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New York Yankees' Aaron
Judge gestures toward team-
mates before a baseball
game against the Oakland
Athletics in Oakland, Calif.,
Monday, Sept. 3, 2018.
Associated Press
Aaron Judge

begins taking

cage swings

off tee in

his rehab

By JANIE McCAULEY
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) —
Yankees slugger Aaron
Judge took his first swings
off a tee since breaking his
right wrist July 26, a signifi-
cant early step in what he
hopes is a return to the field
for New York in a couple of
weeks.
Judge, the reigning AL
Rookie of the Year, took
25 dry swings Monday in
Oakland's center-field
cage before taking anoth-
er 25 off the tee at what
he called 100 percent ef-
fort. He said he felt good
enough in recent days and
without pain that the deci-
sion was made he would
begin hitting again.
"Just moving in the right
direction. Definitely a big
step," Judge said, sitting
in the Oakland Coliseum
dugout. “I’m kind of on
track with what we kind
of wanted to accomplish,
so I’m excited about the DeChambeau wins for second straight week
progress we’re making so
far. It feels good. So I’ve
just got to keep moving for-
ward, keep having good Bryson DeChambeau holds the trophy after winning the Dell Technologies Championship golf tournament at TPC Boston in Norton,
days and just keep kind of Mass., Monday, Sept. 3, 2018.
building off that. Associated Press
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