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Shohei Ohtani ends his homeless drought with his first homer since April 26 and 52 plate appearances
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The one and only Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was born this day in 1925 in St. Louis. What are your thoughts and memories of Yogi?
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Trump says Vance, Rubio could be 2028 ‘dream team’ ticket
thehill.com/homenews/campa…
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Now 16 in a row, 9K. 87 pitches for Gilbert. M's up 1-0 heading to the top of the 7th.
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The Mariners are now 5-8 in games started against left-handed starting pitchers this season. As a team, the Mariners are hitting .200 vs. lefties (27th in MLB) with a .283 on-base percentage (29th), .334 slugging percentage (27th) and 111 strikeouts (25th).
Seattle Times Sports@SeaTimesSports
Luis Castillo, whose spot in the starting rotation is tenuous at best, allowed four runs while forcing the Mariners to play from behind almost immediately Saturday in a 6-1 loss to the White Sox. From @RyanDivish: seattletimes.com/sports/mariner…
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Walk, error, sac bunt and sac fly add up to a run for the M's who trail 4-1 in the 5th.
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6-game suspension for Framber Valdez
1-game suspension for A.J. Hinch, which is fairly common in these situations. Hinch will serve his suspension tonight.
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NEW: Brian Kelly revealed how AI is helping him prepare for his next coaching job👨💻
“Every day, I’m trying to do my due diligence using Claude and AI, asking questions to build some of those answers that I think can be helpful for me as I get in front of an athletic director.”
(via @USAToday)
on3.com/news/brian-kel…
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@BNightengale Only the owners unable to control their own spending and expecting the players to do it for them!
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TV viewership is soaring
Attendance is rising
Club values are escalating
Player contracts are increasing,
So what could wrong in their upcoming CBA talks?
MLB Communications@MLB_PR
Viewership for national exclusive MLB games through the first weekend of May is 2.28 million, a +44% increase over last year and the best start in 9 years.
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AJ Hinch: "We play a really good brand of baseball here. That didn't feel like it. I'm not judging intent. But I know when you go out on the field in those confrontations, you usually feel like you are in your right. It didn't feel good being out there."
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In Shohei Ohtani's last nine starts, he has given up just 4 earned runs in 51.2 innings for a 0.70 ERA.
The Dodgers are 2-7 in those games.
They lose, 2-1, tonight to the Houston Astros with Ohtani giving up just 4 hits and 2 runs in 7 innings.
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@RyanDivish Why did he throw to 2d? Throw to 3d to keep him at 2d and they're still playing
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@DKramer_ What was Garver throwing to 2d for? Throw to 3d to keep him at 2d and they are still playing
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FINAL: Mariners 2, Royals 3
RECORD: 16-18
Emerson Hancock K’d a career-high 14, but a brutal baserunning blunder from Randy Arozarena, an uncharacteristic error from Julio Rodríguez and a blown save from Andrés Muñoz loomed large.
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Pentagon says US naval blockade has cost Iran $4.8 billion
thehill.com/policy/defense…
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Noah Shannon was robbed of his final year and a potential NFL career because he made a small wager on a women’s basketball team involving his school.
He needs to be gone from the college game.
Pete Thamel@PeteThamel
Texas Tech QB Brendan Sorsby, who is under NCAA investigation for making bets via a gambling app, has retained the noted lawyer Jeffrey Kessler to try to regain his college eligibility, sources tell me and @AdamSchefter.
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@Sam_Vecenie Ditch the lottery. To avoid tanking the team with the best record that doesn't make the playoffs drafts first and so on down to the worst team then the playoff teams draft in the normal order.
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Wrote about lottery reform plans.
Honestly, my guess is that in the window we’re talking — from 2027 to 2029 — the NBA’s plan is not going to do much damage and will fix the problem.
That does not mean it is the right long-term solution. Here’s why:
nytimes.com/athletic/72392…
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