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Last night the Trenton Thunder (Yankees’ AA team) beat the Richmond Flying Squirrels (SF Giants AA team) 8-1. Great game! Because:

• Fabulous seats
• @ $12 apiece
• Pat Venditte—who pitches either right or left-handed, depending (you don’t see that every day)
• Brendan Ryan – Yankees’ player rehabbing (2 hits)
• Gary Sanchez – (# 35) DH and top prospect in Yankees’ organization
• The weather did not live up to the Thunder’s sobriquet (rarely have a chance to use THAT word!)
• The golden retriever that came out of the Thunder dugout and, living up to his breed mission, retrieved a bat
• How the padded up home-plate umpire looked like a Lego man
• 3 home runs, count ’em
• Home in 18 minutes flat