Fri August 26, 2011 The Two-Way  Damn Yankees! Bronx Bombers
Smash Record Three Grand Slams  Cano, Granderson and Martin
aren't a "murderers' row" just yet,  But they did something last
night that hadn't been done before, not even by the 1927 Yankees
and that team's famed murderers' row of Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri
and others.  In a 22-9 shellacking of the Oakland A's, the
Yankees' Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson and Russell Martin
each hit grand slam home runs. It's the first time any Major
League team hit more than two in one game.  ESPN New York adds
that:  "In the history of the franchise, the Yankees [had] only
hit two grand slams in one game on four previous occasions. The
last time it happened was in September of 1999 when Bernie
Williams and Paul O'Neill did it in Toronto."  Now, a lot of
things have to happen to set up grand slams. Obviously, the
bases have to get loaded. The right batter has to come up. And
the pitcher has to groove one. But all this makes us wonder: