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The Yankees increased their lead over the Blue Jays in the AL East to a full game, thanks to an 8-7 win over the Twins Monday night in the Bronx.

Jerry Recco started with the story surrounding the Bombers, who got a scare in the second inning when starting pitcher Bryan Mitchell took a line drive to the face.  Mitchell left the field under his own power and all signs point to him being OK -- and very fortunate too.  Tonight at the Stadium, the Twins' Mike Pelfrey will counter CC Sabathia, who addressed a verbal altercation he got into outside of a Toronto night club.

Plus, Brandon Marshall defends his quarterback Geno Smith's actions (or lack thereof) in last week's infamous locker-room confrontation, Eli Manning has a desire to be the highest-paid player in the NFL, Robert Griffin III thinks rather highly of himself and Boomer talks about how grossly underpaid Tom Brady actually is...