In fact, according to the radio announcers just now, there’s never been a game before in which two players homered in their first ML plate appearances, let alone in the same inning, let alone consecutively.
Not a Yankees fan, but this is pretty cool.
Not only that, but it seems that both players might get to keep the balls.
Austin’s bounced back into the field of play and was retrieved by the Yankees’ first base coach, and Judge’s landed in the net in center field, where a Yankees official would be able to get it without any fans having access to it.
Papelbon just released by the Nationals. I assume he will end up somewhere, but not likely on a team in a pennant race.
I feel sorry for the umpire in that play–they generally hate to feel like they’ve interfered or changed the game.
Lynchburg is a pretty nice little ballpark and a very good team this year, check them out if you’re in Virginia.
If he does, it won’t be as the closer. He’s not going to find a better position than the one he asked to be fired from. He just isn’t that good anymore.
There’s buzz on some Cubs blogs he’d be good as a setup man. I’ve seen so little of the Nationals this year that I don’t know how well that work out
We could have MLB for a thousand years more and not see two players homer in their first at bats back to back.
I can’t recall the last time I saw two major-leaguers have their first at bats back-to-back let alone do something interesting in them.
My Nats came awfully close to giving last night’s game away to the Braves, but the Braves couldn’t quite reach it.
Dave Dombrowski says the Red Sox are “looking into” a reunion with Papelbon. 
In other news, Pablo Sandoval has lost 15 pounds (which is almost 1/100 of his body weight). Things are looking up, Sox fans!
The Astros have been talking about Tuesday as Yulieski Gurriel’s major league debut.
Do you remember where you were when you heard the Royals’ Rally Mantis died?
RIP, big fella…
Kris Bryant’s lookin’ to run away with the NL MVP.
Has anyone ever won the MVP one season after winning the RoY?
Dustin Pedroia (2007/2008), Ryan Howard (2005/2006) and Cal Ripken, Jr. (1982/1983) are the only ones I could find.
That’s neat. Thanks for compiling
Michael Fulmer is looking better and better as the season goes on. Complete game shutout of the good hitting Rangers on 112 pitches for his 10th win. At this rate he is looking past the ROY and putting his name in the CY hat.
The Orioles took the series against San Francisco today with an awesome come-from-behind win. Down 7-1 after 6, they scored 2 in the 7th, 2 in the 8th, and 3 in the 9th to win 8-7. The Orioles’ 9th-inning runs came on a 2-out, 3-run homer.
Baltimore and Toronto seem to be constantly trading places at the top of the division right now, with Boston sitting just a couple of games back. It’s going to be an interesting last six weeks or so.
Wasn’t he the guy they got for Cespedes?
(I guess several pitchers have been traded for Cespedes. I mean the most recent one.)
Sounds like he’s having a fine season, but it is enough for a Cy Young? He hasn’t pitched as much as most other starters, right?
Teammates have never homered in their first at bat in the same game, but there is one occasion in which opposing players did it. On opening day of 1938, Ernie Koy homered in the first inning for the Brooklyn Dodgers, and Heinie Mueller did the same leading off the bottom of the first for the Philadelphia Phillies.