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Beside The Points For Monday, Oct. 23, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Judgement Day Aaron Judge, the rookie right fielder for the New York Yankees, set the record for most postseason strikeouts at 27, topping the 26 times Alfonso Soriano struck out for the Yankees in 2003 (although that was across 17 games, whereas Judge needed only 13). The Yankees’ hopes of […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Oct. 23, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Judgement Day Aaron Judge, the rookie right fielder for the New York Yankees, set the record for most postseason strikeouts at 27, topping the 26 times Alfonso Soriano struck out for the Yankees in 2003 (although that was across 17 games, whereas Judge needed only 13). The Yankees’ hopes of […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Vegas gets another team The San Antonio Stars will move to Las Vegas under its new management of MGM Resorts International. This makes them the second professional team to open up in the gambling town with the Oakland Raiders soon to follow. With the No. 1 pick in the draft […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Vegas gets another team The San Antonio Stars will move to Las Vegas under its new management of MGM Resorts International. This makes them the second professional team to open up in the gambling town with the Oakland Raiders soon to follow. With the No. 1 pick in the draft […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Oct. 16, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Mr. Kaepernick Goes To Washington On Sunday, representatives of Colin Kaepernick — the free agent NFL quarterback best known for launching a league-wide protest over police mistreatment of African-Americans and who has not been signed to a roster — filed a complaint alleging collusion between teams essentially blackballing him from […]

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