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A day after hitting a game-winning homer, Yanks' Slade Heathcott was back to filling up water cups

Yankees' Slade Heathcott back to doing rookie things

With two outs, two men on and the Yankees and Rays tied at 1 in the top of the ninth inning on Monday night, Yanks rookie Slade Heathcott came through in a huge way:

It was one of the biggest wins of the year for New York. He was a hero. He was on top of the baseball world. He was probably already planning his Monument Park induction speech.

And then, during Tuesday's 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay, he was back to filling up Gatorade cups for his older teammates:

It's hard out here for a rookie. 

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