NEW YORK — Juan Soto waited. Then he waited some more. Then after Gerrit Cole went through his windup and threw a pitch, Soto turned and saluted the Bleacher Creatures, who had been chanting his name for 15 seconds during the “Roll Call” that’s become tradition at the start of every game at Yankee Stadium.
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Soto didn’t know it, but he had just confirmed the hunch of 53-year-old Milton Ousland, a Brooklyn native and New York Yankees super fan known as “The Cowbell Man.”
Did Ousland, who has been banging his cowbell in the Bronx since 1996, get the impression that Soto truly loves interacting with Yankees fans in right field?
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