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All New Yorkers / New York Post:
Boston sucks — and these are all the reasons why — As the Yankees prepare for tonight's one-game wild-card face-off against the Boston Red Sox, here's a reminder from the home of the Bronx Bombers as to why the Big Apple will always come out on top of Beantown - win or lose.
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CBS Boston, NBCSports.com, Boston.com, The Boston Globe and Pinstripe Alley
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Another huge Yankees moment is here for Gerrit Cole — BOSTON — This is the moment when Gerrit Cole can earn more than that record-setting paycheck. The Yankees ace takes the ball on Tuesday night in the American League Wild Card Game with one chance to keep the Bombers' so far disappointing season alive.
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NBCSports.com and Pinstripe Alley
ESPN:
Boston Red Sox's J.D. Martinez getting treatment on ankle; Gio Urshela good to go for New York Yankees — Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez remains a question for the team's American League Wild Card Game against the visiting New York Yankees on Tuesday night at Fenway Park as he continues to recover from a sprained left ankle.
Jeff Passan / ESPN:
Sources: Colorado Rockies pitcher Antonio Senzatela agrees to five-year, $50.5 million extension — Right-hander Antonio Senzatela and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a five-year, $50.5 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, tying the right-handed control artist to the organization through at least 2026.
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Purple Row, Denver Post, MLB Daily Dish and MLB Trade Rumors
Jesse Rogers / ESPN:
Record-breaking umpire Joe West to retire after postseason — Umpire Joe West has officially informed Major League Baseball he will retire after the postseason. — West, 68, broke the record for most games umpired, held by Bill Klem, when he was behind the plate for No. 5,376 in May.
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Washington Post, AZ Snake Pit, Bleacher Nation, Associated Press and Sports Illustrated
Carlos Collazo / Baseball America:
Bobby Witt Jr.: 2021 Minor League Player Of The Year — When Royals director of hitting performance Alec Zumwalt first saw Bobby Witt Jr. in person, what stood out to him immediately was his personality. — Whether Witt was in the lineup or slotted in at DH or taking a day off, he was always smiling.
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Royals Review, Sports Illustrated and Kansas City Star
Alden Gonzalez / ESPN:
Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw exits with left forearm discomfort; playoff availability ‘not looking great’ — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts saw Clayton Kershaw occasionally wince as he navigated through the Milwaukee Brewers' lineup on Friday night and thought — hoped …
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The Athletic and Bleacher Nation
