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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Dr. Anthony Fauci gave his best impression of Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. And no, it was not with a microphone in hand, but a baseball. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which has been widely visible during the COVID-19 pandemic, launched the first pitch when …
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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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President Trump announced Thursday that he will launch the opening pitch at Yankee Stadium on August 15. Trump told reporters at a White House coronavirus task force briefing that his friend Randy Levine, president of the New York Yankees, asked him to launch the pitch. The president made the announcement …
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The Nationals will run out of star Juan Soto when they open the 2020 season. He tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss the team’s opening day game Thursday night against the Yankees. Soto, still only 21 years old, was not included in the team’s opening day 30-man list. …
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