odrisamer Despaigne, as the Yankees knocked off the AL East leaders for the second night in a row.
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