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MLB during COVID-19: Behind the scenes with the New York Yankees through Adam Ottavino’s lens

Armed with a Leica M240, a trio of lenses and an iPhone, he snapped photos of his teammates and their often surreal surroundings, keeping an eye out for moments that highlighted the quirks, oddities and absurdities of playing professional baseball in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic. “A bit into the season, I just texted […]

Yankees bench slumping slugger Gary Sanchez in hopes of reboot

Sanchez, 27, struck out four times in the Yankees’ 6-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night and is currently in a 5-for-40 slide, hitting .130 with only 21 games left in the regular season. Erik Kratz was in the lineup Sunday and went 0-4 while batting eighth and catching Masahiro Tanaka, who took […]

Deivi Garcia, 21, strong in big league debut as Yankees sweep doubleheader with Mets

Deivi Garcia made a strong impression in his big league debut, taking a shutout into the sixth inning as his New York Yankees beat the crosstown Mets 5-2 to complete a doubleheader sweep Sunday night. At 21 years, 103 days, Garcia became the youngest pitcher to start in the majors in the abbreviated 60-game season. […]

Tim Kurkjian’s Baseball Fix: Major League Baseball gave us plenty of reasons to despise it, but here are 100 reasons it’s OK to still love it

The past three months, baseball has given us 1,000 reasons to hate it. In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, the players and owners have acted like petulant children bickering over money, settling scores and improving bargaining position for future negotiations instead of understanding that all that mattered this year was agreeing on something and […]