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Kelly returned to pitching in six months after his surgery.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Throughout his nine minor-league rehab starts, Garcia demonstrated decreased fastball velocity, but team officials hoped that adrenaline and pitching in a major-league game would naturally boost it.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Brian Cashman gets it all the time, but good, from Yankee fans; for them, banging away at Cashman on social media feels like the real national pastime.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Knuckling down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knuckling%20down. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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