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Aaron Judge is closing in on his return to the Yankees lineup, with manager Aaron Boone confirming that September eighth is a realistic target date. The thirty-four-year-old slugger traveled with the team on their West Coast trip this week, and New York is clearly going to need him — because Monday night in Anaheim was ugly. The Angels handed the Yankees a ten to one beatdown, with rookie Walbert Ureña going seven strong innings and Vaughn Grissom driving in four runs. Los Angeles snapped a seven-game skid at New York's expense, and the Yankees looked every bit as sloppy as the final score suggests.
Off the field, the bad vibes continued for New York's rivals in Boston. Red Sox radio voice Will Flemming is catching heat after calling Jazz Chisholm Junior a quote bush league player for stealing bases in a lopsided game. Chisholm fired back Monday, and several other Yankees joined in. Flemming had also suggested a beanball was appropriate — which is the kind of take that tends to age very badly, very fast.
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