VIDEO: Edwin Encarnacion Extends Yankees' Lead With Rocketed Solo Homer at Tampa Bay
By Sam Dunn
How was this allowed? Is this even remotely fair? If you're the rest of the MLB, no, the Yankees acquiring Edwin Encarnacion from the Mariners doesn't feel decent at all. But if you're one of the Bronx Bombers faithful, you're laughing long and heartily every time the slugging beast touches 'em all. Check out what he just did in St. Petersburg:
With the home team's bats being as sluggish as they are, the Yanks have to like their chances the rest of the way here. It was Encarnacion's 25th dinger of the season, and boy-oh-boy did it get out of the yard in a hurry.