"I just wanted to know what was going on, just to see, because I obviously heard everything from you guys, " Granderson said to the Yankee beat writers Thursday.

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Then I heard music coming from the direction of the main port, at first only the stuttering beat of bass notes, then, as I walked toward the music, the Turkic twang of a bouzouki.

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