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From September 6th, 2019 at Citi Field: Jeff McNeil of the Mets gets ready to lead off the bottom of the 1st inning against Zach Eflin of the Phillies.
It's a return visit to the Mets' Florida home in Port St. Lucie, this time for a 2016 showdown with the Yankees. (Below), Joe Girardi and Brian Cashman chat during batting practice. Aaron Judge and Rob Refsnyder have their game faces on in the dugout... though neither would be in the starting lineup. (Above) A couple of Brooklyn natives that made their mark in New York baseball -- Lee Mazzilli and John Franco. (Below) Mets pitcher Josh Smoker makes friends by signing a few autographs. (Above) Mets reliever Jeurys Familia; (Below) 2nd baseman Neil Walker (Above) Curtis Granderson, one of the select few players to star for both the Yankees and Mets, getting ready for his third summer at Citi Field. (Below) Aaron Hicks came to the Yankees in a trade the previous November. 3rd baseman Chase Headley enjoying the Grapefruit League vibe, even against Mets ace Jacob deGrom. (Above) Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes watches where he hit one... so does Joe Girardi from the visitor's dugou...
The news spread quickly and stunningly on Monday afternoon: after 36 seasons, 5,420 regular season games -- 5060 consecutive -- and 211 more in the postseason, John Sterling was retiring as the radio voice of the Yankees. The booming baritone, his energetic style and signature home run calls -- from "Bern, Baby, Bern" through "A Soto Photo" -- made the native New Yorker an enduring part of Yankee history. Sterling narrated a remarkable era in Bronx baseball -- five World Championship clubs built around the Hall of Famers Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera. But there's so much more on his resume. After first making a name as the voice of the the NBA's Baltimore Bullets, John came to New York to host an evening radio sports talk show, that soon led to doing play by play for the Islanders and Nets... Then, after several years in Atlanta, calling Braves and Hawks games on TBS, he returned home after landed the Yankees radio job in 1989. From Alvar...
June 5th, 1965: Mel Stottlemyre hits a home run -- and pitches all 10 innings, as the Yankees edge the White Sox 4-3 Yankees edge the White Sox 4-3 . Mickey Mantle also homers, while Elton Howard wins it with a walk-off single, driving in Phil Linz.
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