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Chase Headley Records 1st Extra-Base Hit of 2016 »
New York Yankees third baseman Chase Headley ended a lengthy extra-base-hit drought Thursday with a second-inning two-run homer against the Kansas City Royals. Headley's last extra-base hit, a double, came on Sept. 27, 2015, against the Chicago White Sox, which breaks a streak of 124 plate appearances without such a result, per NBC Sports' [...]
Aroldis Chapman Comments on 1st Appearance with »
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman made his debut against the Kansas City Royals on Monday and was flattered by the reaction he received from the home crowd. "It was incredible," he said through a translator, per ESPN.com's Andrew Marchand. The 28-year-old Cuban wowed the fans with his vintage 100-plus mph fastballs. Coming on in the ninth [...]