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Aaron Judge and the Yankees Find a Compromise

Aaron Judge’s contract year is one of the defining story lines of this season, and last night, he made his latest case for why the Yankees should pay him whatever the heck he wants to spend the rest of his career in pinstripes. With two on, two out and the game tied in the bottom of the ninth ...

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Who Is the MLB Version of Steph Curry?

The first thing I’ll say here is I didn’t watch a single second of the NBA Finals. Sorry, it’s baseball season. So you don’t need me to tell you about how great Stephen Curry is at basketball. You hoops fans out there know far better than I do. That said, any sports fan can marvel at the ...

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Breaking Down Tony La Russa’s Latest Illogical Decision

Yesterday, in the Dodgers’ 11–9 win over the White Sox, Chicago manager Tony La Russa made the puzzling decision to intentionally walk Trea Turner on a 1–2 count to face Max Muncy. Many of you probably know what happened, but let’s briefly run through the situation just in case before we ...

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Mike Trout, Baseball’s Best Hitter (Again)

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared ...

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