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The bonus baby system produced some Hall of Famers, but the ones who came through with the Yankees became cautionary tales.

In his third season, Austin Riley seems ready to join the long list of stars who played third base for the Braves.

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Last weekend, the Yankees finished off a homestand that saw them seemingly (hopefully) get back on track by winning two consecutive games on walk-off hits against Nationals. While that’s not a rare occurrence, it’s also not something that happens every season for the Yankees. Notching wins of those varieties back-to-back like that is also a lot of fun. If it’s during an overall winning steak, it can lead to a feeling like a team is invincible, even if that’s not true. In honor of the Yankees adding to their walk-off streak history, here are five of ...

The Twins had a pair of 91-win seasons and finished second and third in the 10-team American League in 1962 and 1963. They then fell back to 79-83 in 1964, tied for sixth and 20 games behind the New York Yankees. This was the fifth straight pennant for the Yankees, although a seven-game loss to St. Louis left them at 2-3 in those World Series. And then came 1965: Mudcat Grant had the season of his life to lead the starting rotation, shortstop Zoilo Versalles and right fielder Tony Oliva were the AL's two best players that summer, and the Twins were 20-plus games over .500 and the aged Yankees...