The double-header boxhores on Saturday will split the Yankees and Rays a couple of seven-innings as the Yankees defeated the opening and the Rays won the nightcap. In fact, the Yankees may have been losers, because when they walked out of Tropicana Field, they did not know how long they …
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The long day, diminished as it was, began as the Yankees dreamed it would be in December 2017: It ended with a recurring nightmare that they are all too well acquainted with. When “Next Man Up” came to define the Yankees in the Aaron Boone era, Giancarlo Stanton too often …
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WASHINGTON – The Invisible Man of the 2019 Yankees has been their most visible player of 2020. Aaron Boone’s crew suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday as James Paxton, sporting a diminished fastball, scored just three outs in a 9-2 loss to defending champion Nationals at Nationals …
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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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Aaron Judge said he would be ready for opening day. He was correct. Judge started the season long behind with a couple of hits in the Yankees’ 4-1 win, shortened by the rain, Thursday over the Nationals. They were enough to impress one of his new teammates. “Those were two …
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