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Danny Valencia had himself a nice little weekend. On Friday, he hit two homers; then yesterday he became only the third player ever to have a three-homer game (3-for-5, 5 RBIs) against the Rays (last one was Carlos Delgado in 2003) and only the 2nd player that also stood for the pre game National Anthem. Valencia grew up Jewish, and, according to Wikipedia, “(Valencia’s) two key hitting coaches growing up were Bob Molinaro, a family friend who is a former major leaguer, and his mother Mindy.