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Wednesday, September 28 View In Browser  • Postseason watch: 2 more divisions clinched; bracket taking shape • Yankees clinch AL East title: 'This is step one' • 'This is what we play for': Cards clinch NL Central title • Judge (0-for-1, 4 BB) holds onto AL batting lead • Acuña's two homers lift Braves to NL East tie • With 7 games left, Mets drop sole possession of first place • How to watch Judge tonight (7 ET) • Alfaro's 5th(!) walk-off pushes Padres closer to WC clinch • Rays' magic number at 3 after Ramírez's clutch double • MLB discussing contingency plans for Mets-Braves series More top news > Yankee Stadium's effect on Judge's HR chase might surprise you Aaron Judge has 60 home runs, a number that is part milestone (he's just one away from tying the American League record, if you haven't heard) and part legend (while 60 isn't the single-season MLB record or even close to it, it's a number that's been burned into the hearts of baseball fans for generations). It's a pretty big deal. Obviously.   He also plays in Yankee Stadium, a park with a well-known short porch in right, which makes it easier than anywhere else to get "cheapie" home runs, and you know where this is going. Aaron Judge is breaking home run marks? Must be the ballpark.   Allow us to disabuse you of this notion, for it is not true. What Judge is doing has quite little to do with Yankee Stadium. How Maris' 61st HR was covered in 1961 With Aaron Judge closing in on Roger Maris' single-season American League home run record, it's worth taking a look back to see how the papers reacted to that historic day. Pitcher called for THREE balks during ONE at-bat Marlins reliever Richard Bleier had never balked in his career ... until Tuesday, when he was called for the infraction three times, sending Jeff McNeil from first to second, then third, then home.  Faster, STILL: Helsley hits 104.2 mph For the third time this season -- and the second time in five days -- Cardinals reliever Ryan Helsley set a new record for the fastest pitch thrown this season.  Second to nun! 103-year-old Sister Jean throws out first pitch for Cubs A month after celebrating her birthday, Loyola University Chicago's Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt returned to Wrigley Field on Tuesday to throw out the first pitch prior to the Cubs' matchup against the Phillies. With 52nd leadoff HR, Springer closing in on top 3 all-time George Springer started the bottom of the first on Tuesday night with the 52nd leadoff homer of his career, just one shy of Craig Biggio for third all-time and two behind Alfonso Soriano in second. De Los Santos is immaculate Enyel De Los Santos joined the Cleveland history books by firing the fourth immaculate inning in franchise history. TB 6 @ CLE 5 CIN 1 @ PIT 4 KC 3 @ DET 4 ATL 8 @ WAS 2 NYY 5 @ TOR 2 BAL 9 @ BOS 13 MIA 6 @ NYM 4 PHI 1 @ CHC 2 CWS 0 @ MIN 4 STL 6 @ MIL 2 ARI 2 @ HOU 10 OAK 3 @ ANA 4 LA 3 @ SD 4 TEX 5 @ SEA 0 COL 2 @ SF 5 Today's Trivia Question Who has the most career leadoff home runs for a left-handed hitter? Answer » © 2022 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@mail.mlblists.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.