The lasting image of Yulieski Gourriel's 62-game tenure with the Yokohama BayStars may have come after the Cuban star's very first ichi-gun game in the team's pinstriped uniform.
That day, an overcast afternoon on June 8, 2014, at Yokohama Stadium, Gourriel debuted with a pair of singles and a double.
Afterward, he appeared for the on-field postgame hero interview with Shun Yamaguchi and Yoshitomo Tsutsugo and was pulled into a celebratory handshake with gregarious Yokohama manager Kiyoshi Nakata, who flashed a big, open-mouthed grin for the cameras while clasping the beaming Gourriel's shoulder with his other hand.
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