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Escarra said "you still have to swing the bat" to hit the ball.
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A record-tying 15 home runs in three games is pretty good advertising.
From Los Angeles Daily News
The wood of the bat is shifted from the barrel towards the batter’s hands to create a custom sweet spot where contact is most frequently made.
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The Yankees’ backup catcher — who made his debut in the majors after working jobs as an Uber driver and a substitute teacher — and his wife Jocelyn Escarra kissed on the field at Yankees Stadium Thursday before the team’s 4-2 victory over the Brewers, as seen in a video posted to her TikTok.
Escarra made the Yankees nearly two years after he worked as a substitute teacher and Uber driver to make ends meet.
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amNewYork on MSNYankees JC Escarra’s Opening Day a full-circle moment 2 years after driving for Uber, substitute teachingJC Escarra was not too proud to take any odd job he could to make ends meet. Once a first baseman in the Baltimore Orioles system, he found himself in independent ball trying to catch on as a catcher — a position he had never played before.
New York Yankees backup catcher J.C. Escarra went viral last weekend after he appeared in a video telling his mother on a phone call he made the team, prompting her to cry in delight and disbelief while he also fought back tears.
New York Yankees catcher J.C. Escarra tells his mother he made the team in emotional video
His childhood friend, catcher J.C. Escarra, made the Yankees’ Opening Day roster, capping a long journey that included playing five seasons in the minors; others in the American Association, the Atlantic League and in Puerto Rico, Mexico and the Dominican Republic; and even working as an Uber driver and substitute teacher.
For the New York Yankees, the waterworks occurred in the office of manager Aaron Boone when he let catcher J.C. Escarra know that he was heading to New York instead of a minor league assignment ...
On Tuesday, the Yankees signed right-handed reliever Adam Ottavino to bolster their bullpen. It's his second tour with the Yankees.
J.C. Escarra took the scenic route, but he finally reached his dream destination when Aaron Boone summoned him to his office on Saturday.
J.C. Escarra went viral earlier this week for the phone call with his mom telling her his big-league dreams came true. He joins TODAY with his mom, Marinelys, to talk about his journey to becoming a member of the New York Yankees,