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Aaron Judge might be healthy now headed into spring training, but his toe injury isn’t completely behind him.
The New York Yankees star, who missed 42 games after he crashed into the right-field fence at Dodger Stadium last season and injured his toe, said he’s going to have to keep on top of his toe for the rest of his time in the league.
"It's going to be, I think, a constant maintenance … the rest of my career," Judge said Tuesday, via The Associated Press. "Anything with injuries like that, you just got to stay on top of it so it doesn't flare up again."
Judge crashed through the fence at Dodger Stadium on June 3 while making a wild catch in a game against the Dodgers.
The play resulted in a torn ligament in his toe. He missed 42 games as a result and didn’t return to the lineup until July 28. He hit .262 with 37 home runs and 75 RBI in 106 games last season, including his 250th career home run, which made him the fastest player in the league to reach that mark, and he had two games with three home runs last season.
The Yankees, however, finished with an 82-80 record, their worst since 1992, and they missed the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
"A lot of guys were embarrassed," Judge said. "Kind of a wake-up call, and I think just collectively as a group, we all kind of looked at each other and said this can't happen again."
The Yankees open their season against the Houston Astros on March 28. Judge will be in center field when they kick off the season.
"I keep getting hurt in right field, so I think that's why they moved me to center field," he said, jokingly. "I think it's about playing smarter, understanding the field, understanding the dimensions. In that case, I thought I had one extra step, and I didn't in that situation, so that always goes back on me. I got to be a little smarter there.
“So, yeah, just like this year, I've got play smart. But, no, I don't think there'll be any cement bottoms of walls in center field."
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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