‘Comeback Kids’ get it done again Sixth-inning rally extends Bombers’ win streak to 5
By Kristie Ackert
NEW YRK — Maybe now you can call them the “Comeback Kids.”
The Bombers rallied for four runs in the sixth inning with power, taking advantage of opportunity and even heads-up baserunning Saturday to beat the Mariners 5-4 at Yankee Stadium.
Two weeks ago, this was the type of game the Yankees would lose.
Coming off the high of a walkoff win Friday night, the Bombers fell behind by three runs after just two innings. But since the trade deadline, when the Yankees front office invested in them with two lefty hitters, two relievers and a starter, they’ve been rejuvenated.
It was the fifth straight win for the Yankees (61-49), and they clinched the four-game series against the Mariners (58-54). It was their 31st come-from-behind win and their 20th win in their last 28 games, the best record in baseball since July 6.
“It’s a confident group right now . ... Honestly, it’s been a little while since we’ve had that kind of confidence,” DJ LeMahieu said. “With that confidence, I think everyone’s having a little bit more fun and, locking in … come-frombehind wins. They do a lot for a team.”
The story, handed down across the generations, began in 1950s, pre-Castro Cuba where Diaz’ father, Manuel Ramirez, was a successful attorney, representing American corporations and raising his family. Then Fidel Castro completed his communist takeover in 1959.
“When the regime took over, there was no more freedom,” Montes said. “It was like, everything is owned by the government and there was no profit to be made and, basically, if you didn’t agree with them, they killed you. So he fled, as a lot of Cubans did at that time. He had business with American companies and they told him to come on for a business trip.”
Manuel Ramirez made his way to Miami in August 1960, and then to Michigan. Not yet licensed to practice law in the U.S., he earned the necessary credentials to teach Spanish and was hired by Avon Old Farms in 1961.
Ana Diaz, 14, her sister and younger brother, also named Manuel, about six, came to stay in the dorms. The details have become fuzzy over the decades