The Baltimore Orioles are not messing around when it comes to remaining ahead of the New York Yankees, and Aaron Boone understands that.
The Orioles acquired former Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes last week in a stunning trade with Milwaukee, giving them a true ace to lead their rotation. the is unsettling news for Boone and the Yankees, who finished 19 games behind Baltimore last season and hope to close the deficit in 2024.
On Saturday, Boone confessed that the trade had made his job more difficult.
“That can be a little bit of a problem,” Boone conceded on Saturday, via Chris Kirschner of The Athletic. “That was my initial reaction. He’s clearly an outstanding pitcher who will join a strong squad. We’ll see a lot of him and are excited to compete against the best.”
This winter, the Yankees have been hunting for a high-end pitcher, but have fallen short of the best names available. The Orioles’ move should not significantly alter their strategy, but they are up against a great young squad that is now adding seasoned players. Boone will have a lot of work to do.
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EXCLUSIVE: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and former New York Mayor, attends a Yankees fan gathering, signing autographs and posing with supporters…
Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, attended a New York Yankees fan event on Sunday, despite claims that he had boycotted the team for years due to their support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Giuliani, who was Mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001, revealed this summer that he has been boycotting the Yankees due to their stance on BLM, a contentious political and social movement that attempts to oppose racism.
After also separating himself from the LA Dodgers owing to their ‘Pride Night’ invitation to a drag group that satirizes nuns, which he labeled a ‘war on Christianity’, the 79-year-old said: ‘I did it with the Yankees when they supported Black Lives Matter.
‘Sorry, but I love my country more than baseball.’
Despite his decision to avoid Yankee Stadium due to the BLM movement, Giuliani found time on Sunday to pose for photos and sign autographs at a Yankees fan gathering in New Jersey.
He met with both Yankees greats and supporters at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford after being invited to ‘Pinstripe Pride 2024′, which also featured former players Goose Gossage, Wade Boggs, and Bernie Williams.
Giuliani, a longstanding ally of former US President Donald Trump, grew up in Brooklyn and became a Yankees fan through his father, despite being closer to the Dodgers’ previous stadium.
‘During my eight years as mayor, the Yankees won four World Championships,’ said the American politician and lawyer, who attended the Yankees event on behalf of sports-memorabilia giants HallofFameSignings.com, on Sunday. ‘Their revival occurred at the same time as New York transitioned from a city thought hard to govern to a leading exemplar of the Urban Renaissance.
‘The Yankees, as well as the Mets and all of New York’s sports teams, made significant contributions to the city’s rehabilitation following the terrorist events of September 11, 2001. I shall always hold a particular place in my heart for these individuals and their squad.
In December, Giuliani filed bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation case over lies he disseminated about two former Georgia election workers, upending their lives with racist threats and harassment.
The damages verdict came after emotional testimony from Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman, who tearfully described becoming the target of a false conspiracy theory promoted by Giuliani and other Republicans in an attempt to keep then-President Trump in power after losing the 2020 election.
Giuliani recently filed bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $148 million in a defamation claim.
The jury foreperson read aloud the $75 million award in punitive damages for the women, eliciting an audible gasp from the courtroom. Moss and Freeman were each given approximately $36 million in other damages.
A group of people and businesses who claim Giuliani owes them money met virtually on Friday for the first court hearing since his bankruptcy filing.
During a two-hour Zoom hearing, Giuliani’s counsel informed a US bankruptcy judge that the former New York City mayor does not have the cash to pay the $148 million he owes the election workers for propagating a conspiracy about their role in the 2020 elections. Others with claims against Giuliani should prepare to wait as well.
‘There’s no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow,’ the attorney, Gary Fischoff, said, stressing that Giuliani was making his livelihood as a radio and podcast host while dealing with a variety of ‘financial challenges.’
