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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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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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Mercury News, NBCSports.com, Sports Illustrated, New York Times and MLB Baseball News …
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.
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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Associated Press, New Jersey Online, Chicago Sun-Times, Orange County Register, Sports Illustrated, Union-News and FanSided
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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Chicago Tribune, NBCSports.com, New York Post, New Jersey Online, The Athletic, Chicago Sun-Times 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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New York Post, Sports Illustrated, Boston.com, CBS News and Orange County Register
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Joey Gallo, Kyle Higashioka placed on COVID-19 injured list — Before their Sunday doubleheader against the White Sox, the Yankees announced that Joey Gallo and Kyle Higashioka had been placed on the COVID-19 injured list. — Both players are vaccinated, as they were able to travel to and play in the team's series in Toronto.
LaMond Pope / Chicago Tribune:
Tim Anderson's 3-run homer punctuates the Chicago White Sox's doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees
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New Jersey Online, Chicago Sun-Times and South Side Sox
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
Aaron Boone says Josh Donaldson shouldn't have made ‘Jackie’ comment; Yankees trying to diffuse tension in aftermath
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New York Post, Associated Press and The Athletic
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
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.
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The Boston Globe, The Athletic, Union-News, Stock market slump …, Boston Herald, New York Post and Bleacher Nation
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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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