It’s been a while since the New York Yankees were the No. 1 story in Major League Baseball. Well, those days are a distant memory now. The Miami Marlins reportedly agreed to trade outfielder Giancarlo Stanton on Saturday. If completed, the deal would leave the Bronx Bombers with one of the most powerful lineups in recent baseball history. Shortly after news broke, fans from around the baseball world took to Twitter to express elation, sadness, shock and everything in between. Here are some of the beset reactions: The Yankees rarely were brought up in the seemingly endless stream of Stanton
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Why Giancarlo Stanton Questions Legitimacy Of Some Home-Run Records
Giancarlo Stanton believes records are made to be broken, even tainted ones. The Miami Marlins slugger admitted Wednesday he doubts the legitimacy of the single-season home-run records Babe Ruth set in 1927, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa etched in 1998 and Barry Bonds ultimately surpassed in 2001. Stanton agrees with those who consider Ruth’s record tainted because it came before Major League Baseball had integrated itself and Sosa’s, McGwire’s and Bonds’ marks to be blemished since they happened during baseball’s “steroid era,” according to The Miami Herald’s Andre C. Fernandez. “Considering some things I do,” Stanton said. “But at ... NESN.com
Giancarlo Stanton Smashes Homer, Mocks Jason Grilli One Day After Game-Ending K
Giancarlo Stanton struck out to end the Miami Marlins’ game against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, but he made sure it wasn’t the same story for the series finale. Rangers reliever Jason Grilli got Stanton to swing at an 82-mph slider Tuesday to seal the Rangers 10-4 win and celebrated with some pretty emphatic fist pumping. The Marlins outfielder wouldn’t be outdone, though, as he launched a towering solo shot — StatCast measured it at 468 feet — off Grilli in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s contest and took a moment to mock the 40-year-old right-hander’s celebration. The homer was Stanton’s 33rd of the year and his 12th(!) in July.NESN.com
Home Run Derby 2016 Results: Giancarlo Stanton Wins MLB All-Star Game Event
FINALS — TODD FRAZIERFrazier put on a nice show in the end, but his 13 home runs weren’t enough. Giancarlo Stanton is the new Home Run Derby champion and single-derby home run record holder. What an unbelievable performance. T-Mobile donates $ 582,000 to charity. That’ll do it for us tonight. Thanks for tuning in to NESN.com’s coverage of the 2016 Home Run Derby. FINALS — GIANCARLO STANTONStanton just hit 20 (!) home runs. In the finals. He also shattered the previous derby record of 41 home runs in any given year. He finishes with 61, barring a swing-off. He hit them ...