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Witt prepares for Royals to take on New York at Yankee Stadium by watching Jeter videos
NEW YORK (AP) — Happy to be on track for an AL Division Series matchup against the Yankees, Bobby Witt Jr. streamed YouTube on the train ride from Baltimore to New York to watch some Derek Jeter highlights of postseasons past. “Just being able to see it,” Witt recalled Friday,...
Pete Alonso is first big hero of the postseason; now MLB's playoffs move to the Division Series
Pete Alonso was one of the heroes of Major League Baseball's Wild Card Series round, blasting a two-run homer in the ninth inning on Thursday night to lift his New York Mets over the Milwaukee Brewers for the series win. It was a legacy-defining moment for a slugger scheduled to hit...
Aaron Judge edges Shohei Ohtani for Baseball Digest player of the year
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge won the Baseball Digest/Inside Edge major league player of the year award Friday, beating out Shohei Ohtani in a very close vote. Both superstars were tabbed first on 12 of 24 ballots. But the New York Yankees outfielder also received 12 second-place...
Yankees GM Brian Cashman: `We only have a great shot if we play our best baseball'
NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Cashman appreciates World Series titles are expected from the New York Yankees, not just hoped for. New York hasn't even reached the Fall Classic since winning its 27th championship in 2009, the franchise's longest drought since the gap between 1978 and 1996....
Barry Bonds is enjoying watching the new generation of baseball sluggers put up record-setting stats
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It used to be that hardcore baseball fans counted the home runs Barry Bonds hit during batting practice for the Giants, even at spring training before he had begun to find his real groove that came in the regular season. That’s how much interest surrounded...
Will anyone hit 74 homers? Even Aaron Judge thinks MLB season record is 'a little untouchable'
What used to be one of baseball's most magical numbers — 61 home runs — now sits buried, eight lines deep, in the Major League Baseball record book. The number now at the top of that record book — 73 home runs — is steeped in a steroid-addled purgatory, but it remains there...
MLB's season turns to October competition, where legacies and fortunes can be made
Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani has put up some of the best regular-season numbers in baseball history over the past six months. Bobby Witt Jr. is a precocious 24-year-old who just won the American League batting title. They've both proven they are excellent at baseball. ...
Dodgers home run star Shohei Ohtani tops MLB jersey sales for 2nd straight season
NEW YORK (AP) — Shohei Ohtani topped Major League Baseball jersey sales for the second straight season while becoming the first player to reach 50 homers and 50 stolen bases in the same year. The Los Angeles Dodgers star was followed by Philadelphia's Bryce Harper, the New York...
Judge scratched by Yankees from soggy regular-season finale, Rice brought up after Rizzo hurt
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees star Aaron Judge was scratched from the starting lineup from Sunday's rain-delayed regular-season finale against Pittsburgh, and first baseman Ben Rice was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre a day after Anthony Rizzo got hurt. Judge was in the...
Skenes 2 perfect innings in Bronx debut, Yankees clinch AL home field despite 9-4 loss to Pirates
NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched two perfect innings in his Yankee Stadium debut and the Pittsburgh Pirates hit five homers, including four off rookie Luis Gil, in a 9-4 win Saturday, New York (93-68) later clinched home-field advantage throughout the American League playoffs...
