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Is Aaron Judge the greatest right-handed hitter of modern times? Yankees star has a case

Do we understand what we’re watching?That’s the question I ask myself when I watch Aaron Judge play baseball for those New York Yankees these days. We know he’s great, but do we understand he’s actually soaring miles beyond great?At this...

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With fewer four-homer games than perfect games, why is one revered, and the other a quirk?

Dodgers manager Jim Tracy planned to pinch-hit for Shawn Green in the ninth inning on May 23, 2002, but the right fielder argued his way into one final at-bat. If a couple guys reached base, Green reasoned, he could have...

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Yankees achieve historic feat with back-to-back-to-back homer barrage, Jazz Chisholm exits game

BALTIMORE — On the one-month anniversary of the club creating a firestorm around the league with their use of torpedo bats in a game in which they scored 20 runs against the Milwaukee Brewers, the New York Yankees celebrated by...

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Rosenthal: Tigers, Mariners succeeding with patchwork lineups, Cubs thriving at Wrigley

The team that brought us pitching chaos last season is now playing hitting roulette. Call them cunning. Call them creative. Just know the Detroit Tigers are finding the right combinations again.At 18-11, the Tigers own the best record in the...

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Mets’ Brandon Nimmo ties franchise record with 9 RBIs

WASHINGTON — New York Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo tied the franchise’s single-game RBI record on Monday, driving in nine in a 19-5 victory over the Washington Nationals.Nimmo went 4-for-6 with two home runs — a grand slam and a three-run...

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