Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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The youngest Yankee to start in a postseason game since Mickey Mantle in 1952 did little to slow the comparisons to Yankees greats.
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Yankee → start → greats
Just by watching, you would not have known George Lombard Jr. — all 21 years, 119 days of him — only became legally allowed to drink the champagne the Yankees soon hope to taste in June.
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Yankees → watch → June
Try it freeYou would not have known Lombard was playing against Double-A competition as recently as late April.
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Lombard → try → April
You would not have known Lombard began his major league career with questions both about his defense and his mind — going through a surreal, six-game error streak that questioned his readiness.
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that → know → readiness
Because in the 9-0 win over the Red Sox in Game 1 of the wild-card series in The Bronx, Lombard began his playoff career without betraying a nerve or even an awareness of the stakes.
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Lombard → begin → stakes
All while making baseball historians reach for their record books about the youngest — and best — playoff debuts ever.
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historians → make → debuts
“It’s really cool,” Lombard said of being included with Mantle, who started his first playoff game at 19 years, 349 days in Yankees history.
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who → ’ → history
“It’s definitely an honor.
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It → ’ → ?
I have to pinch myself every now and then.
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I → have → myself
“But we know what the goal is, and we know what we’re all trying to do as a group, so it’s easy to just focus on that.
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it → know → that
It was just one postseason game, but the poise Lombard showed at a sold-out Yankee Stadium reinforced why the club has thought so highly about a first-round pick whose calm-and-cool demeanor, if not game just yet, earns comparisons with Derek Jeter.
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demeanor → show → Jeter
In his very first postseason at-bat, Lombard looped a single into shallow center just out of the reach of racing second baseman Nick Sogard.
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Lombard → loop → Sogard
In his next, he chopped an infield single to the left side on a play former Yankees prospect Caleb Durbin could not make.
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Durbin → chop → play
And after a fielder’s choice in the seventh, Lombard stroked a single to center in the eighth and came around to score his second run of the game.
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Lombard → stroke → game
So a player whose name already had evoked Mantle became the fifth player in franchise history to record at least three hits in his playoff debut, a feat most recently accomplished by Bernie Williams (who had three hits in Game 1 of the 1995 ALDS against the Mariners).
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who → evoke → Mariners
It was just one postseason game, but Lombard — spotless defensively — again showed the spotlight was not too large.
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spotlight → show → ?
“The whole clubhouse — all the guys, the coaching staff — I think the comfort and the confidence comes from the preparation and the work we put in,” Lombard said.
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Lombard → think → preparation
“So that’s the biggest thing: Just be prepared, put in the work and just let things handle themselves on the field.”
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things → ’ → field
The Aporia
