ST. PETERSBURG — Jameson Taillon isn’t about going out and proving anybody wrong. He’s here to prove the Yankees right. The right-hander is about showing the Yankees decision-makers that believing in him and the other starters when others doubted them was the right decision. Friday night, he showed that by throwing eight scoreless innings, combining…
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ANAHEIM ― The most recent photo on Juan Lagares’ Instagram feed was posted on April 19. He’s at a beachside cantina near his home in the Dominican Republic, sipping a beverage. His 8-year-old son is unseen, but father and son were together on the shore that afternoon. It was a good day. It’s not a…
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The Mets are living and dying with Pete Alonso’s power. They have won 10 of the 11 games that Alonso has homered in this season, and Friday night’s 8-6 win over the Phillies fell into the majority. Alonso cranked his 12th homer of the year in the third inning off Bailey Falter, a two-run 400-foot…
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The collapse of Anaheim’s deal to sell Angel Stadium to Angels owner Arte Moreno’s company looks like it will conclude without going to court. Officials for SRB Management, the partnership Moreno formed to buy the 150-acre stadium site, notified the city late Friday that they won’t fight the City Council’s decision Tuesday to void the…
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Observations and other notes of interest from Friday night’s 111-103 NBA playoff victory over the Boston Celtics: – Yes, Jimmy Butler had to call it a night at halftime of Game 3. – Yes, he hardly was his typical aggressive self in Game 4 and 5. – No matter what the Heat did, or did…
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The Miami Heat did not want it to end, and certainly not in a sea of green. More to the point, Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry did not want it to end, even when it seemed their bodies were getting the best of their 30-something selves. So make it a Game 7 Sunday at 8:30…
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By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON — Jimmy Butler had 47 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Miami Heat forced the Eastern Conference finals to a decisive seventh game by beating the Boston Celtics, 111-103, on Friday night. Ten years after LeBron James scored 45 points in Boston to help the Heat…
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For all the platitudes the Orioles give about their mentality — how they never give up — Friday night at Fenway Park was real, tangible evidence to support those statements. They trailed 6-0 after the second inning and 8-2 after the sixth inning. The Red Sox had jumped all over right-hander Kyle Bradish, scoring four…
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Katella High handed diplomas to its graduating class on Friday, May 27. The commencement featured cheering families and smiling grads as the seniors marked the end of their high school careers and the beginning of their bright futures. Students pose for a selfie just prior to Anaheim’s Katella High School graduation ceremony at Handel Stadium…
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The world according to Jim: • We were sure there would be little reason for Laker fans to pay attention to the NBA Finals. But there might indeed be a legitimate rooting interest. Should Boston advance to play the Golden State Warriors, in the series that begins next Thursday night in San Francisco’s Chase Center,…
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