NEW YORK — Memorable debuts apparently run in the Lombard family.
Shortly before top Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr. homered in his MLB debut on Tuesday night in the Bronx, his younger brother, Jacob Lombard, homered in his pro baseball debut with Single-A Jupiter.
"I haven't talked to him yet, but I heard," George Lombard Jr., 21, said after the Yankees' 2-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
"That's pretty awesome. It's probably really awesome for my parents. I would bet that they were watching the game on the phone. I was really excited for him, too."
The Miami Marlins selected 18-year-old Jacob Lombard in the first round of last month's MLB draft, three years after the Yankees used a first-round pick on George Lombard Jr.
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Shortly before top Yankees prospect George Lombard Jr. homered in his MLB debut on Tuesday night in the Bronx, his younger brother, Jacob Lombard, homered in his pro baseball debut with Single-A Jupiter.
"I haven't talked to him yet, but I heard," George Lombard Jr., 21, said after the Yankees' 2-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
"That's pretty awesome. It's probably really awesome for my parents. I would bet that they were watching the game on the phone. I was really excited for him, too."
The Miami Marlins selected 18-year-old Jacob Lombard in the first round of last month's MLB draft, three years after the Yankees used a first-round pick on George Lombard Jr.
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