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Tonight, the covid pandemic and new signs of hope as we head towards summer, the cdc projecting a sharp decline in cases by july if vaccination remain high. and major steps in reopening, the yankees and mets lifting capacity limits for vaccinated fans, and tickets going on sale for broadways comeback but it comes as vaccine demand plunges. daily doses below a million for the first time since february. the growing push to convince hesitant americans to get the shot also, the facebook oversight ...

No-hitter since jim palmer did it 52 years ago in 1969. >> and if we continued that call, you would have heard the announcer say, this ones for you, kasie hunt. kasie is with us this morning. kasie, congratulations. first one since jim palmer in 69. >> its a really great way to fully understand how difficult and how much loyalty it has required to be a baltimore orioles fan for all of this time. but, hey, here we are. its awesome for him. one pitch away from a perfect game. one wild pitch away. ...

Pitchers right now are so good at dictating the action and making the ball do crazy things. hitters think im not going to score a run with three singles. lets just hit one out of the park. so its getting to be a game and its still a wonderful game. but there are fewer hits than ever and more strikeouts than ever. so that means fewer balls in play and less chance for the exciting kind of plays that we would see with willie mays and the chance for players to show that all around gain. thats one th...

Hank aaron. imagine that, all four of those guys playing in the same town. >> what kind of star was willie mays? hes in the 3,000 hit club, 18-time all-star starter. but there was something bigger about him. what kind of a celebrity, what kind of a star was he in baseball in the country? >> well, i think what he was was he was a babe ruth level superstar in terms of why we watch. in baseball today, we talk so much about analytics and we try to sell the game through data, through numbers, through...

League all 27 batters he faced. one wild pitch separated him from a perfect game. the dropped third strike in the third inning allowed seattles only runner to third base. according to the life sports bureau, means is the first pitcher in which the opposing team did not reach base on a walk, pitch or error. an interesting stat. to new york city why yankees slugger match the scoring against the astros. the first two of his four rbi in the 6-3 victory in new yorks

Way, way, back. it is gone. >> that is known as the legendary willie mays making one of the most memorable plays in baseball history. an over the shoulder running catch in deep center field in game one of the 1954 world series. today, the say-hay kid is now 90 years old. he said, i think i was the best baseball player i ever saw. joinings now, national baseball columnist for "the new york times," tyler kepner and senior writer at espn, howard bryant. good morning to you both, guys, tyler and i g...

The insurance company getenwasnt fair.ity y cablele. i didnt know what my case was worth, so i called the barnes firm. llll theararnes rmrm now the best result possible. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million ♪ it comes down to jp crawford. first pitch swinging, line drive, hes done it! john means has no-hit the mariners and the orioles mob him. the first no-hitter for orioles in 30 years. the first complete game

Mike barnicle, let me put that question to you. is willie mays, as he said, the greatest baseball player of all time? >> i think he is, arguably, the greatest baseball player of all time, only one other him. ironically, i think its his god son, barry bonds. and that catch, i can remember watching that catch on a black and white tv off the bat of vick wurtz in the 1956 world series. its still stunning to see it today. >> and you watched it through a furniture store on main street. >> in fitsberg,...

>> i think they got it better now. >> reporter: going into the communities, laundry stores, the community to make it more convenient. >> the greatest fear we find is the fear of the unknown. >> reporter: in kansas some businesses are offering incentives from wellness points to burger deals. >> i thought it was a great way to get people excited. >> in new york, the traditional sounds of summer are returning sooner than expected, with yankee stadium and mets citi field admitting larger crowds late...

Good for him and great for baltimore. >> by the way, the orioles only three games out. meanwhile, americas falling in love, mika, with this new york yankees team as theyve won five in a row. only one game back of the sox in the loss column. theres a real love affair in the country right now, you can feel it with this scrappy group. >> nope. thank you, willie. good try. also with us, we have chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," peter baker and co-host of showtimes "the circus...