Not long ago, before I turned 21, I used to enjoy going to Yankee games early to catch batting practice and all the other pre-game sights and sounds. Now I have to do things like “go to a bar” and “drink beer” and “stand aggressively close to other sweaty dudes who are reaching over me to get the bartender's attention on a 95-degree July night in the Bronx.” I swear life was way better when drinking was not a thing.
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Anyway, my favorite part about the pre-game was watching Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano play catch just before first pitch. They'd start out close to each other, Jeter to the right of first base in foul territory and Cano in the grass behind home plate. Then Jeter would get farther and farther away with each throw, to the point where he'd be on the warning track in right field and Cano still behind home plate. They would each effortlessly flick the ball from a..

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To follow sports is to bear witness to mismanagement, incompetence, disappointment, and bad luck . . . but now and again, for certain people, for a certain time, everything goes right. This past weekend, we saw the culmination of those golden epochs for America's two greatest superstars,
Kawhi Leonard and Megan Rapinoe.
Let's start with Kawhi, who was dealt to Toronto last summer after getting fed up with the Spurs, didn't really want to go, but became a hero of a city and an entire country by delivering Canada its first NBA title. He was always planning to leave this summer, probably, but the way he left, by joining an L.A. Clippers team with an incredible supporting cast and singlehandedly stealing Paul George away from Oklahoma City en route . . . well, it's a breathtaking coup for a player to pull off. Not even a GM…a player. Plus, he gets to go home! The Clips became immediate Vegas title favorites, and Kawhi cemented his reputation as the guy who couldn&#039..

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Jim McIsaacThe New York Mets and the Philadelphia Phillies have each had their share of struggles this season, especially of late. On Saturday night at Citi Field, frustrations for both NL East clubs may have reached a boiling point.
In the bottom of the fifth, Phillies pitcher Jake Arrieta had completely lost control of his stuff, having already given up three runs and hitting two Mets batters with pitches. On the second pitch to New York third baseman Todd Frazier, he missed badly with a changeup and hit Frazier right in the elbow. Frazier, obviously unhappy that he was the third guy to get beaned, took exception. Have a watch:
https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1147687677195501569
It's hard to tell if Arrieta's pitch, an 85-mph changeup, was intentional or not. According to many reports, Arrieta may have been pitching through an injury on Saturday night, which may have contributed to his poor performance. That mattered very little to Frazier, who was angry enough to get t..

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