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Wednesday, August 31

• The man who sold the most valuable sports card of all time

• Dodgers take new route to secure 90th win

• Judge hits 51st HR, putting on a show for teammates

• Vladdy borrows Javy Báez’s bat … and slugs a homer!

• Cruising into Motown, Mariners a well-oiled machine

• Can’t get him Out, man: Prospect hits for 2nd cycle in 4 games

• Red-hot Valdez makes more history in favorite jersey

• White Sox turn thoughts to La Russa after loss to KC

• Rays optimistic McClanahan will be fine after late scratch

• Snell continues 2nd-half groove in win vs. Giants

• Quantrill caps 4-0 month with combined 1-hitter

• Calf injury sends Verlander to 15-day IL

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Timmy Trumpet: ‘I’m officially a Mets fan for life’

Growing up in Australia, the musician Timothy Smith — stage name: Timmy Trumpet — knew little of baseball. Cricket was his closest brush with the sport.

Smith speaks in heavy Aussie accent, and he calls the field a “pitch.” When he stepped onto it wielding his black-and-gold trumpet Tuesday afternoon in New York, he revealed that he had never seen a live baseball game.

But now Smith is forever linked with Mets closer Edwin Díaz, whose success this season has turned his entrance music — “Narco,” by Smith and the Dutch DJ Blasterjaxx — into a phenomenon. Before Díaz enters games at Citi Field, stadium operators turn off the lights to prep fans for the first strains of trumpets. The Mets broadcast no longer cuts to commercial, instead following Díaz with a camera on his journey from the bullpen to the mound. In the stands, fans dance and play imaginary trumpets or souvenir ones made of foam. At home, social media pulses to the same rhythm.

Then Díaz takes the mound and, more often than not, dominates.

Watch Judge vs. Ohtani FREE on MLB.TV

Two of the leading contenders for the AL MVP Award will collide Wednesday, when Shohei Ohtani’s Angels host Aaron Judge’s Yankees in the series finale, and you can watch for free on MLB.TV.

The numbers behind deGrom’s dominant return

Jacob deGrom may have missed 13 months, but he’s the very same pitcher in 2022 that he was in 2021.

We’ve all been there, Mark: Brewers rally for friend-zoned fan

A scoreboard message late in Monday’s Brewers game went viral — and didn’t escape the eyes of the players in the home dugout.

Here are your All-Star picks for August

Dog days of summer? Not for these guys, who were playing at the top of their game over the past month.

Minor League Statcast standouts

Statcast isn’t reserved for just the Major Leagues anymore. MLB Pipeline digs through the data to highlight spin rate, exit velocity and other metrics generated by top prospects.

MLB Network Showcase: Dodgers vs. Mets

After the Dodgers took the first game of the series, the Mets have Jacob deGrom scheduled as the NL’s top two teams square off in New York at 7 p.m. ET.

Today’s Trivia Question

Which team gave up the most home runs to Roger Maris when he hit 61 in 1961? Which one allowed the fewest?

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