CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Gov. Joe Lombardo wants to help build Major League Baseball’s smallest ballpark, arguing that baseball’s worst team can boost Las Vegas, a city struggling to call it the mecca of sport. The debate over public funding of private sports clubs has been reignited with the Oakland Athletics baseball stadium proposal. … Read more
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads in a winning run against the Mets \n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{ “__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”It would have been easy for Guerrero to let the frustrations of the moment boil over. The Blue Jays had been in trouble prior to Schneider’s ejection – including a punch on an autostrike after a pitch-clock violation by Jose Berrios, who re-established … Read more
Rangers save at home after errant throw from catcher \n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{ “__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”But Heim’s errant pitch eventually rolled right into the glove of shortstop Corey Seager, who returned a perfect pitch to Heim to catch Caballero at home plate and put end to the Mariners goal threat. \n\n”That was the 115B game we practiced in spring training,” … Read more
MLB umpire is drilled in the FACE by a 96.4 mph fastball to hand the Chicago White Sox a bizarre win over the Detroit Tigers Detroit’s Jose Cisnero was throwing when his fastball hit Cory Blaser in the face Blaser was helped to his feet by the White Sox players once the game was over … Read more
CHICAGO — The White Sox’s reaction to their 2-1 victory over the Tigers in 10 innings on Saturday at the guaranteed rate field was muted compared to past celebrations. Cheer was slightly reduced directly because of how the game ended. With the bases loaded, two outs and Tim Anderson at the plate, José Cisnero uncorked … Read more
Rob Refsnyder signs one-year extension with Red Sox \n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{ “__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The Red Sox got an equal combination of professionalism and production from Refsnyder, who in his two seasons in Boston has a .362/.437 slash line /.543 with four home runs and 16 RBIs in 116 appearances against left-handers.\n\n”Yeah, there’s a lot of things that are visible … Read more
PITTSBURGH — When the Pirates went down a 5-0 hole after just three innings, they were statistically unlikely to come back. The biggest deficit the team had overcome in 2023 was three runs, and Cardinals starter Jack Flaherty had kept the offense in check for most of its 5 1/3 innings outing. But the Pirates … Read more
HOUSTON — Astros ace Framber Valdez admitted he got fired up when he had to oppose Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani. The same probably can’t be said for Ohtani against Valdez, who beat him Friday night for the second time in less than a month. Valdez earned his fourth straight win by pitching seven scoreless innings, … Read more
Mets honor Sarah Langs and raise awareness of ALS on Lou Gehrig Day \n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{ “__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Earlier this year, Mandy Bell, Langs’ close friend and MLB.com writer, started a GoFundMe that raised an additional $105,000 for research into the ALS. Langs then created the “Fist Bump Challenge” to generate additional awareness. This week, MLB launched a Lou … Read more
Updated June 2, 2023 3:46 PM EDT Topline Businesses claiming to support Pride Month, including those simply adopting a rainbow-colored logo for June, are facing attacks online from right-wing social media users, leading to the Navy deleting its Pride messages, while boycott threats against any company deemed “woke”. ” for LGBTQ community awareness continue to … Read more
