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As a Yankees' first-round draft pick, he got $1.2M; now he's reviving his career in the USPBL

(Photo: USPBL)

They call him "Pops"

That's what happens when you're the ripe "old" age of 26, and playing in an independent baseball league that typically has been an avenue for those just out of college.

"I'm the grandfather," Ty Hensley said, with a laugh.

Hensley on Saturday night will make his final start of the season in the United Shore Professional Baseball League, on championship weekend no less. He will start for the No. 2-seed Utica Unicorns, who play at 7:05 at Jimmy John's Field in Utica against the winner of Friday night's game between the Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers and the Eastside Diamond Hoppers.