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Getting to the World Series isn’t easy. Winning one is even harder. FOX 35 spoke with former Red Sox pitcher and Lake Mary resident Curtis Leskanic about what it's like to win the World Series.

In order to gain relevance for the franchise, the San Diego Padres need to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants. The Padres are close to

One could argue that Tony La Russa is living in the past. The 76-year-old White Sox manager gave that impression once again this week when he publicly admonished his own player, Yermín Mercedes, for the crime of hitting a home run on a 3-0 count against a position player pitching in Chicagos blowout win. La Russa deemed the act disrespectful to the game, and he even said he was fine with the Twins, Mercedes’ victim, throwing at his star rookie the next day. When La Russa was last a manager,...

May 15th, 2021 Share Joe Smith is on the precipice of history. With Smith’s next appearance, he will become the 51st pitcher in MLB history to appear in at least 800 games, a testament to the veteran’s success and longevity. “It’s pretty cool, man, just to be around this long and still pitching and still getting outs and knowing you can still do this thing,” Smith said. “But 1,000 was, or is, the goal. It just makes you realize how hard that number is to get to.” Smith fondly reca...

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Top 60 All-Time Jays: #3 Jose Bautista Share this story Jose Antonio Bautista | RF, 3B | 2008-2017 Jose Bautista was born on October 19, 1980, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was the Pirates 20th round draft pick in the 2000 draft. Jose played college ball in the states, making him eligible for the draft. The Orioles took Jose in the Rule 5 draft before the 2004 season. He played a handful of games with them, and then the Rays claimed him off waivers. From there he went to the Roy...

Yotpo selects GTC for Managed SMS Procurement Services Media Links Thursday 4 March 2021 - Proving its expertise as a Managed SMS Procurement Services provider, Global Telco Consult (GTC) is pleased to announce its new strategic partnership with Yotpo, a leading eCommerce Marketing Platform that’s been listed in the Forbes Cloud 100, the definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world. While SMS has become an essential communication channel that supports the brands on Y...

Top 60 All-Time Blue Jays: #29 Aaron Hill Share this story Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Aaron Walter Hill | 2B | 2005 - 2011 So somehow I skipped Aaron, so here he is at 29th, and I’ve moved Stewart, Mulliniks, and Gruber up a spot. Sorry, Aaron. Aaron Hill had a 13-year MLB career, the first six and a half seasons with the Blue Jays. He was our first-round draft pick (13th overall) in 2003. He turned out to be one of the better first-round picks in that draft. Of the 12 guys picke...

Jan 30, 2021 Barcelona – More powerful storms are battering people and economies harder, with the poor suffering the worst losses, an annual climate risk index showed, as leaders were urged to ramp up their response to climate change impacts at a global adaptation summit on Monday. The index for 2019, from research group Germanwatch, showed that Mozambique and Zimbabwe were the two countries hardest-hit by extreme weather. Both were struck by Idai, the deadliest and costliest cyclone...

Forbes GLOBAL Climate Risk Index 2021 released on January 25 shows signs of escalating climate change across all continents and regions. This is the 16th edition of the annual report by Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch that analyses the extent to which countries and regions have been affected by climate-related extreme weather events such floods, storms, heatwaves etc. and ranks them. In 2019, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and the Bahamas were the hardest hit by extreme weather events, th...