ANAHEIM ― Phil Nevin got his rookie mistake out of the way early. Tuesday, meeting with reporters for the first time after Joe Maddon was fired, the Angels’ interim manager was asked where Shohei Ohtani was hitting in that night’s game against the Boston Red Sox. Nevin couldn’t say. He hadn’t filled out the lineup…
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ANAHEIM — Almost two weeks ago, the Mets began their odyssey through the Golden State to play three of the five major-league teams based out of California. Then, the Mets had a 10.5-game lead over everyone else in the division. Then, they had just won a season-high six straight games. The atmosphere on that cross…
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Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Patrick Sandoval throws to a New York Mets batter during the first inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo) New York Mets starting pitcher Taijuan Walker throws to a Los Angeles Angels batter during the first inning of a baseball game in…
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Kyle Higashioka had started to lose time to Jose Trevino in their platoon because of his offense. It has not affected their close working relationship. In fact, Sunday, it was after Trevino gave Higashioka some advice on his swing that finally found the power the Yankees had been expecting. In his 101st plate appearance of…
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After playing in Triple-A for over a month, Matt Carpenter sat on his couch for a week pretty sure he could still do this. When the Yankees finally made the call to sign the veteran infielder, he proved he still can do it. The 36-year old hit two home runs and drove in seven runs…
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You’ve got to have thick skin to be a major-league manager, and no one alive has managed more major-league games than Tony La Russa. But being booed by your own fans has to sting a little, even for someone as grizzled as La Russa. So I asked the Chicago White Sox manager before Sunday’s 8-6…
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Joshua Specks walks west on Hollywood Blvd. during the annual LA Pride Parade in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 12, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) The annual LA Pride Parade travels west on Hollywood Blvd. on Sunday, June 12, 2022. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) The annual LA Pride Parade…
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San Francisco Giants’ Austin Slater, right, celebrates next to Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Austin Barnes, left, after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, June 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) San Francisco Giants third baseman Wilmer Flores fields a ground ball hit by Los Angeles Dodgers’…
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There was a hint of a smile as Anthony Santander rounded first base, and it wouldn’t be the last one the Orioles would flash Sunday at Kauffman Stadium. The ball had leaped off Santander’s bat, flying an estimated 455 feet and ending with a splash into the fountain beyond the right-center fence. The emphatic crack…
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Talk to any Laguna Woods Table Tennis Club member, and the word “passion” is bound to come up. These folks love their sport. And for many reasons. Igor Bloshtein, 60, has been playing table tennis for 10 years, switching to the sport after a lifetime of martial arts. “I turned to table tennis as a…
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