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Mr. October keeping eye on Baby Bombers
- Updated: September 14, 2016
NEW YORK — One of the Yankees’ living legends recently sat down with one of the club’s brightest young stars. Reggie Jackson has known some of this electric group of Baby Bombers — Gary Sanchez, Aaron Judge and Tyler Austin — since they were teenagers. So they heed his advice as not only coming from a Hall of Famer, but from a friendly face as well.
“He sat me down the other day and told me to believe in myself,” Austin said. “He said you only get called up to the big leagues for the first time once. He told me to enjoy it up here.
“That’s Reggie Jackson, you take everything he says to heart,” Austin said. “You know what I mean?”
Jackson’s role as a special advisor puts him heavily involved with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, and it allowed him to pay special attention to the group of young players who have helped the Yankees to a 24-15 record since Aug. 1. He’s talked to Austin and Judge in particular about the physical side of the …
