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WASHINGTON (AP) — After Tim Locastro’s 29-steal streak to start his major league career ended, Arizona’s center fielder immediately knew something was wrong with his left pinkie finger. “Saw it was not facing the right way,” Locastro said. “Looked down again and got worried and saw some blood.” Locastro is expected to head to the injured list after dislocating that finger when he was thrown out at second base Saturday by Washington catcher Yan Gomes, who also homered and drove in ...

America’s pastime must inspire, not divide Rep. Roger Williams © Provided by Washington Examiner Baseball is America’s favorite pastime: a sport that bridges political divides and unifies the nation in its darkest hour. When the United States entered World War I in 1918, citizens were forced to gather around the war effort, contributing their whole livelihoods to the cause. While the uncertainty of the war loomed overhead, a crowd of 19,274 gathered for the Fall Classic b...

Print this article Baseball is America’s favorite pastime: a sport that bridges political divides and unifies the nation in its darkest hour. When the United States entered World War I in 1918, citizens were forced to gather around the war effort, contributing their whole livelihoods to the cause. While the uncertainty of the war loomed overhead, a crowd of 19,274 gathered for the Fall Classic baseball game at Comiskey Park. As the Star-Spangled Banner played during the seventh-inning stre...

Academy Notebook: Rangers Youth Academy athlete earns spot on Mexico’s Junior National Team; April events at the Youth Academy Share share-square-1110678 Academy Notebook: Rangers Youth Academy athlete earns spot on Mexico’s Junior National Team; April events at the Youth Academy Youth Academy athlete Ximena Zamarron joins Mexico’s Junior National Team 7:07 PM UTC share-square-1110679 Last Saturday, the Youth Academy’s very own Ximena Zamarron earned her spot on Mexico’...

Driver Nov 5, 2019 A Purdue University engineering student said he denied the purchase of over-the-counter cold medicine by a CVS employee who refused to accept his Puerto Rican driver’s license and U.S. passport as valid identification and questioned his immigration status. Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens by birth. José Guzmán Payano, a junior at Purdue, went... HEAD Oct 31, 2019 One woman in her 80s tripped over another...

7 bold predictions for the 2021 Yankees | Gerrit Cole joins historic group Updated 6:20 AM; Facebook Share The Yankees are the favorites to reach the World Series, which would mark the franchise’s first appearance in the Fall Classic since 2009. The drought is 11 seasons in the Bronx, which is an eternity for this franchise. Introducing Yankees Insider: Here are seven bold predictions for the 2021 Yankees as a full 162-game season gets underway. will remind us of what he is: An all-time gr...

Soto, Turner, healthy rotation key for champ-to-chump Nats By HOWARD FENDRICHMarch 17, 2021 GMT WASHINGTON (AP) — Juan Soto and Trea Turner helped make the Washington Nationals’ offense go in their 2019 World Series title season, were the only true bright spots during a tied-for-last finish in a truncated 2020 and are expected to lead the lineup again in 2021. After so much turnover over the 18 months leading up to opening day on April 1, the team’s plans for putting its 26-34 record in t...

Time to right a historical wrong and give Altobelli his Orioles’ due There are 79 members of the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame, and, sadly, none of them is named Joe Altobelli. Despite being one of only three managers to skipper the Orioles to a World Series championship (Earl Weaver and Hank Bauer are the others), Alto doesn’t have a plaque on the brick wall along Oriole Park’s Eutaw Street walkway. That’s a darn shame. And a glaring omission. According to the Hall’s by-laws, Alto d...

share-square-1522594 One of the first rules of politics -- and business, and entertainment, and even sports -- is to minimize expectations. It’s better to surprise everyone watching you than disappoint them, right? But internally, those involved always have much more realistic, and often ambitious, expectations. They know what they can do … and should do. With that in mind, lets try to figure out what those are for each team. What is the top-shelf expectation? Do they expect to win the Worl...

The Los Angeles Dodgers are a champion with the blues. On the one hand, the team is ecstatic that they finally won the World Series in 2020, ending a 32-year drought. Download our NBC 7 mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. On the other hand, lifting the Commissioners Trophy inside Globe Life Field, nearly 1,500 miles away from Dodger Stadium can be melancholic to say the least. The Dodgers Game 6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays under normal circumst...