{"id":28763,"date":"2026-08-05T16:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28763"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:54:55","slug":"george-lombard-jr-gets-yankees-chance-anthony-volpe-never-seized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=28763","title":{"rendered":"George Lombard Jr. gets Yankees chance Anthony Volpe never seized"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-8sayoe1d7-1785930499024.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261785916247\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome to Anthony Volpe 2.0.<\/p>\n<p>If this feeling is familiar, there is good reason. There are so many similarities in the discourse around George Lombard Jr., whom the Yankees called up <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/sports\/george-lombard-jr-prepared-for-the-yankees-challenge-now-facing-him\/\">to make his major league debut<\/a> on Tuesday night, to what was said when Volpe made the big league roster in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Lombard <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/sports\/george-lombard-jr-gave-yankees-everything-in-dazzling-debut\/\">dazzled in his debut<\/a>, connecting on <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/sports\/george-lombard-jr-hits-first-home-run-as-yankees-debut-gets-off-to-flying-start\/\">a solo homer<\/a> in his second at-bat and starting <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/sports\/george-lombard-jr-s-yankees-debut-comes-with-slick-double-play\/\">a slick double play<\/a> to lead the Yankees to a 2-0 win over the Cardinals as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/sports\/george-lombard-jr-s-brother-hits-first-pro-homer-minutes-after-yankees-prospects-blast-in-eerie-coincidence\/\">his overjoyed parents looked on<\/a> from the stands at the Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think everybody around me, everyone here, helped me feel comfortable once I got here,\u201d Lombard said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Anthony Volpe 2.0. If this feeling is familiar, there is good reason. There are so many similarities in the discourse around George Lombard Jr., whom the Yankees called up to make his major league debut on Tuesday night, to what was said when Volpe made the big league roster in 2023. 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