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Yankees try to fix Giannis Antetokounmpo's ugly baseball swing

MLB // 4 years ago

Yankees try to fix Giannis Antetokounmpo's ugly baseball swing

New York Yankees players and coaches attempted to fix Giannis Antetokounmpo's baseball swing when the Milwaukee Bucks star paid a visit to the Yankee Stadium batting cages.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

Dodgers acquire Rivera from Blue Jays

The Los Angeles Dodgers Tuesday acquired veteran outfielder Juan Rivera from the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later or cash.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

MLB: LA Dodgers 7, San Francisco 5

Marcus Thames belted a go-ahead, RBI triple in the seventh inning Sunday and the Los Angeles Dodgers hung on for a 7-5 victory over San Francisco.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

MLB: New York Yankees 6, Texas 5

Marcus Thames had a tiebreaking, RBI single during a five-run eighth Friday that rallied the New York Yankees to a 6-5 win over Texas in their ALCS opener.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

MLB: New York Yankees 7, Toronto 5

Marcus Thames smashed a two-run, seventh-inning homer Saturday and the New York Yankees went on to defeat Toronto 7-5 for their eighth straight win.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

MLB: New York Yankees 11, Oakland 5

Mark Teixeira and Robinson Cano each homered and had three hits Monday, powering the New York Yankees to an 11-5 win over Oakland.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

MLB: New York Yankees 12, Chi. White Sox 9

Marcus Thames hit two of New York's four home runs Saturday and the Yankees out-slugged the Chicago White Sox 12-9.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

MLB: New York Yankees 11, Toronto 5

Mark Teixeira, Marcus Thames and Jorge Posada all blasted third-inning homers Tuesday and the New York Yankees pounded Toronto 11-5.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

MLB: New York Yankees 7, Texas 6

Derek Jeter and Marcus Thames singled in ninth-inning runs Wednesday to rally the New York Yankees to a 7-6 victory over Texas.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

MLB: New York Yankees 8, Seattle 2

Mark Teixeira collected four hits and CC Sabathia pitched seven effective innings Sunday in the New York Yankees' 8-2 victory over Seattle.

Marcus Markley Thames (pronounced /ˈtɪmz/ timz) (born March 6, 1977 in Louisville, Mississippi) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. He has previously played for the New York Yankees, Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers.

For his career, Thames has averaged a home run every 15.4 at bats. If he had the requisite 3,000 qualifying plate appearances, he would have the 10th best home run to at bat ratio among active players (25th all time). He also reached 100 home runs in 1,549 at bats which is fewer than any other player with 100 home runs.

He attended East Central Community College in Decatur, Mississippi.

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