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 …
Read More »Yankees win first rain-shortened game over Nationals
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 …
Read More »Masks, empty parks, social justice.
Opening day, finally. A baseball season that was on the brink before it started due to the virus outbreak will begin Thursday night when Max Scherzer and World Series champion Washington Nationals welcome prized ace Gerrit Cole and the New York Yankees. York. When it starts, the DC forecast calls …
Read More »MLB celebrates the first exhibitions of the COVID era
NEW YORK (AP) – Didi Gregorius peered over his face mask as his Washington ace puck Max Scherzer sailed to empty seats in the garden. False applause, meant to cheer on the hometown Nationals, accidentally passed through the stadium when the Philadelphia Phillies shortstop circled the bases. After touching the …
Read More »Inside the secret summer games of the MLB stars: ‘Fight Club’
It was a long way from Iowa, but Palm Beach High School could have gone through another Dream Field last month, when a series of All-Stars worked while trying to stay in shape during the closure of the Major League Baseball. As first reported by The Athletic, more than 30 …
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