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Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Aaron Judge joins the likes of Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth with 17 home runs in first 42 games — Aaron Judge has already accomplished myriad things with the Yankees. — By smacking his 16th and 17th home runs of the season on Monday night, he reached another impressive feat …
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Al Bello / New York Daily News:
Jose Trevino hits RBI single in 11th to give Yankees 7-6 win over Orioles, snaps three-game losing streak — Where were you for the Jose Trevino game? — A back and forth, marathon contest at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night ended with the catcher smacking a ball down the left field line for a walk-off single in the 11th inning.
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Sports Illustrated, New York Post, Pinstripe Alley and Yankees News
ESPN:
MLB suspends New York Yankees' Josh Donaldson for one game over comments to Chicago White Sox's Tim Anderson — Major League Baseball has suspended New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson for one game for “inappropriate comments” made to Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson on Saturday.
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Associated Press, NBCSports.com, Chicago Tribune, New York Post, The Athletic, New Jersey Online, CBS News, Chicago Sun-Times and FanSided
LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
3 takeaways from the Chicago White Sox-New York Yankees series, including Tim Anderson silencing the crowd and Michael Kopech's ‘dad strength’ — 1. Tim Anderson silenced the crowd. — Anderson heard boos when he stepped to the plate during the second game of Sunday's doubleheader.
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Boston Herald, MLB Baseball News …, NBCSports.com, Boston.com and Sports Illustrated
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Aaron Boone showed he's the rare manager with a backbone in the Josh Donaldson fiasco — Time and time again, the relationship between player and manager forces the manager to mindlessly defend their player, sticking up for their guy no matter what the situation may be.
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Boston Herald and Pinstripe Alley
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Josh Donaldson suspended by MLB for ‘Jackie’ comment to Tim Anderson — Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson has been suspended for one game and fined an undisclosed amount for “inappropriate comments during Saturday's game,” Major League Baseball announced Monday.
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Chicago Sun-Times, Orange County Register, New Jersey Online, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Union-News and FanSided
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Chad Green will have Tommy John surgery — The Yankees officially announced that Chad Green will have Tommy John surgery. — Green last pitched on Thursday, when he left the game mid at-bat with forearm discomfort. The Yankees feared the injury was “significant” at the time …
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New York Post and Sports Illustrated
LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
‘Utter bull(bleep)’: Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks rejects Josh Donaldson's explanation for his ‘Jackie’ comment — NEW YORK — Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks wasn't buying Josh Donaldson's explanation for the New York Yankees third baseman's comments to Tim Anderson during Saturday's game at Yankee Stadium.
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ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Yankees News, New York Post and Boston Herald
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Happy Birthday Buck! Mets crush Giants behind David Peterson's solid outing, Amazin's 13 runs — SAN FRANCISCO — This was a performance the Mets would take from any of their pitchers, let alone their seventh starter. — David Peterson, pitching in place of the injured Max Scherzer …
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NorthJersey.com, Newsday, Boston Herald and Orange County Register
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Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Taijuan Walker throws seven shutout innings against Rockies as Mets win 11th series of the year
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Boston Herald, NorthJersey.com, Newsday and New York Post
Deesha Thosar / New York Daily News:
Starling Marte crushes emotional home run on first pitch he sees since grandmother died
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Boston Herald and Orange County Register
Ira Winderman / Sun-Sentinel:
Heat feebly stumble to 102-82 loss in Boston to fall into 2-2 East finals tie — BOSTON — The odd part of all of this is that these Eastern Conference finals are tied 2-2. — Even though the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics both have dominated and been dominated over the past week.
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins' Tua Tagovailoa, out sick at Tuesday's practice, receives praise from Mike McDaniel, Tyreek Hill during OTAs — MIAMI GARDENS — Tua Tagovailoa may have been out with a non-COVID-related illness for Tuesday's practice of organized team activities, but the Miami Dolphins quarterback …
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New York Post and Boston Herald
James Wagner / New York Times:
Baseball's Unlikeliest Performance Enhancer: Cologne — In a sport full of traditions and superstitions, numerous players believe a heavy dose of cologne or women's perfume is essential before they take the field. — It was sometime during the 2012 season when Alcides Escobar …
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