George Lombard Jr. saw a sweeper over the middle of the plate, sent the 0-2 pitch over the left-field fence and made his highly anticipated big league debut even more memorable. A few hours later, Lombard was exchanging memorabilia with the fans who caught the first home run ball of his career.

Lombard is being lauded as the next great Yankees hope. A few years ago, similar compliments were heaped upon another shortstop.

Yankees highly touted prospect George Lombard Jr. and trade deadline addition Heliot Ramos were in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Cardinals.

Firm defaulted on a $107.4 million CMBS loan backed by a suburban Chicago mall, moving toward a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.