The homers keep coming for the Bronx Bombers in “Coors Field East.” While the Bronx could never be confused with Colorado, home of Coors Field, the new Yankee Stadium may very well be the East coast version of the long ball haven out West.
Count’em. Six games, 26 dingers. Two of them today from switch-hitting Melky Cabrera, including the ballpark’s first walk off. Cabrera turned on a fastball in the 14th inning and sent it into the right-field stands, his second home run of the game.
Cabrera's 14th-inning drive, the fifth home run of the game, concluded a 4-hour, 57-minute marathon Wednesday, a 9-7 Yankees win over the Oakland Athletics.
By the way, the 26th home run at the stadium is one more than the previous record for the first six games at a major league venue. That had been established at Kansas City's Municipal Stadium in 1955, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Bronxites, welcome to “Coors Field East.”
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