Three Grand Slams for the Yankees

Originally posted August 29, 2011

My writing on sports topics, such as it is, is generally reserved for either quirky, weird or historical games, or sports stories having some connection to show business.

However, we happened to be at a history-making MLB game the other day, and it seems worth recording. On those rare occasions when I am in attendance (always with my kids), we seem to bring good luck to the Yankees. On the previous game we attended last season, the team got two grand slams, which is rare enough. On the game we attended last week versus the Oakland As, the team got THREE grand slams, which is unprecedented in the history of the entire league. The moment was all the more exciting given the fact that we’d waited an hour and a half in the rain for the game to start, and the Yankees were several runs behind for the first few innings.

I assure you these two photos are every bit as staged as the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. But like that famous photo, these re-create history a second after it happened.

For more baseball related stories of a far less momentous nature, go here.