Ohtani still on track to be the first 50-50

Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE).- “The divorce has done more for the world peacethat the United Nations”… Joey Adams.-

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Question of the Week: Second inning of the ninth inning, man on third base, who means the winning run, there is a squeeze play signal, so the runner goes out to the plate and the batter He is about to touch the ball, but is interfered with by the catcher, who receives the ball and tags the runner well before stepping on the plate. The runner is out, what happens to the batter?

The Answer: The batter goes to first because of the interference, the runner scores on a run, the ball becomes dead and the home club wins the game.

CELEBRATE IN TEXAS

The champion Texas Rangers are celebrating, despite the terrible year they’ve had, because the valuable Jacob deGrom will start tomorrow’s game against the Mariners.

The 36-year-old deGrom has not pitched for 18 months, having undergone Tommy John surgery in April 2023. He finds his team in third place in the division with a 70-75 record. He has been busy with rehabilitation work, having appeared in four games with the home Double-A team.

DeGrom has won the Cy Young Award twice and is signed by the Rangers through 2027 for $115 million.

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“That friend of mine is so fertile that one day he urinated on a piece of land and a kindergarten grew out of it”… Happy Saturdays.-

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THE JAPANESE CONTINUES TOWARDS A GREAT FINISH

Prognosticator Josh Barton tells me that his latest polls rate Shohei Ohtani 450 to 275 to be the first in history to finish a season with 50 or more home runs and 50 or more stolen bases.

Barton points out that on August 19, the same poll gave results of only 225 yeses.

Another of their polls says Braves right-hander Chris Sale is going to win the Triple Crown. As of yesterday, he had a record of 16-3, 2.38 and 213 strikeouts.

NYPD AND FIREFIGHTERS

Today, Citi Field ceases to be the home of the Mets and becomes the stage for the glorious police and firefighters of New York.

Tonight there will be the “Battle of the Badges”, that is, two baseball teams will play, one made up of firefighters and the other of police officers.

They will charge $20 for admission and all proceeds will go to the charities sponsored by those two organizations.

ANOTHER INJURY FOR RENDON

Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon has landed on the injured list once again, now with pain in his lower back.

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“My husband is an angel.”

“How lucky you are! Mine is still alive.”

Thanks to life that has given me so much, including a reader like you.

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Venezuelan by birth, naturalized American. Born on January 10, 1929. He began working as a reporter in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1947, and later graduated in 1953 as a journalist from the Márquez Sterling School in Havana, Cuba. He graduated as a historian in 1963 from Saint Francis College in Andale, Minnesota. He has covered all types of sources in journalism, and has directed newspapers and magazines in Venezuela and the United States. Since October 1960, he has devoted himself exclusively to Major League Baseball. He was a radio and television commentator for Major League Baseball games for 22 years for Latin America, including Mexico. He has produced and broadcast numerous television programs on baseball. His daily column,

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