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DENVER As Raimel Tapia sank deeper into his slump during the last road trip, manager Bud Black mentioned that Tapia’s approach was to try softer, not drive himself crazy in the batting cage. With the bats he broke and helmets he tossed in frustration, there might not have been enough equipment left for him to do the extra cage work.
Tapia knew he had to relax, also. That trip began in New York, where many players from the Dominican Republic have friends and family in the area. For Tapia, it meant time with his older brother, Antonio Linares.
Cerritos High fall season senior athletes anxious to get games in
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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of recognizing the area high school seniors of the fall season sports who have had their seasons cancelled or limited because of COVID-19.
Cerritos High fields five athletic programs in the revised 2020-2021 fall season the CIF-Southern Section put together last July, and the seniors of those programs are crossing their fingers that they will have an opportunity to put their uniforms on at least one last time before their seasons officially come to an end. What once looked bleak a few months ago seems more promising based on the news the CIF-SS gave last Friday, in which the fall season sports can return to play as early as today if their county reaches at least 14 cases or fewer per 100,000.
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Jose Linares, an employee at Whole Foods Market in Portland, says the grocery store has too many employees, including pickers for home delivery orders, to maintain proper social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Two other employees expressed similar concerns in an affidavit. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer
Three Whole Foods Market workers are speaking out about what they describe as unsafe conditions at the Portland store, saying its successful Amazon home delivery service is contributing to overcrowding that makes it difficult for customers and employees to maintain proper physical distancing.
Jose Linares, who has worked at the store for a year, said Whole Foods doesn’t count “pickers” – employees who are shopping for home delivery customers – toward the number of shoppers allowed in the store, although their presence can clog aisles. He said it’s not unusual for 20 to 30 pickers to be working at a time, and they have no separate space to se