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MLB uses Atlantic League to test more rule changes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

By DAVID BRANDT (AP Sports Writer)PHOENIX (AP) — Major League Baseball isn’t done tinkering with potential rule changes for the sport.The league announced a series of experimental rules Tuesday that will be used in the Atlantic League this season, including a designated pinch runner, “double-hook” designated hitter rule and further limitations on a pitcher’s ability to make pickoff moves.The designated pinch runner rule allows a player who is not in the starting lineup to be used at any point of the game as a substitute baserunner. The player who was subbed out, as well as the pinch runner, would still be able to return to the game.The “double-hook” designated hitter rule allows teams to use the DH throughout the game as long as the starting pitcher throws at least five innings. If that doesn’t occur, the team loses its DH and the pitcher’s spot would bat for the remainder of the game. The rule was also used in the Atlantic Leagu...

Video released in Wilmington hit-and-run crash that left pedestrian severely injured

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

Police on Tuesday released video of a Wilmington hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian severely injured last year.The crash occurred around 4 p.m. Oct. 9 near the intersection of L and Figueroa streets, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.The pedestrian was crossing on Figueroa when he was struck by a white four-door Chevrolet sedan — possibly a Malibu or Impala — making a left turn.The vehicle struck the pedestrian and “the force of the impact caused the pedestrian to go airborne and collide with the roadway,” police said in a news release.The driver continued north on Figueroa without stopping to help the injured man.The victim was taken to a hospital with severe injuries, police said.The short video clip released Tuesday shows the victim putting his arms out in front of him as if trying to stop the driver. The video stops right before impact.A taco truck can be seen heading in the opposite direction when the crash occurred. A reward of up to $25,000 is being offered...

Man arrested after knife-wielding suspect forces lockdown at Riverside City College

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

Students and faculty at Riverside City College were ordered to shelter in place for hours Tuesday due to a standoff with a man who was seen carrying a knife on campus, authorities said. He was taken into custody at around noon.The lockdown order was issued around 9:30 a.m., when the suspect was originally barricaded somewhere on campus, officials said. The man fled into a wash near the football field when law enforcement arrived, according to KTLA reporter Rich Prickett.Riverside police officers and county sheriff’s deputies contacted the suspect and sent a robot into the wash, aerial footage showed.Sky5 footage shows the suspect in custody near another entrance to the wash. April 18, 2023. (KTLA)According to Sky5 reporter Rich Prickett, the man who was seen with the knife was originally barricaded on campus but fled into a wash near the football field when law enforcement arrived. April 18, 2023. (KTLA)Students and faculty at Riverside City College were told to shelter-in-place due...

Senate GOP pops Feinstein Judiciary replacement balloon 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

Republicans on Monday put up a blockade against the Democratic push to temporarily replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee, saying there is no chance they’ll take a step that will effectively allow President Joe Biden’s most partisan judicial nominations to advance.GOP senators of all stripes lined up in opposition Monday as they returned to the Capitol from a two-week recess partially headlined by questions about when Feinstein would be back. The six-term senator has been absent since late February due to a case of shingles, leaving the Judiciary panel deadlocked 10-10 and unable to pass partisan nominees along for floor votes.“I, for one, am not going to help President Biden’s most unqualified nominees to get confirmed. I don’t think you’ll see us help in that effort,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), a senior member of the panel and a key ally of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).At least five Republicans on the Judiciary Committee ...

Kush Kriminals Makes Their Cannabis Invasion at Los Angeles Event

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

Do you like sci-fi? Do you like weed? Do you like to party? Then we have the can’t-miss event for you.The Kush Kriminals®, a brand-new entertainment brand backed by major Hollywood talent, is celebrating their cannabis premiere with a big bash this Saturday, April 22, at Cookies® Woodland Hills.Open and free to the public, the launch party will include DJs, food trucks, cannabis discounts, a live interactive storytelling experience, and surprise appearances from celebrities and influences. It’s another example of how Kush Kriminals is “dedicated to creating a community and rewarding our fans,” said Kush Kriminals founder, Nik Buitch.With custom strains such as Pluto Twilight (indica), Martian Sunrise (sativa), and Asteroid Dreams (hybrid), Kush Kriminals-branded flower will be available at the event, in addition to stores like Lemonade® Van Nuys, Cookies® Denver, and Cookies® Commerce City in Colorado. Prerolls and concentrates are also on the horizon.Described as “what if Blade Run...

Athletics set to promote flame-throwing right-hander Mason Miller

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

OAKLAND — With their pitching staff in shambles and in the midst of the woeful start to the season, the Athletics are planning to promote prize prospect Mason Miller from Triple-A Las Vegas, the Bay Area News Group has learned.Miller, 25, struck out 11 batters in five innings in his recent start against the Salt Lake City Bees with 24 of his 63 pitches registering 100-plus miles per hour.First reported by the Chronicle, Miller, 24, is due to arrive in Oakland possibly as soon as Tuesday and could wind up starting Wednesday’s getaway-day game at the Coliseum against the Chicago Cubs.Besides the velocity, the quality that A’s manager Mark Kotsay and pitching coach Scott Emerson will appreciate is control. Miller did not walk a batter against Salt Lake City. The only base runner came on a dropped third strike. In two games, the first with Double-A Midland, Miller has struck out 19 batters with no walks in 8 2/3 innings.A third-round draft pick out of Gardner-Webb in 2...

Kurtenbach: Draymond Green deserved his ejection, but a Game 3 suspension would be overkill

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

Draymond Green is adamant that there was nowhere else for his foot to go.To hear him detail the situation, Green had to stomp on Domantas Sabonis’ chest after the Kings’ center gave the Warrior’s legs a bear hug.I don’t know about that, but I do know that it would be overkill if the league suspended Green for Thursday’s Game 3 for that incident.What Sabonis did was dirty. You can’t go full Jeff Van Gundy and wrap yourself around your opponent’s legs.Related ArticlesGolden State Warriors | Warriors embracing ‘new challenge’ as they head home down 2-0 in series vs. Kings Golden State Warriors | The Warriors’ dynasty is on life support Golden State Warriors | Warriors drop physical Game 2 to Kings as Fox takes over late following Green ejection Golden State Warriors | Andrew Wiggins to return to starting lineup in Game 2 Golden State Warriors | Warriors...

Grateful Dead legend cancels concert ‘due to unforeseen circumstances’

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

Grateful Dead fans will be disappointed to learn that the upcoming Phil Lesh & Friends show at Stanford University’s Frost Amphitheater has been canceled.Bassist-bandleader Lesh, who is enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Grateful Dead, made the announcement via his Instagram account.No reason — beyond “unforeseen circumstances” — was given for the cancellation.“Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Phil Lesh & Friends show on May 5, 2023 at Frost Amphitheater has been canceled,” the Instagram post reads. “Tickets will be refunded automatically at the original point of purchase. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.“We’re sad to miss you all in Palo Alto next month, but we will see you back in the Bay Area soon!”Lesh and Friends last performed at Frost Amphitheater in June 22. (Read our review of that concert here.)Related ArticlesMusic | Phil Lesh and...

‘Clean up after your own kids!’ Anthony Bass told his wife was responsible for kids’ United Airlines mess

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

Sydney Rae Bass, the influencer wife of Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass and sister of country superstar Jessie James Decker, isn’t getting the outpouring of sympathy she thinks she deserves for a recent situation she says she endured while flying on United Airlines with her young children.In fact, the MLB star and and his equally famous sister-in-law sparked a fierce Twitter debate about parenting, personal accountability and celebrity entitlement when they took to social media to complain that Sydney Rae Bass, 22 weeks pregnant, was “humiliated” when a flight attendant asked her to clean up the popcorn that her daughters, 2 and 5, had spilled in the plane’s aisle.Sydney Bass and Jessie James Decker attend Jessie James Decker x JustFab Launch Event at Urban Cowboy Public House on October 03, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Danielle Del Valle/Getty Images for JustFab.com) In a since-expired Instagram story, Decker told a dramatic tale of he...

4 shot dead in Maine home; highway gunfire follows

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:42:51 GMT

By Patrick Whittle and David Sharpe | Associated PressYARMOUTH, Maine — Four people were fatally shot in a Maine home, and three others were shot and wounded on a highway 25 miles away, in a pair of crimes that were linked, state police said. One person was in custody.The bodies were found in a home in Bowdoin a short time before three people were shot in their vehicles to the south on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, authorities said.Maine State Police said the shootings were connected but didn’t immediately discuss a motive or identify the person in custody, police spokesperson Shannon Moss said.The shootings on I-295 led to a heavy police presence in Yarmouth, including officers carrying rifles. At one point, heavily armed officers peered inside the trunk of a car that had apparent bullet holes in the windshield at an off ramp. Witnesses told reporters they saw one person in handcuffs.Yarmouth is a community of 9,000 about 12 miles north of Portland, the state’s largest ci...