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Jordan Montgomery on journey to majors and why he’s called ‘Gumby’

Rookie Yankees pitcher Jordan Montgomery took aim at some Q&A with Post columnist Steve Serby.

Q: What makes you believe that you belong?
A: When you’re striking out [Evan] Longoria — he’s such a great player … you don’t strike him out and not belong, is what I’ve been telling myself. Everyone’s saying like, you can get here, and then when you stick, you stick because you know you belong and that’s when you keep working. [Michael] Pineda was telling me … you can’t be content with getting here. When you get here and you stop working someone else is gonna take your spot, because they’re down there working.