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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In any other season, Gerrit Cole is the main story and two sidebars. What did you eat for breakfast and how did you feed the Nationals with their lunch? No detail would be too small. This is when you are the great new Yankee who makes his debut. Whether it’s …
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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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The noise of Yankees bats kissing baseballs in an empty Yankees stadium on Sunday night pierced through a blanket of serious heat, and if Mets pitchers turned their heads to watch the balls take off, their necks they would have twisted. Five home runs, two by Aaron Judge, reinforce that …
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