1999 Yankees Diary, July 1: Flying High
Briefly

Now in his third season with the New York Yankees, Hideki Irabu had built himself a reputation as a coin flip... never quite knew what exactly you were going to get.
Against the Detroit Tigers, though, manager Joe Torre could not have been more thrilled with Irabu's performance... Only three runners reached scoring position...
On the offensive side of things, the Yankees lineup managed to score in only two innings... Paul O'Neill led off the bottom of the second with a solo home run...
Three innings later, the lineup put together a rally against Detroit starter Dave Mlicki. Chuck Knoblauch was plunked to lea...
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