New York Yankees Take on Virginia Tech

To make the game a little more meaningful, during the first innning Girardi sat in the stands with VT Football coach Frank Beamer

When attempting to describe the Yankees impact on the commity at Virginia Tech, Yankees GM Joe Girardi said that "[a] young lady came up to me and said her brother was one of the children killed, and her mother thanks us for being here...that really hit me hard." 

"I think it was just the sort of thing we were looking for," said Virginia Tech pitcher Rob Waskiewicz, who retired the side in order in the third. "We've been through some hard times, and people are starting to feel better, but I think this was a great thing."

To end the day, Hokies' second baseman Matt Hacker said: "It was everything everybody wanted it to be."

VT Baseball Coach Pete Hughes, an avid Boston Red Sox fan, declared"I grew up my whole life just hating the Yankees. I mean just hating them," he said. "Now, I'll look at them differently. We'll all look at them differently."

I guess the Yankees aren't so evil after all...if, at least, for one day. 

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