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New York Yankees place Aaron Judge back on IL, promote top prospect Estevan Florial  —  The New York Yankees placed right fielder Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list with a strained left calf, just days after the star slugger returned.  —  Judge was activated Wednesday but aggravated …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Aaron Judge Headed Back To Injured List  —  The Yankees are placing Aaron Judge back on the injured list with a similar low-grade calf strain to the one that shelved him earlier this month, manager Aaron Boone tells reporters (Twitter link via James Wagner of the New York Times).
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Yankees place Judge on IL, promote prospect Florial  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees have placed right fielder  —  Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured with a strained left calf just days after the star slugger returned.
Doug Glanville / ESPN:
Five things MLB can do right now to confront systemic racism  —  Editor's note: This was originally published in July and has been updated to reflect recent events.  —  As Major League Baseball players join other professional sports leagues in protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin …
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Sean Kirst / Buffalo News:
At Offermann, Jackie Robinson wasn't the only one who zeroed in on home  —  This was the spot.  Seventy-four years ago this week, a few strides from where some old friends converged the other day on East Ferry Street, Jackie Robinson of the Montreal Royals hurtled down the third base line at Offermann Stadium.
Discussion: baseballmusings.com
Bernie Wilson / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Myers' walkoff shot gives Padres 10-7 win over Mariners  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Wil Myers hit a game-ending three-run homer with two outs in the seven-run seventh inning for the  —  San Diego Padres, who got two homers and four RBIs from
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Todd Dybas / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Juan Soto moves up in Nationals lineup change  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  Nationals made two shifts Friday.  —  The first was an off-field change: they decided to start playing again after joining the  —  Philadelphia Phillies in a boycott on Thursday which postponed their game.
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Alex Smith / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Mets Takeaways from Friday's 6-4 win over Yankees, including a sixth-inning power display  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … The Mets used a big sixth inning to overcome a 4-0 deficit to beat the  —  Yankees 6-4 in Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader.  Box score
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Connor Byrne / MLB Trade Rumors:
David Robertson Suffers Setback  —  Just under two weeks ago, rehabbing Phillies right-hander David Robertson was optimistic he'd return to the team's bullpen sometime in September.  That looks far less likely now, though, as Robertson suffered a setback in his recovery from July 2019 Tommy John surgery …
Discussion: MLB Baseball News …
Trevor Lines / Sports Illustrated:
Speed kills: White Sox acquire Jarrod Dyson from Pirates  —  The White Sox have acquired speedy outfielder Jarrod Dyson from the Pittsburgh Pirates to bolster their team speed for the 2020 stretch run.  In exchange, the Sox will be taking on the remaining $333,000 of his 2020 salary and sending …
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Vinnie Duber / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
White Sox bring Nick Madrigal back from IL, send Zack Collins to Schaumburg  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  For the first time this season, Rick Renteria will have all the planned-for pieces of the  —  White Sox lineup at his disposal at the same time.
Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors and NBCSports.com
Associated Press:
Astros need big series vs. division-leading A's  —  The Oakland Athletics and host Houston Astros hope to return to the field on Friday after having breaks for different reasons.  —  Houston last played on Tuesday as the following night's home game against the Los Angeles Angels was postponed due to then-approaching Hurricane Laura.
Discussion: The Crawfish Boxes
Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays-Orioles game postponed to draw attention to systemic racism  —  Conversations have been ongoing all afternoon among players on both teams.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Thursday's Rays-Orioles game was postponed moments after the scheduled start time as part of a sports industry-wide effort to draw attention to issues of systemic racism.
 
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