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No one has ever won baseball at a historic rate like the New York Yankees.
Bronx Bombers beat Minnesota Twins in Game 1, 12 innings, 4 of 5-Wednesday doubleheader . Consecutively the longest active sport in North America and trail only their own 39 years running and the Montreal Canadiens 32 seasons of: MLB Stats @ MLBStats
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Classic Yankees. pic.twitter.com/w5u6HQQDwZ New York did it as Aaron Judge launched his 55th homer to close the deficit to 3-1. Minnesota leads 4-3 on Gilberto Celestino’s single, but Yankees use Isiah Kiner- Falefa and Oswaldo Cabrera’s RBI single answer won it. It took 82-54 Yankees longer than previously expected; since They are 18-26 since the All-Star break. But they built such a cushion in the first half — leading their division by 15.5 games on July 8 — and they were still five games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East.
