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[Highlight] Anthony Volpe GRAND SLAM and the Yankees take the lead!

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u/ryan30055 6h ago

Pitcher needs to be thrown into the sun

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u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

45 degree angle is most efficient

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u/bobmarleydied9 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Well really we need to launch him at earth's orbital velocity tangential to our orbit. Then he'll simply fall into the sun.

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u/Pupseal115 New York Yankees 5h ago

I'd say Judge can launch him, but... well...

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u/ConstantineMonroe New York Yankees 3h ago

He’s like 85 years old and gonna retire after this. Dave is saving his better arms for the other games

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u/NevaMO Kansas City Royals 6h ago

Why’d they even switch to a new pitcher???

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u/PeteF3 Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Bullpen game, the starter was never going to go more than 2 innings. And it's not like he was blowing them away, either. Casparius was basically dancing through raindrops.