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🗓️ 1 September 2021
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It is the all-important month of September in Major League Baseball, with top contenders (including the Yankees and the Dodgers) aiming to peak at exactly the right time, and superstars Fernando Tatis Jr. and Shohei Ohtani hoping to make their MVP push. Today, The Athletic’s Joe Posnanski breaks down the biggest storylines to watch during the final month of the season, including the Giants-Dodgers race in the NL West, the favorites to win the Cy Young, and the Mets’ attempt to turn a thumbs-down August into a thumbs-up September.
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0:46.0 | It is the all-important month of September in Major League Baseball. And if August was any indication, |
0:58.0 | we can expect to see contenders getting hot at the exact right time. |
1:03.0 | Straight through a ball game over the Yankees at one-thirteen in a row, all they do is win, win, win, no matter what. |
1:12.0 | Superstars putting on a ridiculous show. |
1:17.0 | My ball is back and it is gone! |
1:20.0 | Brando Tauti's turn is time to score in the bottom of the 15th inning. |
1:26.0 | And for some teams, well, it can only go up from here, right? |
1:31.0 | So if the fans are going to boo, then when the mets are successful, they're going to wind up booing the fans. |
1:38.0 | Today, the Athletics Joe Puznansky breaks down the biggest storylines to watch in the final month heading toward the playoffs, |
1:45.0 | including the playoff races and individual awards that will define the stretch run. |
1:49.0 | I don't see how you don't give Shohei autonomy in the field board. I just don't care if they're winless, frankly. |
1:57.0 | We've never seen a year like this, including Babe Ruth. |
1:59.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. It's Wednesday, September 1st, and this is The Lead. |
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