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Dabo Swinney’s unbelievable Yankee stadium story: From Fenway to first-base swiping

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Dabo Swinney shares his surreal baseball journey — postgame speeches at Fenway, a first pitch at Wrigley, and literally walking out of Yankee Stadium with first base before coaching a bowl game there.

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As Clemson prepares to play its bowl game at Yankee Stadium, Dabo Swinney admitted the moment will hit a little different for a former “baseball kid” who once dreamed on dusty fields in Alabama.

“Yeah, it's really amazing. I was a baseball kid growing up and coached my kids playing baseball,” Swinney said.