Day: August 3, 2022

The Chicago White Sox did not add a bat at the trade deadline. But the team’s erratic offense clicked Tuesday, as José Abreu and Gavin Sheets homered while Eloy Jiménez drove in four in a 9-2 victory against the Kansas City Royals. Jiménez paced the Sox with three of the team’s 14 hits in front…

The Chicago White Sox did not add a bat at the trade deadline. But the team’s erratic offense clicked Tuesday, as José Abreu and Gavin Sheets homered while Eloy Jiménez drove in four in a 9-2 victory against the Kansas City Royals. Jiménez paced the Sox with three of the team’s 14 hits in front…

On a day the Yankees traded away one of their starting pitchers, Jameson Taillon made that decision look even more questionable. The right-hander continued to struggle and the Bombers’ offense couldn’t keep up as the Mariners beat the Yankees 8-6 at the Stadium. The Yankees (70-35) have split the first two games of the series…

As Jordan Lyles packed for the Orioles’ series in Cincinnati and Texas, he stuffed his suitcase with more clothing than he typically would for a six-game road trip. That, he said Monday, was the only consideration he had given to the possibility he might be traded during it. Those clothes will go unneeded, and the…

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres are close to acquiring superstar outfielder Juan Soto from the Washington Nationals on Tuesday in one of baseball’s biggest deals at the trade deadline, vaulting their postseason chances by adding one of the game’s best young hitters. A person with direct knowledge of the move told The Associated…

Southern California lost its voice Tuesday. Vin Scully was more than just a baseball announcer. He arrived in Los Angeles in 1958, migrating from Brooklyn with the rest of the Dodgers, and he was here because Walter O’Malley resisted the suggestions from the locals to hire an L.A. guy to do the games. And not…

Vin Scully, the radio and TV icon who called Dodgers games from broadcast booths in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died on Tuesday at age 94. Scully started calling games for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950, not long after he graduated from Fordham, where he helped start the student-run radio station, WFUV. When the Dodgers left…

By Ellen Knickmeyer | Associated Press WASHINGTON — When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew into Taiwan on an Air Force passenger jet Tuesday, she became the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island. China announced military maneuvers in retaliation, even as Taiwanese officials welcomed her and she headed to her hotel.…

As the Orioles looked ahead to what the coming weeks might hold for them after Trey Mancini was traded to the Houston Astros, many noted it created an opportunity for others to step up. Many an Oriole did exactly that in Monday’s 7-2 victory over the Texas Rangers, coming hours after Mancini, their longest-tenured player…

Q: Who is the better fit next to Kyle Lowry in the starting unit, Victor Oladipo or Tyler Herro? – Eddie, South Bend, Ind. A: First it remains to be seen how the Heat handle power forward. But assuming a lineup of Bam Adebayo at center, Jimmy Butler at small forward and Kyle Lowry at…

As evening approached the giant waves at the Wedge had began to diminish but that didn’t stop surfers from catching the last of the big waves in Newport Beach on Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) Clara Whitcomb, 24, reacts as Baby Funk jumps out of her stroller while cruising…