The Manager of the Year award is more about narrative than anything else. Outside of wins and losses, there aren’t really statistics to gauge how well a manager is doing in a given season. It’s more about feeling, guidance and the environment they foster over the course of 162 games, a period when players and…
Day: August 23, 2022
Heavy rains cause flooding across Dallas-Fort Worth area
Associated Press DALLAS — Heavy rains across the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads. “The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight,” said Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. He said that…
Dodgers can’t solve Eric Lauer, lose to Brewers
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers wore their City Connect uniforms on Monday night. Eric Lauer still recognized them. The 27-year-old left-hander added another start to his history of success against the Dodgers, holding them scoreless for the first five innings of a 4-0 shutout victory for the Milwaukee Brewers. The Dodgers had a stretch of…
Game Day: Watching the NL Cy Young contest close up
Editor’s note: This is the Tuesday Aug. 23 edition of the “Game Day with Kevin Modesti” newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here. Good morning. That sound you hear is the National League Cy Young Award race roaring through L.A. There’s other news: The Dodgers showed confidence in Max Muncy, $13.5…
Nets’ statement further cools speculation of possible Kevin Durant-Miami Heat trade
For the past two months the Miami Heat have gone from a destination of choice for Kevin Durant, to a team on the outside looking in when it came to a potential trade, to the Heat themselves making it known they were prepared to move forward with the roster in place. Now it appears the…
ASK IRA: Will Udonis Haslem’s last Heat dance be as an active participant?
Q: Now that Udonis Haslem has re-signed, do you think that he will be utilized more often? After all, his number of rebounds speaks something about what he can do. – Jack, Pompano Beach. A: But the overwhelming number of those rebounds came a decade ago. This is not the same player, clearly without the…
Brian Cashman gives Aaron Boone the dreaded vote of confidence
Amid their month-long slide, fans have booed owner Hal Steinbrenner, ripped GM Brian Cashman and chanted to have Aaron Boone fired. Monday, before the Yankees took on the Mets in the first game of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium, Cashman gave Boone and his coaches a vote of confidence. “Being a manager of the…
Kevin Durant staying with Nets after trade drama comes to an end as sides ‘agree to move forward with our partnership’
Suddenly, the dust settled and the drama came to an end, and the Nets returned to their post as championship contenders — if not favorites. The Nets announced in a joint statement with Kevin Durant’s media company Boardroom that the superstar forward and his agent, Rich Kleiman, sat down and came to an agreement with…
Travel: A journey to the Marquesas will immerse you in island spirits
Wearing choker necklaces made of boar tusks, traditionally tattooed Marquesan men fiercely grunt performing the “Pig Dance” alongside a hallowed banyan tree where cannibals buried skulls of ritualistically eaten victims. At another sacred archeological site, I fixate on an ancient 8-foot-tall red rock tiki, supposedly a once-mighty warrior chief, now lingering among jungly coconut palms.…
11 Windows 11 (22H2) Tips You Should Know
Windows 11 got updated recently! After the developer release of Windows 11 22H2 got published in early 2022, Microsoft introduced a bunch of new features targeting its user community. That is, Windows 11 22H2 packs in a whole list of features, fixes, and improvements everyone was waiting for — including me. Surprisingly, there is a…
Dodgers can’t solve Eric Lauer, lose to Brewers
LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers wore their City Connect uniforms on Monday night. Eric Lauer still recognized them. The 27-year-old left-hander added another start to his history of success against the Dodgers, holding them scoreless for the first five innings of a 4-0 shutout victory for the Milwaukee Brewers. The Dodgers had a stretch of…
ASK IRA: Will Udonis Haslem’s last Heat dance be as an active participant?
Q: Now that Udonis Haslem has re-signed, do you think that he will be utilized more often? After all, his number of rebounds speaks something about what he can do. – Jack, Pompano Beach. A: But the overwhelming number of those rebounds came a decade ago. This is not the same player, clearly without the…
Brian Cashman gives Aaron Boone the dreaded vote of confidence
Amid their month-long slide, fans have booed owner Hal Steinbrenner, ripped GM Brian Cashman and chanted to have Aaron Boone fired. Monday, before the Yankees took on the Mets in the first game of the Subway Series at Yankee Stadium, Cashman gave Boone and his coaches a vote of confidence. “Being a manager of the…
11 Windows 11 (22H2) Tips You Should Know
Windows 11 got updated recently! After the developer release of Windows 11 22H2 got published in early 2022, Microsoft introduced a bunch of new features targeting its user community. That is, Windows 11 22H2 packs in a whole list of features, fixes, and improvements everyone was waiting for — including me. Surprisingly, there is a…
Heavy rains cause flooding across Dallas-Fort Worth area
Associated Press DALLAS — Heavy rains across the Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads. “The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the heaviest rain overnight,” said Daniel Huckaby, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. He said that…
4 takeaways from Jets’ preseason victory over Falcons
Several veterans didn’t play during the Jets 24-16 victory against the Atlanta Falcons Monday night. Among them were quarterback Joe Flacco, wide receivers Corey Davis and Elijah Moore, defensive end Carl Lawson and linebacker C.J. Mosley. With the Jets scheduled to have a joint practice against the Giants Thursday afternoon, Jets coach Robert Saleh thought…
Best Project Management Software for Remote Teams
Working with a remote team is all the rage now, not only for established companies but also for small startups, as well as individuals who are working on their own projects. If you’re working with a team and/or on multiple projects, then a project management tool would be best to help you organize daily tasks…
Kyle Hendricks sets his sights on 2023 after shutting down for the rest of the Chicago Cubs season: ‘I need to produce and perform’
Any hopes of Kyle Hendricks starting another game for the Chicago Cubs this year officially ended Monday. Hendricks was shut down for the rest of the season because of a capsular tear in his right shoulder, which lengthened the rehab process and ultimately prevented a return in 2022. The injury stems from a chronic issue…
Alexander: Is Craig Kimbrel on the clock as Dodgers’ closer?
LOS ANGELES — It is part of the fabric of baseball, as we’ve written in This Space before, and in fact it might even qualify as one of the game’s unwritten rules: Every fan base hates its team’s bullpen sooner or later. Yes, even the fans of The Team That Has (Almost) Everything. Many of…
Five things we learned from Ravens 2022 training camp
The Ravens will begin a new phase of preparations for the season when they return to practice Tuesday with no fans in attendance and the final reduction to a 53-man roster looming next week. After three weeks of training camp and two preseason games, most of their plans are set, but a few positional battles…