The Chicago White Sox on Saturday announced the signing of 2022 first-round pick Noah Schultz to a minor-league contract with a $2.8 million signing bonus. They selected the left-handed pitcher from Oswego East High School with the No. 26 pick in the MLB draft Sunday. The 6-foot-9 Schultz, 18, entered the draft ranked by Perfect…
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After the pandemonium of the first three days of Comic-Con International – the crowds, the noise, the rush – a visit to the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park felt like a soothing balm on jangled nerves. For nearly everyone in attendance, the main draw was “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition,” which celebrates 60…
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BALTIMORE — Aroldis Chapman seems to take one step forward and then one back. The Yankees’ former closer pitched a scoreless inning with two strikeouts against the Astros Thursday, which had manager Aaron Boone encouraged. Friday night, Chapman came in and gave up a three-run homer and had to be pulled after one out. “He’s…
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A landscaper was rescued from a tree after accidentally making contact with a power line, which electrocuted him just before 5 p.m. Saturday, officials said. Neighbors in the area of La Limonar Road and Arroyo Avenue in unincorporated Tustin called 911 after they heard the landscapers up in a tree calling out for help, Orange…
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Two truckloads of beagles, among 4,000 dogs freed from a Virginia breeding facility, arrived Saturday in Southern California after the first leg of a life-changing journey. Instead of likely living in a cage with the expectation of being used for medical research, the dogs can now look forward to romping in the grass, learning about…
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For two days this week in Los Angeles, Kyle Schwarber reunited with friends. The All-Star Game on Tuesday brought together Schwarber and former Chicago Cubs teammates Willson Contreras and Ian Happ, but by Aug. 2, Contreras and Happ could find themselves in the same spot as the Philadelphia Phillies slugger — as former Cubs. Contreras…
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ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves have sold out the first two games of this weekend’s series against the Angels, likely with many fans eager to get a look at Shohei Ohtani. The weekend couldn’t be going much better for them. A night after watching Ohtani pitch six dominant innings before imploding in a game the…
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The good news is that the Golden Globes are no longer the least credible awards in California. That honor now belongs to the Education Commission of the States, which awarded its 2022 Frank Newman Award for State Innovation to California for its record-breaking spending on education. The Commission said California earned the honor with its…
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LOS ANGELES ― Mookie Betts, Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman have batted first, second or third for the Dodgers in every game they have started this season. That includes the All-Star Game on Tuesday, in which all three represented the Dodgers on their home field. They have been the team’s most valuable players when healthy.…
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AJ Pollock hit a long fly down the left-field line. For a moment, it looked as if the Chicago White Sox were going to take the lead in the eighth inning of Game 1 of a split doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians. But the ball kept hooking and landed foul. Just the way things have…
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