Buzzkill: Fan may owe taxes on rewards for Jeter’s 3,000th (Yahoo! Sports)

Christian Lopez might end up wishing he kept that baseball after all. Lopez became more than a footnote to the spectacle of Derek Jeter getting his 3,000th hit on Saturday at Yankee Stadium by returning the milestone baseball to the … Continue reading →

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Jeter gets hit No. 2,998, but Rays beat Yanks 5-1 (AP)

Jeff Niemann was determined not to become a two-time footnote on Derek Jeter's hit list. The big right-hander gave up Jeter's 2,998th hit but little else, B.J. Upton homered and drove in three runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 5-1 on Thursday night to start strong in a long stretch of games against their biggest division rivals.

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Granderson homers twice as Yankees beat Royals (AP)

Alex Rodriguez came to the plate with the bases loaded in the eighth inning Sunday, wanting to do something special for the thousands of people who waited out a lengthy rain delay to see him hit home run No. 600. Blake Wood had no intention of being a footnote in history. After getting ahead of A-Rod in the count, the Royals reliever threw a pitch high and tight that deflected of the New York...

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Baseball Roundup: A look at Sunday’s games (The Canadian Press)

On most days, a home run by light-hitting infielder in a losing cause would be a footnote.

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