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1 Yankee who hit 2 solo HRs off Matt Swarmer when the Cubs hurler became only the 2nd MLB pitcher to surrender 6 solo shots in a game (6/11/22) 6 Chubby’s dance 11 Eagles in Atlanta 12 Give a formal speech 13 Bush led the AL in

walks 5 times 14 Like an LA NHLer? 15 Big East hoop Coach

of the Year in 2020-21 17 What Cardinals wear 19 Allow 20 What Rays wear 22 Guard on Jints’ 1986

title team 23 NY NASL team, fondly 24 Miami WNBA team 25 CJ Ozumah’s pos. 26 MLB mo. 27 Explosive 28 Yankee whose

12th-inning single beat the Mets in Game 1 of the 2000 Subway Series 32 He hit 1 of the Yanks’ 6 solo HRs off Matt Swarmer 6/11/22 33 Michael Conforto 36 How sardines are

often packed 37 Former center in

Boston 38 Poser 39 AL East team

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1 Ex-Met Lowrie 2 Black Bears, for

short 3 Yankee rookie who led the AL at 13-3 (.813) in 1939 4 What a winner wears 5 Black- ––– Susan

Stakes at Pimlico 6 See 32 Across 7 Seize by force 8 “Othello” villain 9 See 32 Across 10 AT&T word (abbr.) 16 City in Sinaloa,

Mexico 17 Didn’t play 18 See 32 Across 21 Sandwich trio 23 Father & son NFLers Bill & Milt both became doctors 24 Originally drafted by the Yankees in 2007, he had 43 saves for Washington in 2011 26 Virgil from DeWitt Clinton HS played for the last NL Giants in NY 29 Former center for

the Nets 30 Uncertain to play 31 He tied an NL mark by fanning 10 consecutive Mets in 2021 32 Iron 34 Jason Varitek 35 Extra sessions