Dukes, Desmond Share Debut History
By Josh Land
Elijah Dukes knows a little something about hitting a home run during a Major League debut.
In April of 2007, in the fifth inning of the Rays season opener, a then 23 year old Dukes took Yankees starter Carl Pavano deep in his first official at bat. Fortunately, the ball lodged itself in Yankee Stadium's center field wall and Dukes had no trouble recovering it as a keepsake.
"Nothing can compare to that [experience]," Dukes said tonight after watching his 23 year old teammate accomplish the same feat.
It was, after all, Ian Desmond's night to shine, complete with his own debut homer, a curtain call, four RBI and a pie in the face reward from his teammates.
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