The Chicago White Sox had the right person at the plate in cleanup batter José Abreu, who leads the American League in hits. The Baltimore Orioles had Félix Bautista, who has a 100 mph fastball, on the mound. The bases were loaded with two outs in the eighth inning Tuesday at Camden Yards. The Sox…
Day: August 24, 2022
Barricade situation resolved in South Laguna Beach neighborhood
Police asked residents in a South Laguna Beach neighborhood to stay in their homes Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 23, while officers tried to get a 31-year-old man who had barricaded himself in a family member’s home to come outside, authorities said. Laguna Beach police were called to the home at 10:20 a.m. after their 9-1-1 dispatch…
Bishop Moore’s Ben DeLuca, Hagerty’s Jeff Driskel survive NFL 80-man rosters
It may have come as a surprise to many NFL insiders, but not likely to Ben DeLuca. The former Bishop Moore standout safety survived the next-to-last round of cuts Tuesday to earn a spot on the Los Angeles Chargers 80-man roster. NFL teams have until Saturday to finish trimming their rosters to the season limit…
Packing up supplies for a good school year
Alice Haseman, left, gets help making a card from Sales Director Debbie Marroquin at Park Plaza senior living in Orange, CA on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Twenty-four students at Palymra Elementary School in Orange will be receiving the backpacks filled with school supplies and a note of encouragement. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)…
Arlington Heights residents favor a Chicago Bears stadium — but not tax help, a libertarian poll finds. But the mayor is wary of the questioning.
A new poll commissioned by a self-described libertarian group found that a majority of Arlington Heights residents surveyed support the Chicago Bears moving from Soldier Field to their village, but oppose any tax subsidy to help the team do so. The poll, released Tuesday, found that 72% of respondents approved of the Bears’ proposal to…
Trayce Thompson drives in 4 runs as Dodgers pound Brewers
LOS ANGELES — Unless that Cash Considerations fella turns into an All-Star, this is going to go down as one very lopsided trade. Back in June, Trayce Thompson was putting up a .992 OPS at Triple-A with his second organization of the season and his ninth in the past five years. But somehow the dreadful…
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…
Yankees hold on to beat Mets in wild game, sweep Bronx portion of Subway Series
Sometimes a baseball game makes a lot of sense. A clean scorecard and box score can tell the whole story, showing exactly what happened and making it abundantly clear why one team beat the other. Then sometimes you get a game like the one the Yankees and Mets played on Tuesday night, where a base-running…
After Ryan Mountcastle’s home run early, Félix Bautista slams door late in Orioles’ 5-3 win over White Sox
As Omar Little’s whistle from “The Wire” played and a flashing light sequence followed at Camden Yards, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde stood on the mound with catcher Adley Rutschman and Baltimore’s infielders, waiting for closer Félix Bautista to reach the mound in a precarious eighth-inning situation. With the Orioles up two and two runners on…
Packing up supplies for a good school year
Alice Haseman, left, gets help making a card from Sales Director Debbie Marroquin at Park Plaza senior living in Orange, CA on Tuesday, August 23, 2022. Twenty-four students at Palymra Elementary School in Orange will be receiving the backpacks filled with school supplies and a note of encouragement. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG)…
‘Everybody has a different sense of confidence’: Why Roquan Smith’s return matters for the Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears have entered game-week preparation mode at Halas Hall, utilizing their regular-season practice and meeting routine to gear up for Saturday’s preseason finale against the Cleveland Browns. The team practiced Tuesday afternoon in Lake Forest and will return to the field Wednesday and Thursday. Here are four things we learned Tuesday. 1. Roquan…
Bishop Moore’s Ben DeLuca, Hagerty’s Jeff Driskel survive NFL 80-man rosters
It may have come as a surprise to many NFL insiders, but not likely to Ben DeLuca. The former Bishop Moore standout safety survived the next-to-last round of cuts Tuesday to earn a spot on the Los Angeles Chargers 80-man roster. NFL teams have until Saturday to finish trimming their rosters to the season limit…
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…
Arlington Heights residents favor a Chicago Bears stadium — but not tax help, a libertarian poll finds. But the mayor is wary of the questioning.
A new poll commissioned by a self-described libertarian group found that a majority of Arlington Heights residents surveyed support the Chicago Bears moving from Soldier Field to their village, but oppose any tax subsidy to help the team do so. The poll, released Tuesday, found that 72% of respondents approved of the Bears’ proposal to…
Why is Buck Showalter successful with the Mets? Simply put, he gets it
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…
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…
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…
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…
Biden reportedly set to forgive some student loan debt
By Seung Min Kim, Michael Balsamo, Chris Megerian and Zeke Miller | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday is set to announce his long-delayed move to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loans for many Americans and extend a pause on payments to January, according to three people familiar with the…