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By Brian McTaggart@brianmctaggart
April 27, 2021
Nothing else matters to 8-year-old Brady Columbus when it’s Alex Bregman’s turn to bat. The toys he’s playing with can wait. The puzzles can be put together later. The world comes to a stop when Bregman steps into the batter’s box, which is when Brady darts in front of the television and plops down with his father on the couch to watch.
Bregman, the Astros’ 27-year-old star third baseman, could hit a home run or strike out and Brady is going to cheer for him just the same. The results of the at-bat are of no consequence to him, though his father certainly has a bit more of a vested interest (more on that later). But once Bregman disappears from the TV screen, so does Brady.
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Via the Yankees:
PEN PALS: Yankees relievers allowed 3ER in their 13.1IP vs. the Indians, holding Cleveland batters to a .136 BA (6-for-44) with 4BB and 11K…have allowed only 5R/4ER in their last 21.2IP (1.66 ERA since 4/20)…
own the lowest opponents’ BA (.179) and WHIP (0.95), and the second-lowest bullpen ERA (2.24)
…their 104K are the third-most in the Majors (San Diego-133K; Chicago-NL-107K), and their 10.60 K/9.0IP ratio (104K, 88.1IP) is the fifth-best (San Diego, 11.55; Chicago-NL, 11.15; Chicago-AL, 11.12; New York-NL, 10.88).
RHP Luis Cessa tossed 2.0 scoreless innings on Sunday at Cleveland (2K)…pitched on his 29th birthday, becoming the first Yankees pitcher to toss at least 2.0 scoreless innings on his birthday since Mike Stanton on 6/2/02 vs. Boston…marked his 20th scoreless relief appearance of 2.0-or-more innings s
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NEW YORK Since he retired as an active baseball player in 2019, former Major Leaguer CC Sabathia has kept himself busy, showing that life isn’t over after baseball.
Sabathia is currently vice president of The Players Alliance, a non-profit organization that brings needed food and baseball resources to the underserved in black communities.
There’s the sports podcast R2C2 he co-hosts with Ryan Ruocco. Sabathia is not afraid to say what’s on his mind. He is also writing an autobiography, which is coming out in July. Sabathia writes about growing up in Vallejo, Calif., to his playing days with the Indians, Brewers and Yankees.