Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
16%
3 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
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66/100
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Is it possible that the postseason fate of Giancarlo Stanton — at least for the first round — came down to a bunch of at-bats against Ryan Weathers, Elmer Rodríguez and prospect Kyle Carr at an empty Yankee Stadium?
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fate → come → Stadium
It certainly sounded as if the day’s live batting practice, on the eve of Game 1 against the Red Sox, would matter, with the slugger attempting to show team brass both that he is healthy enough to play and that his bat is ready enough to perform.
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bat → sound → it
Aaron Boone & Co. were judging purely on what they saw Monday, Stanton could more easily argue the former than the latter.
uncertain
Stanton → judge → latter
He stepped to the plate five times and was able to take his vicious hacks without betraying discomfort.
asserted
He → step → discomfort
Afterward, he made his way to the outfield and ran curves.
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he → make → curves
Finally, as other Yankees hitters stepped into the box, Stanton took a lead off first base and several times ran to second.
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Stanton → step → second
He was not going 100 percent, but this version of Stanton is never going all out because he is purposeful with each step to try to avoid injury.
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he → go → injury
If he needed to demonstrate that he could make it through a game without a setback, perhaps he accomplished as much.
uncertain
he → need → much
But in the tiny sampling of five plate appearances against Weathers (the first two), Rodríguez (the next two) and Carr (the final one), Stanton walked; fought a nine-pitch at-bat that included four foul balls before swinging through a breaking ball for a strikeout; hit a hot-shot ground ball to the shortstop area; chopped another, more softly, to the left side; and swung through an offspeed pitch for his second strikeout of the late afternoon session.
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that → walk → session
Boone, who watched the entire live BP, had earlier branded the workout day “important” and said the club had not made the final decisions, such as determining whether Stanton would be on or off the roster.
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Stanton → watch → roster
“I want to see another day here [from Stanton],” Boone said before the workout ahead of Tuesday’s Game 1 of the wild-card series.
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Boone → want → series
“Again, I don’t know if there’s one definitive [moment] like, ‘Ooh, there he is, he’s on.’
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he → know → ?
It’s more just letting the day unfold, seeing where we’re at, and making a final call one way or the other.
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we → ’ → call
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While a series of strikeouts or a few home runs may have made the decision easier, it is likely that the Yankees will wrestle all night with a call that will have to officially be made Tuesday morning.
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that → make → call
Stanton has not played in more than five months — since all the way back on April 24, a game so long ago that after Stanton suffered his initial injury, his pinch runner was Randal Grichuk — and in total this season has incurred three separate calf strains.
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season → play → strains
He was on the verge of returning from that strain in June, when he had graduated to running the bases and hurt his right calf again.
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he → return → calf
And then he was on the verge of returning from that strain in August when he was running the bases and suffered a strain to his left calf.
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he → return → calf
Still chasing his first title, the 36-year-old brings a prodigious October résumé, including 18 home runs in 202 plate appearances.
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old → chase → appearances
By showing he can fill a valuable niche — a right-handed pinch hitter to deploy against a lefty-heavy Boston staff — he has successfully made his case for a roster spot.
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he → show → spot
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