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@mikeaxisa

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I write about baseball at @CBSSportsMLB . Big fan of wearing shorts.

Joined March 2009
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Mike Axisa
3 years
Jacob deGrom now has a 2.07 ERA since 2018 and the Mets are 36-41 in his starts.
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8 years
Great photo. Check out Fowler's bat.
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2 years
The MLB average is a .708 OPS this year. Aaron Judge is currently *slugging* .707.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
Joey Gallo helps balance the NYY lineup by striking out from the left side instead of the right.
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2 years
The Yankees did not lead for a single inning in that series and walked away with a split lol.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Heartbreaking, but CC Sabathia pitching until his body broke is an appropriate way for it to end. That dude was a warrior.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Verlander was Cano gets suspended vs. Verlander when former Tigers teammate Jhonny Peralta got suspended.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
Winner gets the Rays.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Beltran was so intimidating the front office developed Codebreaker the year before he got there and the players kept cheating the year after he retired.
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Jon Heyman
5 years
What I hear in Astros clubhouse: they were convinced by a very veteran star player that “everyone was doing it.” “Steamrolled” is way too strong a word. Star struck might fit better. Feels like they’re not sure what to make of that now. They were a young, impressionable team.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
- 82 games at sliding scale = ~33% salary - 50 games at prorated pay = ~33% salary - 76 games at 75% prorated pay = (drumroll) ~33% salary It all comes back to the same place. MLB keeps making the same offer in different forms.
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Karl Ravech
4 years
MLB has made proposal to Players. 75 percent Prorated salary. 76 game season. Playoff pool money. No draft pick compensation for signing player. Season finishes September 27th. Post season ends at end of October. Significant move towards players demands and effort to play more.
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Mike Axisa
2 years
How many streaming services does MLB expect people to subscribe to? The most fan unfriendly sport strikes again.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
When Machado's ten-year contract expires, he'll be younger than Robinson Cano is today.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
Too much TB discourse and not enough praise for SD behaving like teams should behave. Spending money (Hosmer, Machado), trading for high-end talent when available (Clevinger, Snell), not manipulating service time (Tatis, Paddack). Bravo. Wish more teams were like this.
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Mike Axisa
2 years
Feel like I've seen that exact Astros-Yankees game a couple dozen times the last six years.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
So the Red Sox cheated in 2017, got caught, told MLB they wouldn't do it again, then did it again the very next year, and that's the punishment?
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Mike Axisa
2 years
Aaron Judge ranks 13th among *teams* in home runs since the All-Star break.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
I can't get over the Mets hiring Beltran and having him immediately get caught up in the biggest cheating scandal in a decade. It's so perfectly Mets.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Every other NY sports team was sacrificed so the 2019 Yankees can live.
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Mike Axisa
8 years
Still the best Chris Sale GIF.
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4 years
Erik Kratz saying "being the R in WAR is okay" is an all-time great line.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Giancarlo Stanton is making his 81st consecutive start tonight despite nursing a tight hamstring for over a month now. He's hit .298/.369/.554 with 21 homers in the previous 80 games. Been a monster while playing hurt and never missing a game. Feels weirdly underappreciated.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
Gary Sanchez gonna hit 30 homers somewhere else next year while the Yankees talk about all the things their Kyle Higashioka-Jason Castro platoon do that don't show up in the box score.
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New York Yankees
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Game 4. Let’s bring it.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
How did DJ LeMahieu not hit like .600 in Coors.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Wasn't ready for the "I grew up watching Bryce Harper and Mike Trout" era but here we are.
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Shannon Drayer
6 years
Jarred Kelenic on players he admired growing up. "I really liked Bryce Harper, he plays hard. Mike Trout, he plays hard. Robinson Cano I love how smooth he is." #Mariners
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2 years
4th homer in a winner take all game for Judge, the most in history.
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Mike Axisa
2 years
The Yankees have been playing mediocre baseball long enough now that it's probably not a blip. Lotta red flags for a team with that good a record.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Why is Gleyber Torres hitting behind Brett Gardner and Edwin Encarnacion.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
The Mets lineup is built better for Yankee Stadium than the Yankees lineup.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
There is no soft spot in NYY's lineup and Judge isnt even back yet.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Baseball needs to be saved from people trying to save baseball.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Hey so maybe Gary Sanchez really was hurt more than everyone realized last year.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Adam Jones is making $3M and he just hit his fourth homer while the Indians play a potted plant in right field.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
Every Yankees series the last six weeks is two nail-biting wins and a soul-crushing loss that would be the worst loss of the season in any other season.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
deGrom's last ten starts: 62.1 IP 0.87 ERA .198/.258/.257 against 83/17 K/BB The Mets are 2-8 in those 10 games.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
The Yankees have a lot of talent and will win a lot of games in the coming years. Still feels like they're really missing a chance to become THE TEAM this offseason.
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Ken Rosenthal
6 years
LeMahieu deal with #Yankees indeed two years, $24M, per source. Pending physical.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Mark Reynolds this weekend: Friday: Walk-off homer Saturday: 2 HR 10 RBI Sunday: Pitching in a blowout
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Everyone loves Clint Frazier and I get it, but Brett Gardner is 100% going to be on the 2019 Yankees. Fave this.
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Mike Axisa
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Mike Axisa
1 year
The Yankees gotta sell. Only shot at winning a title before Judge and Cole age out as elite players.
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Mike Axisa
2 years
Can't help but notice the juxtaposition of one team playing its talented rookie shortstop and the other continuing the run the known mediocrity out there.
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Mike Axisa
7 years
Trading Adam Warren for Starlin Castro, then Castro for Stanton, while getting Warren back in the Chapman trade and re-signing Chapman is a hell of a thing.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Yankees prospect Russell Wilson is here.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Chapman for Gleyber is going to go down as the mother of all win-win trades.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
One of my biggest complaints about baseball today is how many old school broadcasters continually tell us the game was better back in their day. Ruocco's been a breath of fresh air.
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Newsday Sports
5 years
. @RyanRuocco ’s wild July ride will end on Wednesday when he calls the Yankees’ game against the Diamondbacks for the @YESNetwork , but no matter where he goes from here it has been an experience that he would not trade: | @sportswatch
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Mike Axisa
6 years
lol Bartolo's been around so long he's faced the Mariners in the postseason
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MLB Stats
6 years
Seattle is a special place for Bartolo.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Mamma Mia Hechavarria is an all-time great Sterling call.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
It's mildly funny the Yankees traded Adam Ottavino because Boone didn't trust him, and used the savings to sign another reliever he doesn't trust and never uses.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
My boring take is the Yankees will trade Voit, but they should keep him because someone's going to get hurt like five minutes after they trade him, and also they're going to have to pinch-hit for their catcher basically every night.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
Hit a milestone this morning. Not where I want to be yet but getting there.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
I see Ohtani fatigue is setting in and we're going to spend a few weeks pretending a transcendent season that is redefining valuable isn't the easiest MVP call of most of our lifetimes.
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Mike Axisa
8 years
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Mike Axisa
6 years
It is amazing everyone *except* Greg Bird and Troy Tulowitzki is getting hurt.
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Mike Axisa
1 year
The Yankees aren't in the same class as the Orioles. One of these teams is old, slow, and unathletic, with players on the downside all over the field. The other is young, energetic, hungry, and on the upswing.
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Mike Axisa
2 years
The Yankees have like 3.5 MLB hitters at the moment. They have no chance against this staff.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
There has to be another move coming, they say about the team that traded for Rougned Odor on purpose
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Four years ago Gregorius played so poorly they chanted Derek Jeter's name during the home opener. Now he's getting Didi chants. Pretty cool.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
The Yankees are taking infield practice. Can't remember the last time they've done that before a game.
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Mike Axisa
7 years
Just a guy watching Aaron Judge, Didi Gregorius, and Gary Sanchez carry the Yankees in the postseason like two years ahead of schedule.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
(The Yankees are starting to look like the team everyone expected them to be.)
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Strikeouts by full-time relievers from 2014-18: 1. Dellin Betances: 607 2. Craig Kimbrel: 487
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Mike Axisa
2 years
Old crank take: Position players pitching was way more fun when it didn't happen every single day.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
Severino came back from Tommy John with the best changeup he's ever had.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
The thing about the "don't sign Machado now because you sign Arenado next year" is that you can just wait one more year to sign Trout, or one more year after that to sign Lindor, or one more yea
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Gregorius and Betances signing one-year deals and not winding up back with the Yankees is a hell of a thing.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
MLB: We can't play AAA ball in April because don't want to risk any outbreaks. Also MLB:
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Levi Weaver
4 years
BREAKING: Texas Rangers plan to open to full 40,518 capacity for 2 final exhibition games and Opening Day, with plans to have social-distanced sections available in subsequent games.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
The Yankees really miss Kahnle. Probably should've tried to replace him at the trade deadline.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
DJ LeMahieu hit .336 from 2019-20. He's currently *slugging* .329.
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Mike Axisa
2 years
You might have a roster construction problem if Tim Locastro is taking an at-bat in this situation.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Yankees this offseason: "The biggest addition we can make to our pitching staff is a healthy Luis Severino."
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Rob Friedman
5 years
Gerrit Cole, 12Ks in 33 Seconds.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
The Yankees keep digging in with the Star Wars metaphors even though the Death Star blew up.
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New York Yankees
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The Empire's ultimate weapon.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
First time my weight has started with a 1 since I don't even know when. Probably high school?
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Mike Axisa
3 years
You gotta admire the Yankees finding a way to downgrade from Tyler Wade.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Welcome to Day Two of the 2018 MLB Draft, when fans hope and pray their team doesn't select Luke Heimlich.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
If you don't want seven-inning no-hitters to count as no-hitters then don't play seven-inning games.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
I'm overwhelmed by all the thank yous and congrats. Thank you everyone who made RAB part of your day.
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River Ave. Blues
5 years
The Beginning of the End
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Mike Axisa
2 years
Kevin Long is going to the World Series with his fourth different team in the last 13 years. They don't put hitting coaches in the Hall of Fame, but he has a hell of a resume.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
Mookie out here avoiding tags like the Red Sox avoiding the luxury tax.
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MLB
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Mookie's baserunning is special. #WorldSeries
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Mike Axisa
2 years
Kiner-Falefa hitting one homer all year, then hitting two in one series against the Twins is the most Twins thing ever.
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Mike Axisa
5 months
Rays have a truly elite City Connect logo
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Kendrys Morales is going to hit like 25 homers the next two months and it'll be the most 2019 Yankees thing ever.
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Mike Axisa
4 years
There is zero baseball benefit to a five-round draft. None. It actively harms the sport.
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Brian Walton
4 years
Eduardo Perez says that the five-round draft has "crushed the dreams" of Puerto Ricans hoping to play professional ball, noting not a single PR resident has been selected through at least 140 picks this year.
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Mike Axisa
2 years
I wonder how many pitchers the Yankees will run through today who are worse than Ron Marinaccio and Clarke Schmidt.
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Mike Axisa
7 years
Since the mound was lowered in 1969 (min. 5,000 PA): 1. Bonds - 182 OPS+ 2. McGwire - 163 3. Votto - 158 4. Thomas - 156 5. Manny - 154 Feels like Votto is one of the least talked about all-time greats, and he just finished second in the MVP voting.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Gary Sanchez has been the best defensive catcher in the postseason.
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Mike Axisa
3 months
The Yankees not signing Seager, Correa, or Turner a few years ago is one of those things that was obviously dumb at the time, and looks even worse now. Worst case is they would have wound up with that player at 3B and Volpe at SS!
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Mike Axisa
1 year
The Yankees gotta clean house. They've become a farce.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
It's still weird Hal Steinbrenner spent all winter saying the Yankees couldn't sign Machado or Harper because they needed pitching, then they signed Happ over Corbin.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
A-Rod the announcer seems completely oblivious to what made A-Rod the player so great.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
Tired: 12-6 curveball Wired: 5-11 slider
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Rob Friedman
3 years
Tyler Rogers, Rising Sliders. 😯
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Mike Axisa
5 years
The team that leveraged a pending domestic violence suspension in trade talks wants you to know they won't stand for this.
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New York Yankees
5 years
Statement from the New York Yankees Regarding Domingo Germán:
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Mike Axisa
5 years
Gotta say, I'm actually sorta impressed Kendrys Morales managed be a downgrade from Greg Bird.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
Been more than a week since they were eliminated. If it you have to spend that long deliberating whether you have the right manager, you don't have the right manager.
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Brendan Kuty 🧟‍♂️
3 years
Source: Despite the coaching staff moves today, the Yankees are still undecided (as of this moment) on Aaron Boone's fate. Part of the equation may be whether he wants to stick w/ the coaching staff the Yankees are going to dictate to him.
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Mike Axisa
2 years
Wow I can't believe the Terry Francona vs. Aaron Boone series is going Cleveland's way.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Inexplicable that Judge and Sanchez were both out and the only bat the Yankees got at the deadline was Luke Voit.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Imagine wanting to start Austin Romine in a postseason game.
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Mike Axisa
5 years
On a night he didn't have his best command, Gerrit Cole threw seven shutout innings against the team that scored the most runs in baseball during the regular season, and he did it in their building.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
Watching the Americans and you can tell this show takes place in the 80s because the radio announcer in the background said the guy hitting .249 had a low batting average.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Lynn pitching with the bases loaded in a semi-close game and Green pitching with the game out of the hand *in the same inning* is an all-timer.
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Mike Axisa
6 years
Fallen in love with so many prospects who busted over the years that when one turns into Andujar it feels like a million bucks.
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Mike Axisa
3 years
This is not trolling. This is union solidarity at a time when the players are trying to get a fair share of the revenue they generate and the owners are trying to crush them and take every last penny.
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Jeff Passan
3 years
Some A+ trolling here from @itsFatherJoe44 , @JTaillon50 and @MeLlamoTrevor changing their profile pictures to the blank avatars is using in lieu of player images, which it has scrubbed from its website in the wake of the lockout.
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