
“Breaking Barriers: Austin Wells Makes History with Stunning Leadoff Homer on Opening Day!”
“Obviously, not playing to break records,” he said, “but it’s pretty cool.”
Yogi Berra never did it. Neither did Bill Dickey, Elston Howard, Thurman Munson or Jorge Posada. Then again, until Thursday the Yankees had not had a catcher bat leadoff in any of their previous 19,451 games.
Wells’ home run, which would not have been out of any other big league ballpark, started the defending AL champions to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.
“There’s just presence to him,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
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