A first roll call is a highlight for any new Yankee, but Cody Bellinger’s first great moment at the plate came in his second game in pinstripes, when he hit the Brewers’ second pitch for the Yankees’ second homer of the day. As the son of a Yankee who played in New York from 1999 to 2001, it was hardly the first time a Bellinger thrived in front of a packed house in the Bronx. (Photo Credit: New York Yankees)

Cody Bellinger got his first taste of Major League Baseball in the Bronx. But unlike most of his Yankees teammates, his introduction to the big leagues came decades before he actually played the sport for a living.

The outfielder’s first memories of being at the old Yankee Stadium bring him back to when he was 4 years old, and his father, Clay Bellinger , was realizing his own dr

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