With Yankees slugger Aaron Judge on the cusp of team and American League history, Apple TV+ had exclusive rights to last night's Yankees-Red Sox game at the Stadium. Yankee fans, however, were not having it prior to game time.
The Yes Network, now co-owned by the team with Amazon & Sinclair Broadcasting, was hoping to take the game in exchange for a future broadcast on Apple, but the tech giant refused to budge. Coupled with the team moving broadcast TV games that used to air on WPIX (locally WCWN) to Amazon Prime, it was a case of the team diving into 21st century technology, but at a critical juncture of the season, with Judge pursuing the team home run record for a single season, held by Roger Maris, this was something that Yankee fans across the country wanted on their TV's, not their computers.
Apple still said no.
Judge didn't hit #61 last night, as the Yanks made it two in a row over Boston, 5-4, so the chase for 61 continues today on Yes, with ESPN carrying Sunday's game.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, St. Louis slugger Albert Pujols returned to Los Angeles, where he started the season with the Dodgers, and hit career homers 699 & 700, leading the Cardinals past the Dodgers. Mets announcer Wayne Randazzo was assigned the game, given the night off from his regular gig, and he treated both of Pujols' blasts the same as he would any homer by a Mets player.
Between Pujols and Judge, it seems baseball fans would rather forget that Barry Bonds holds the career and singe season homer records, due to his alleged PED use.
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Tennis icon Roger Federer ended his career in a loss in doubles play at the Laver Cup Friday, playing alongside friend and rival Rafael Nadal. However, some idiot ran on the court and set his arm on fire in protest over something unrelated to the match. The moron was quickly escorted off the court, likely first to a hospital, then jail.
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Rapper Action Bronson composed the theme for AEW star Hook, the son of former ECW champion Taz. Bronson made his wrestling debut Friday on Rampage, teaming with his friend to beat 2.0 (Angelo Parker & Matt Menard) in a tag team match. Bronson's a fan, having learned moves from watching TV before training with Taz & Hook.
Newly crowned Ring of Honor champ Chris Jericho was on commentary with Taz, Excalibur, & Jim Ross, and ended up having to eat crow, seeing his Jericho Appreciation Society teammates lose. Jericho is delaying the start of Fozzy's current concert tour, which is supposed to hit Albany in 2 weeks, claiming a throat injury, but it's more of a case of Jericho putting the tour aside to help AEW, which is still dealing with an injury plague, and bolster ratings.
Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing Taz or Hook tap Jericho out.....!
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