The Mets’ first foray into MLB’s new extra inning rules came back immediately to hurt them. After Edwin Diaz threw a save in the ninth, Hunter Strickland climbed onto the mound to start the tenth inning with a runner already at second base. A single in the middle by Dansby …
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The Yankees entered 2020 with championship aspirations and those have not changed despite the delayed start to the season and the big changes the game is undergoing this year. But the new expanded playoff system, which was only put into practice hours before the Yankees and Nationals opened the season …
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WASHINGTON – There is no such thing as earlier this condensed baseball season. There is no time to relax on things. In a normal schedule, the page turned like a pen. Now it weighs like a safe bank. James Paxton, who underwent lower back surgery in early February and would …
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The Tampa Bay Rays on Twitter have called for the arrest of officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, a black emergency technician who was killed by police in March. The team on Friday morning tweeted: “Today is opening day, which means it is a great day to …
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WASHINGTON – Gary Sanchez will always be defined by his powerful right-handed bat, but on Thursday night the Yankees wide receiver spoke about how far he has come with the new defensive stance introduced by catch instructor Tanner Swanson in February. In the first days of spring training 1.0, Sanchez …
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