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Shane Victorino goes to town on some jerky, broadcast team is enthralled

Broadcasters watch Victorino eat some mid-game jerky

The Yankees put away Boston early last night, scoring seven in the first and cruising to a 14-4 win. This gave ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball crew plenty of time to discuss the finer things in life -- what nice weather we're having, what good movies they've seen lately and, of course, the tale of Shane Victorino and the Jerky Stick:

Shane Victorino

Poor John Kruk was right in the middle of a point when that marvelously large jerky showed up and almost stopped him in his tracks. He was in a bind there; clearly such deliciousness couldn't go unmentioned, but he was also mid-sentence with no clear way out.

Luckily, the camera hung around long enough -- with a brief break for an actual pitch in between -- to let the entire booth start salivating. 

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