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Aaron Judge showed up at his news conference wearing a T-shirt with a Major League Baseball logo. On closer inspection, the silhouetted batter in white between fields of blue and red was not in a hitting position as designed by Jerry Dior of Sandgren & Murtha in the 1960s, but rather was holding the lumber vertically _ and smashing it into the top of the logo , creating a red spark. Yup, just like New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner did during dugout tantrums , hammering the ceiling and leading to ejections in July and August. Continue to Article

October 03, 2019 4:34:pm EST

The New York Yankees on Thursday announced the starting rotation for the first three games of their American League Division Series against the Minnesota Twins and added that retiring CC Sabathia would not be on the roster. Lefty James Paxton will start Game 1 in New York on Friday night, followed by right-hander Masahiro Tanaka in Saturday's Game 2 and righty Luis Severino in Game 3 on Monday in Minnesota. Veteran left-hander Sabathia, who at 39 is in his final MLB season and has been dealing with a troublesome knee, will left off the roster, manager Aaron Boone announced. Continue to Article

October 03, 2019 1:09:pm EST

James Paxton will start the New York Yankees' AL Division Series opener against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. Paxton (15-6, 3.82), a 30-year-old left-hander in his first season with the Yankees, will be followed by Masahiro Tanaka (11-9, 4.45) for Game 2 on Saturday and Luis Severino (1-1, 1.50) for Game 3 at Minnesota on Monday. I've been talking to teammates, asking them what it's been like pitching in the postseason,” Paxton said Paxton won a career-best 10 straight starts before leaving his final regular-season start after one inning last Friday because of a tight glute muscle in the left buttocks. Continue to Article

October 03, 2019 11:39:am EST

Yandy Diaz hit two home runs, one on Sean Manaea's fifth pitch of the game, as the Tampa Bay Rays overpowered the host Oakland Athletics 5-1 in the American League wild-card game Wednesday night. Oakland lost 7-2 to the New York Yankees in last year's AL wild-card game. Diaz, who returned Sunday from a two-month layoff caused by a fractured left foot, worked Manaea to a 3-1 count as the game's first batter before driving a fastball over the wall in right field. Continue to Article

October 02, 2019 11:51:pm EST

The celebration had died down around him as Brett Gardner reflected on what this latest AL East crown personally meant to the longest-tenured Yankee. Now, as the Yankees prepare to face the Twins in the American League Division Series starting Friday, no one is questioning Gardner's place on the team. Just been a lot of fun to be part of a special team. Continue to Article

October 02, 2019 6:50:pm EST

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