Yankees establishing their ‘grinding’ identity: ‘Play all 27 outs’
NY Post
Marcus Stroman was not the first Yankees starter to say it this season, but the sentiment rang just as true on Wednesday in Toronto as it did during the season-opening series in Houston.
“Early on in the game, there’s a priority on limiting damage and doing as much as I can to keep the team in the game,” Stroman said. “I feel like this lineup’s so potent, they can explode at any time. … I feel like we’re never out of it.”
Stroman did his part, limiting the Blue Jays to just two runs across 5 ¹/₃ innings by getting out of some early jams.
By the end of the game, the Yankees lineup delivered on its end once again.
Facing a three-run deficit entering the eighth inning, the Yankees turned in another late-game comeback, this one resulting in a 6-4 win that helped them avoid a sweep at Rogers Centre.
“I think it’s just the confidence in each other,” said Aaron Judge, who came through with the go-ahead two-run single in the four-run ninth inning.
LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic was the last starter introduced by the Los Angeles Lakers, an honor normally reserved for LeBron James.
TAMPA — The Yankees player development complex was busy on Monday, with new faces like Max Fried, Cody Bellinger and Paul Goldschmidt working out among the returning crop like Aaron Judge, Anthony Volpe and Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Saquon Barkley’s party for his 28th birthday was a Giants reunion with his former teammates, Odell Beckham Jr. and Sterling Shepard.
The Hornets are seemingly not going down without a fight.
NEW ORLEANS — One of the biggest winners of Super Bowl 2025 hasn’t yet played a snap in the NFL.
After devouring film from the ugly defeat to the Celtics, Jalen Brunson believes the Knicks showed improvement — at least improvement from the low bar of the season opener — and saw evidence that his team can compete with the reigning champs.
It’s kind of funny if you think about it. For years, for decades — hell, for damn near half a century — it was the Yankees who would cause others in major league baseball to shake their heads, raise a fist, and make angry, bitter exclamations.
Once again, Kiké Hernández is back with the Dodgers.
Saquon Barkley was shirtless while shotgunning beers and pouring champagne in the mouths of Eagles staffers after Philadelphia destroyed the Chiefs in Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS — The Aaron Rodgers Era with the Jets apparently is over.
A win like Saturday night’s in Columbus should’ve sent the Rangers into the 4 Nations break on a high note, but this season has been anything but exuberant.
The Knicks were getting destroyed on the boards in the first half Saturday night, so Tom Thibodeau decided to go smaller after intermission.
If the Mavericks were hoping that Anthony Davis’ stellar play would help calm down the anger in Dallas over trading Luka Doncic, they’ll have to come up with another way to do that.