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Marlins and Phillies meet to decide series winner

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

Philadelphia Phillies (48-40, third in the NL East) vs. Miami Marlins (52-39, second in the NL East)Miami; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Phillies: Aaron Nola (8-5, 4.30 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 114 strikeouts); Marlins: Jesus Luzardo (7-5, 3.32 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 120 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Marlins -121, Phillies +102; over/under is 7 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: Both the Miami Marlins and the Philadelphia Phillies are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.Miami has a 52-39 record overall and a 29-18 record in home games. The Marlins are 39-20 in games when they record eight or more hits.Philadelphia has a 48-40 record overall and a 26-24 record in road games. The Phillies have gone 15-6 in games when they did not give up a home run.Sunday’s game is the sixth meeting between these teams this season. The Marlins hold a 3-2 advantage in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Jorge Soler has 18 doubles, 23 home runs and 51 RBI while hitting .254 for the Marlins. Lui...

Milwaukee Brewers play the Cincinnati Reds Sunday

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

Cincinnati Reds (50-40, first in the NL Central) vs. Milwaukee Brewers (48-42, second in the NL Central)Milwaukee; Sunday, 2:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Reds: Ben Lively (0-0); Brewers: Wade Miley (5-2, 3.36 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 38 strikeouts)BOTTOM LINE: The Milwaukee Brewers host the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.Milwaukee is 25-21 at home and 48-42 overall. The Brewers have a 25-7 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.Cincinnati has a 50-40 record overall and a 27-19 record in road games. Reds hitters have a collective .419 slugging percentage to rank 10th in MLB.The teams meet Sunday for the seventh time this season. The Brewers are ahead 4-2 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Christian Yelich leads the Brewers with a .282 batting average, and has 18 doubles, two triples, 11 home runs, 46 walks and 46 RBI. William Contreras is 14-for-41 with a home run and seven RBI over the past 10 games.Spencer Steer has 19 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 51 RBI for the Reds. ...

Pirates head into matchup against the Diamondbacks on losing streak

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

Pittsburgh Pirates (40-49, fourth in the NL Central) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (52-38, first in the NL West)Phoenix; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Carmen Mlodzinski (1-1, 2.61 ERA, 1.07 WHIP, eight strikeouts); Diamondbacks: Zach Davies (1-4, 6.52 ERA, 1.57 WHIP, 39 strikeouts)BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates look to stop a four-game slide with a win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.Arizona has a 26-23 record in home games and a 52-38 record overall. Diamondbacks hitters have a collective .327 on-base percentage, the ninth-best percentage in the majors.Pittsburgh has an 18-28 record on the road and a 40-49 record overall. The Pirates have a 26-5 record in games when they scored five or more runs.Sunday’s game is the sixth time these teams square off this season. The Diamondbacks are up 4-1 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Corbin Carroll leads the Diamondbacks with 18 home runs while slugging .557. Alek Thomas is 9-for-34 with two doubles, a home run and ...

14 promesas que Donald Trump ha hecho en su campaña para un segundo mandato

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

(CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump se ha lanzado a la campaña de 2024 y está ofreciendo a los votantes un anticipo de cómo podría ser una segunda presidencia de Trump si resulta elegido.Ha hecho muchas promesas de campaña –muchas de las cuales suelen ser vagas y carentes de detalles o especificaciones–, entre ellas poner fin a la guerra en Ucrania, construir 10 nuevas ciudades y aplicar la pena de muerte a los contrabandistas de drogas.Estas son algunas de las políticas que dice que promulgaría si es elegido para un segundo mandato.Cárteles de la droga“Los cárteles de la droga están haciendo la guerra a Estados Unidos, y ha llegado el momento de que Estados Unidos haga la guerra a los cárteles”, dijo el expresidente Donald Trump en un video de campaña en enero.Si es elegido, Trump dijo en su anuncio de campaña de noviembre de 2022 que pediría al Congreso que garantice que los contrabandistas de drogas y los traficantes de personas puedan recibir la pena de muerte...

Zelenskyy brings home five Azov battalion commanders from Turkey

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned to Ukraine on Saturday bringing home with him five former Azov battalion commanders who had fought in the battle over Mariupol. The Kremlin accused Turkey of violating the prisoner-exchange agreement that was signed last year.“We are returning home from Türkiye and bringing our heroes home,” Zelenskyy wrote on social media. “Ukrainian soldiers Denys Prokopenko, Svyatoslav Palamar, Serhiy Volynsky, Oleh Khomenko and Denys Shleha. They will finally be with their relatives.”  The Ukrainian president hugged the servicemen at the Istanbul airport and flew them home with him. Upon news of the release, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia had not been informed and that Turkey had promised to keep the former prisoners on its home soil. The move “goes against the terms of existing agreements,”Peskov said. “The conditions of return were violated by both the Turkish and Kyiv sides.”

Boston City Council dysfunction turning off candidates, incumbent says

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

The field is set for the at-large Boston City Council race, with longtime Councilor Michael Flaherty’s decision to drop out eliminating the need for a primary election.Eight candidates, including three incumbents and five challengers, are vying for four at-large seats, and will face off in the Nov. 7 general election.A preliminary election, set for Sept. 12, would have determined the top eight at-large candidates for the November ballot, and is therefore no longer needed for that particular City Council race, according to the Boston Election Department.Resignation opens up a citywide raceFlaherty withdrew his name from consideration Wednesday, after serving for 20 non-consecutive years on the Council, a decision that surprised several of his would-be challengers who suddenly found themselves vying for an open seat.“I’m still in shock over it. That just totally threw me for a loop yesterday,” Bridget Nee-Walsh, an at-large candidate and self-described supporter of Flaherty, told the ...

Locals await fate in MLB Draft

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

When the Major League Baseball Draft begins Sunday night, a pair of New Englanders are sure to hear their names called.Philips Andover’s Thomas White is poised to be a first-round selection as the left-hander has dazzled scouts with a fastball that gets into the upper 90s. While White holds a commitment to Vanderbilt, those around the league expect White to sign should the money be somewhere around his asking price.White is represented by The Boras Corporation and is currently projected as the No. 25 overall pick to the San Diego Padres by MLB.com, although many evaluators think he may go higher. If White is not selected in the first round, it is likely due to the fact that he has told organizations he is determined to play for the Commodores.Worcester Academy’s own and current Maryland junior Matt Shaw is also expected to be selected in the first round. Shaw is seen as one of the more polished bats in the draft due to his ability to hit for power out of a middle infield...

Luis Suárez, only Spanish man to win Ballon d’Or, has died

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Luis Suárez Miramontes, the so-called “Golden Galician” who is the only Spanish man to win soccer’s most prestigious individual award, the Ballon d’Or, has died, according to former club Inter Milan. He was 88.Inter did not indicate the cause of Suárez’s death when announcing his passing on Sunday.Although born in the northwest Spanish region of Galicia, the midfielder won the bulk of his trophies in Italy with Inter, including the European Cup in 1964 and 1965 and three Italian league titles. Suárez moved to Inter from Barcelona after winning two Spanish league titles.“Sadly his greatest and most successful period came when he was no longer a Barca player,” Barcelona’s website noted.Suárez won the Ballon d’Or in 1960 and was runner-up in 1961 and 1964. He played on Spain’s team that won the 1964 European Championship, its first major title.After retiring in 1973, Suárez had three spells coaching Int...

Ask Amy: He said hurtful things about my wedding, and now I’m expected to fix our rift

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

Dear Amy: My wife and I were fortunate enough to get married in Tuscany two years ago. We had a small guest list of immediate family and our closest friends. Neither of us had been married before.When we hand-delivered our “save the dates,” we said we understood that a trip to Italy was a big request, even with four days of food and lodging provided, and that we understood if people couldn’t make the trip.With two COVID delays, circumstances prevented two of my friends and their spouses from being able to attend.A third friend, “Donny,” informed me in the most hurtful way that he and his wife, “Linda,” would not be making the trip.Donny broke this news to me by stating that my wedding was a major inconvenience to them with all of the delays, and that they had other priorities in life I was preventing them from accomplishing (one of the specific priorities mentioned was an all-inclusive drinking trip with another couple).Linda reached out once, and I informed her exactly why I was hu...

This Week, America Failed to Get Josh Hawley to Feel Shame

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:57:29 GMT

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., delivers remarks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., on June 23, 2023.Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThis July 4, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley got on Twitter and quoted founding father Patrick Henry. According to Hawley, Henry told the world that “[i]t cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” This immediately generated vast Twitter unhappiness because Henry, while a devout Anglican, never said this.You might hope Hawley would have absorbed this reality and graciously acknowledged his error. After all, he’s a human being and so presumably can feel shame. He was a history major at Stanford and then got a law degree at Yale. He just wrote a book called “Manhood,” which tells us that to be a man is “to live the truth, to s...