The Blue Devils will be playing their bowl game in a baseball stadium, so as part of their preparation for next week's showdown against Indiana, they decided to dabble in America's pastime themselves.
Duke's clash with the Hoosiers in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium is still eight days away, but the team ended practice Friday on a lighthearted note, partaking in a classic schoolyard home run derby.
In honor of playing in @Yankees Stadium for the @PinstripeBowl, we have home run derby to end today's practice pic.twitter.com/GEqpDNXq9c
— Duke Football (@Duke_FB) December 18, 2015
Even the coaching staff got in on the action, and they apparently got the best of the players. The team's Twitter account praised safeties coach Matt Guerrieri and strength coach Noel Durfy as standouts from the team's competition.
The highlight of the derby, however, was a short clip of head coach David Cutcliffe getting his hacks in. The 61-year-old Cutcliffe stepped in from the left side and made solid contact—but could not smash it quite far enough to soar past a crowd of his players shagging flies on the turf.
We'll have a full recap on home run derby from @BlueDevil_NTWRK, but you know @DavidCutcliffe got in his swings! pic.twitter.com/8maGJYkLjQ
— Duke Football (@Duke_FB) December 18, 2015
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