The Bronx Bombers certainly lived up to their nickname during a brief stop in Tampa, slugging their way into the record books in a two-game sweep of the Rays.

After tying a franchise mark with nine dingers in Tuesday’s 13-3 win at George M. Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees hit five more homers on Wednesday, capped by back-to-back blasts from Giancarlo Stanton and Austin Wells in the top of the 10th inning.

The 14-homer barrage tied the Major League record for the most dingers in a two-game span, a mark first set by the 1999 Reds.

As it happens, those two clubs share more than a record-setting power display. The familiar link between them? Aaron Boone .

The Yankees’ manager was a member of that Cincinnati club and just so happened to hit the first of its 14 homers in the aforem

See Full Page