2:59 am ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Near Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. WASHINGTON – Opening night in the nation’s capital provided a lasting image, and that was even before the game began. The usual pre-game fanfare and presentation of the Washington Nationals, World Series champions and …
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WASHINGTON – What Hal Steinbrenner dreamed of when he threw an ocean of money at Gerrit Cole in December came true Thursday on a stormy July afternoon. Nothing about this baseball season has been normal. Spring training disappeared in mid-March due to the coronavirus, and invisible COVID-19s dance in all …
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WASHINGTON – Everyone, both the Yankees and the Nationals, knelt … before the national anthem. The long-awaited opening night of the Major League Baseball featured a pre-game ceremony at Nationals Park that recognized a social issue that has grown in importance since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police …
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It is still unclear if anyone in a New York baseball uniform will kneel during the national anthem performance before the game. What is clear at the moment, however, is Aaron Judge’s support for anyone who wants to do that. “That is the beauty of the United States, it is …
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At the quiet visiting clubhouse in Minute Maid Park last October, just minutes after the Yankees saw their season end overwhelmingly against the Astros at the ALCS, manager Aaron Boone addressed the team and then opened the field. . Aaron Judge spoke up to deliver a message that is still …
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