“Record-Breaking Night: Aaron Judge’s Heroics Overshadow Nestor Cortes Jr.’s Stunning Collapse at Yankee Stadium!”
The former Yankee, dealt to Milwaukee in December, entered this Bronx ballyard no fewer than 300 times during his four-year stretch in pinstripes. Over that eventful tenure, Cortes went from anonymous fill-in reliever to cult-hero All-Star starter to postseason scapegoat. Undersized, with a slight paunch and a magic fastball, the crafty Cuban endeared himself to both clubhouse and fan base.
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But as the Brewers filed off the team bus Thursday morning, Cortes realized he was turned around; he hadn’t entered Yankee Stadium as a visitor since 2018. With his new club serendipitously beginning its 2025 season in the Bronx, this very familiar setting, suddenly inverted, proved perplexing.
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