DENVER — Baseball can be poetic, and for Starling Marte, this was one of those moments. Marte, on the first pitch he saw since returning from the bereavement list following his grandmother’s sudden death, crushed a home run off Rockies right-hander German Marquez and parked it in the left-center field seats at Coors Field in…
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Considering the Orlando Magic’s draft lottery history, nothing is easy during the scouting process that culminates with the NBA draft in New York. But when taking into account what lies ahead for them, the easier part is behind the Magic. Orlando landing the No. 1 pick in the June 23 draft gave the Magic full…
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A Beverly Hills salon owner who was caught on video urging on other rioters breaching the Capitol building during the Jan. 6 insurrection is attempting to back out of part of her plea deal and withdraw a guilty plea to the most serious charge she previously admitted to. Arguing that Gina Bisignano did not know…
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Trekking through the shaded canopies and trailers offering services along West Struck Avenue in Orange on Saturday, May 21, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter often broke away from the guided excursion to chat up someone eating a meal or walking by. Was the food they’d been served any good? And where were they sleeping…
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FULLERTON >> Before the Tesoro baseball team left its campus Saturday to play in the CIF-SS Division 4 championship game at Cal State Fullerton, coach Tony Nieto told his team to “just follow the script” of pitching and defense. The Titans did just that and beat Fullerton 3-0 to win the first CIF baseball championship…
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DENVER — The snow out didn’t stop the Mets from continuing their winning ways. The Mets beat the Rockies, 5-1, in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Coors Field on Saturday behind 5.1 solid innings from Carlos Carrasco and an early outburst from the offense. The Mets matched their season-high three-game winning streak by taking…
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FULLERTON – History was made in more ways than one. Estancia won its first CIF Southern Section baseball championship Saturday with a 2-1 win over Anaheim in the Division 6 final at Cal State Fullerton. Also, Anaheim’s Jillian Albayati was the first girl to pitch in a CIF-SS baseball championship game. Also unusual was the…
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BALTIMORE — Early Voting held off hard-charging favorite Epicenter to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, validating the decision to skip the Kentucky Derby and aim for the second leg of the Triple Crown. Early Voting stalked behind the leaders for much of the race before moving into the lead around the final turn. He…
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New York Yankees designated hitter Josh Donaldson ran between second and third base after Isiah Kiner-Falefa ended the third inning by flying out to right Saturday at Yankee Stadium. That’s when Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson said Donaldson “made a disrespectful comment.” “Basically tried to call me Jackie Robinson, ‘What’s up, Jackie?’ ” Anderson…
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Ryan Mountcastle pulled into the parking lot at Camden Yards on Saturday and noticed an increase in the number of autograph seekers near the players’ entrance. He was set to come off the injured list that afternoon, and yet the return of the young slugger to the Orioles’ lineup was far from the day’s biggest…
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