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Tampa Bay Devil Rays Akinori Iwamura connect with the baseball in the first inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in New York City on July 22, 2007. (UPI Photo/John

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New York Yankees' Shelley Duncan walks back to the dugout after striking out to end the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays during MLB baseball Friday night, July 20, 2007

New York Yankees' Shelley Duncan walks back to the dugout after striking out to end the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays during MLB baseball Friday night, July 20, 2007 at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun Stock Photo

New York Yankees' Shelley Duncan walks back to the dugout after striking out to end the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays during MLB baseball Friday night, July 20, 2007