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NEW YORK -- Bernie Williams had a knack for making it look easy on the baseball field, patrolling center field and drilling line drives with grace. His second career has seen him strike all the right chords on stage as a jazz guitarist.

In the kitchen? That’s a step outside of the four-time World Series champion’s comfort zone. Williams is always up for a challenge, though, which he proved by recently joining Chef Adam Sobel at Bourbon Steak at Essex House in New York for a feature with MLB’s “Off the Plate.”

“I remember being a young Minor League player; first, second year in the Minors,” Williams said. “There were four or

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