Crystal strikes out in new career
Published 3/14/2008 by Ben Walker, AP Baseball Writer at Boston.com -- Baseball News
Billy Crystal whacked himself in the helmet with his backswing, found his shoelaces and socks sabotaged and watched his team lose. Oh, and the New York Yankees rookie struck out in his one and only at-bat as a big leaguer. "It was the strangest, greatest moment of my life," he said Thursday.
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