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Aaron Judge, who missed the entire ALDS due to a right calf strain, sent a blunt message to the Yankees' front office after their sweep by the Tampa Bay Rays: "We’re the Yankees. I feel like they should go all in and do what they need to do." The Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs for the second consecutive year, losing three straight games to the Rays at Yankee Stadium. Judge's absence was notable as he had played only 66 regular-season games this year, a career low. The series saw controversy with Anthony Volpe’s potential game-tying home run being called back due to fan interference in Game 3. Yankees fans are now questioning the front office's decisions for next season, including roster moves involving players like Giancarlo Stanton and Ryan McMahon.
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The Yankees might prefer this news doesn’t spread.
uncertain
news → prefer → ?
Video emerged from the visitors’ clubhouse on Wednesday night, after the Rays finished their sweep of the Bronx Bombers in Game 3 of their ALDS series, of the winning team singing along to Frank Sinatra’s “(Theme From) New York, New York.”
asserted
team → emerge → York
The Rays, arm-in-arm, with beer showering over them, added one final insult to the Yankees’ playoff injury on their home turf, where they play the quintessential New York tune after wins.
asserted
they → shower → wins
The end of the 3-0 sweep also saw Tampa Bay star Junior Caminero mime a broom while he celebrated on the field, with the third baseman later mimicking former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz’s catchphrase, “Da Yankees lose!”
asserted
Yankees → see → catchphrase
Invoking a Red Sox legend in this instance is a fitting choice.
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Invoking → invoke → instance
Boston famously used the Sinatra classic as a rally point en route to their 2018 World Series title, after Aaron Judge played the tune while walking past the Red Sox clubhouse on his way out of Fenway Park after an ALDS win.
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Judge → use → win
It came back to bite him when Boston blared “(Theme From) New York, New York” after defeating the Yankees in four games — and then again after they defeated the Dodgers to win it all.
asserted
they → come → it
Judge later told The Post he had “no regrets” about his decision.
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he → tell → decision
The Yankees captain, who missed the entire playoff run with a calf injury, is once again left watching another AL East team march on.
asserted
team → miss → injury
It’s a feeling he’s not going to let himself move on from.
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himself → ’ → ?
“Just hating every single moment of it,” Judge said of his thoughts when he was sitting in the dugout as the series came to a close.
asserted
series → hat → close
“So I don’t forget it.
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I → forget → it
I was thinking of missed opportunities this season and this series.”
asserted
I → think → opportunities
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