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Raul Ibañez breaks out for Yankees

Raul Ibanez connects on a game tying two-run

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It was one veteran outfielder paying homage to another.

“How do you do it?” Ichiro Suzuki, 38, said with a smile to Raul Ibañez, who lockers next to him.

Ibañez smiled back, something the 40-year-old hasn’t been able to do a lot lately.

Entering Saturday, Ibanez was in an 0-for-18 skid and had two hits in his previous 45 at-bats.

But he hit a pinch-hit homer in the fifth,...

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