Volpe Two-Run Homer Caps Off Wild Weekend in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 04: Anthony Volpe #11 of the New York Yankees celebrates his two run homerun past Will Smith #16 of the Los Angeles Dodgers, to take a 4-1 lead, during the ninth inning at Dodger Stadium on June 04, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
Aaron Boone has had it up to here with umpires, Aaron Judge crashed through the out field wall and Nestor Cortes hit the IL. Those were just some of the headlines from a wild weekend out in Los Angeles as the Yankees won two of three against the Dodgers.
In short it was a wild series that had just about everything.
On Sunday, the Yankees took the series thanks to a go-ahead RBI groundout by Oswaldo Cabrera and a two-run jack from Anthony Volpe to put the 4-1 victory on ice for Bronx Bombers. It was a huge victory, as it kept New York within striking distance of Tampa Bay and Baltimore, and came with Aaron Judge out of the lineup to nurse a foot injury after he crashed through the right field wall in Saturday’s 6-3 Yankees victory.
Angry Aaron Boone
In addition, Manager Aaron Boone continues his warpath against Major League umpires. In the sixth inning of Sunday’s game, James Outman appeared to have swung at strike three, but the third base umpire said Outman checked his swing.
Boone was visibly upset.
And he didn’t stop there.
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Boone was not tossed, but he does lead the Major’s in ejections with four, and according to ESPN has been tossed 30 times since becoming manager back in 2018. One could say Boone’s a modern day Lou Pinella.
NESTOR CORTES HURT
On a more serious note, the Yankees did announce that Nestor Cortes is likely hitting the Injury List with a shoulder issue. Cortes says he’s not overally concerned, but the issue has bothered him for a “few starts.” Cortes is 5-2 with a 5.16 ERA this season.
‘Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse:’ A Beautiful Web Of Destiny
It has been five long years since we last saw Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse. Before we get into our review of the latest, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, let’s recap some of what went down in Sony’s 2018 animated flick.
Technically, it was first multi-verse film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. (The concept first appeared on the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame). Into the Spiderverse delighted fans with its pop of colors, amazing soundtrack, and stunning animation. We meet the young teen, Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He gets bit by a radioactive spider and gains super-spider abilities. While struggling to find who he is supposed to be, the brilliant Morales attends Brooklyn Visions Academy, a school for the academically gifted. Morales is passionate about his artwork and graphic design.
His parents, though so loving, are embarrassingly overbearing. His father is a police officer and his mother is a nurse. Miles’ uncle Aaron (voiced by Mahershala Ali) is also the Prowler, as Miles soon learns. But Aaron takes him to a subway station to turn his sketchbook art into graffiti. That’s when Miles gets bitten by the radioactive spider. Once he wakes up with spider powers, Miles returns to the subway station and finds the dead spider glitching on the ground with “Alchemax 42” written on its back. Upon doing his research, Miles discovers Alchemax is a company helping Kingpin (voiced by Liev Schreiber) build a super-collider. The Kingpin wants to use this technology to access parallel universes to bring back his dead wife and daughter.
Finding the super-collider underneath the city, Miles meets Peter Parker’s Spider-Man. Spider-Man fights the Green Goblin but gets caught in the super-collider. As a result, all the Spider-Men who have been bitten by a radioactive spider from other universes are brought into Miles’ universe. He meets Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage), Peter Porker AKA Spider-Ham (John Mulaney), and Peni Parker.
After the super-collider explodes and the Spider-Man from Miles’ universe dies, he is left with the dying wish to make sure the super-collider is destroyed. Otherwise, it can destroy Brooklyn. Once Miles discovers Peter B. Parker, he tells him he needs a mentor. Though Peter B. Parker is an empty shell of the hero — and man — he used to be, taking Miles under his wing reawakens the Spider-Man he once was. Miles and the rest of his Spider-Man allies successfully defeat Kingpin and destroy the super-collider. Through his experience, Miles realizes who he is and discovers what it truly means to be Spider-Man.
Keep reading below to read our spoiler-free review of the second installment, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse:
Michael Cohen is the News and Sports Director at Fox Sports Radio New Jersey and Magic 98.3 FM, as well as a radio production assistant with Fox and Magic in New Jersey. He started his career in Somerset in 2018 initially as a news fill-in at WCTC 1450 AM, and soon moved up to higher responsibilities in the ensuing years, assuming News & Sports Director title in 2021Prior to his time with Fox Sports New Jersey, Michael was play-by-play voice for New Jersey Jackals baseball, and as well as play-by-play and color for the College of Staten Island basketball (men and women), softball and baseball. Michael began his career as a news and sportswriter with the Jersey Journal of Hudson County.