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Twins clinch American League Central, punch ticket to playoffs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

Byron Buxton stood in front of his locker in a nearly empty clubhouse in Fort Myers, Fla., on a day in March, dreaming of new jewelry.“I want a ring,” Buxton, one of the longest-tenured members of the team, said that day. “I want something that got them diamonds (in) the end.”This, he said, was one of the best Twins teams he could recall. The talk in spring training was that as Buxton and Carlos Correa, the $200 million shortstop who re-signed with the Twins after a dramatic trip through free agency, went, so too would the Twins.But on that day in March, Buxton was instead touting that team’s depth, the depth that would eventually lead the Twins to their third American League Central title in the past five years. Buxton is still dreaming of that ring, but the Twins checked off one major milestone on their way, sealing a postseason berth on Friday with an 8-6 win over the Los Angeles Angels in front of a lively crowd at Target Field.In a season in which Correa and Buxton were hampere...

New regulations for high school sport spectators

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. (NEWS10) - Football season is kicking off across the country and here in New York, spectators will be expected to follow a new set of rules. It’s three strikes and you're out. New management at the Parkview Apartments You’ve probably seen the violence unfold on television during NFL games on primetime, or you heard about high school games in New York being disrupted by bad spectator behavior. This year, things are changing, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) is taking action against bad sportsmanship on the local level. NEWS10 visited the Guilderland high school homecoming game seeking spectator reactions and more on the new rules that could see some booted from the stands.You may have seen someone blow their top and overreact to a student's play or an official’s call during a high school game and now there's a three-strike policy, no matter what the sport. It goes into effect this school year. It comes at the start of the bu...

Missouri's ambitious investment in I-70 poised to attract big business

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Missouri is making some large investments to improve railroads and interstates, and they're expected to help the state's business community grow. The largest item in this year's state budget is the $2.8 billion plan to improve Interstate 70 from St. Louis to Kansas City. Besides bring relief to drivers, it's estimated to attract new businesses to the state and grow existing companies.Lawmakers allocated a historic amount of money to MoDOT to update railroad crossings and to add extra lanes on I-70 in both directions. Officers no longer employed in aftermath of inmate escape from Mercy Hospital "You're going to see more businesses pop up along I-70, and then the good thing we can do, is we can now take the rest of that money that we had invested and switch that over to I-44," said Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. But the state’s transportation department is expecting to pay for the price of inflation. "We had on average, at the beginning of the inflationary period, we we...

Chatfield beats Dakota Ridge in cross-classification Jeffco rivalry so good it needs a name, and a trophy

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

LAKEWOOD — Chatfield and Dakota Ridge’s cross-classification Jeffco rivalry lived up to the hype. Now, the game just needs a name — and a trophy.West Littleton Foothills Showdown? Charger-Eagle Bowl? The Coal Mine Clash, and the winner gets a golden pickaxe? Both programs put on a showing worth of such branding on Friday, when Jake Jones’ three TD passes to Drew Rohlman catalyzed Chatfield’s 45-21 victory at Jeffco Stadium.“There’s a lot of respect between us, but getting a win against these guys means everything,” Rohlman said. “Two years ago, we played Dakota Ridge twice, they beat us in the regular season and then we got them back in the playoffs on our way to the state title. There’s a lot of juice in his game. It’s fun.”The rivalry, which is already scheduled for the next two seasons, is an important community draw for the two schools that are about a mile apart as the crow flies. And on Friday, it was a dr...

3 men accused of kidnapping teen for ransom in Southern California

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

Three men were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a SoCal teenager and holding him for ransom on Friday.The suspects were identified as Santa Maria residents:-Fidel Jesús Patino Jaimes, 22-Jair Tomás Ramos Domínguez, 26-Ezequiel Felix López, 27The victim was identified as a 17-year-old boy from San Bernardino County, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.On the morning of Sept. 18, the three suspects allegedly caused a car crash involving the teen boy. As the boy exited his vehicle, the men grabbed him and forced him into their SUV, court documents said.Later that afternoon, the boy’s mother received a call from a Mexico-based phone number. The caller demanded she hand over $500,000 to a location in Nogales, Mexico in exchange for the boy. They told her the boy’s father was to blame for the abduction, officials said.Shortly after, a WhatsApp video was sent to the mother’s cell phone showing the kidnapped boy in the backseat of the suspects’ SUV. He began “reading from a script, say...

Fans recorded fighting at 49ers game face possible bans, legal consequences

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

SANTA CLARA — Fans filmed fighting inside Levi’s Stadium during Thursday night’s matchup between the San Francisco 49ers and the New York Giants could be banned from future events as well as face legal consequences, according to the stadium and police.Videos circulating on social media showed multiple spectators trading blows during the game. In one, a pair of women is seen scuffling until a man holding a beer grabs one of them by the hair and yanks her down the stairs. The man and one other then throw punches at a third man on the ground until a security guard arrives to break up the fracas.A second video showed more than half a dozen people brawling in a different part of the stadium. At one point, a man is seen kicking another in the chest, while two others pummel a third person.In a joint statement Friday, Levi’s Stadium and the Santa Clara Police Department said they “have zero tolerance for violence of any kind” and remain committed to security and safety.“Anyone engaging in v...

Oakland skate shop burglarized for second time, resulting in $15K worth of damage

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

(KRON) -- Surveillance video shows four people breaking into 8 Ball Skateshop in downtown Oakland on Sunday at 6 a.m. The store was fully stocked, and the thieves made a mess of the place as they took off with most of the merchandise.Store owners said nearly all the boards were taken off the wall, most of the clothes were stolen, and the cash register was emptied. The estimated the loss -- along with repairs and installing new security measures -- could cost them about $15,000. SFPD: 3 arrested for $100K retail theft from businesses across Bay Area Quite the blow for the group who opened this shop at 15th and Webster streets last year. Co-owner Chris Sandoval said, "We're not rich none of us are rich we all work on the side this is literally something both me and Terrence, we're here because we want to be here we're not here because we want to make hella money."This isn't the first time 8 Ball Skate Shop fell victim to a burglary last summer. Since then, they installed metal bars ...

Rangers back on top of AL West after 8-5 win in opener over Mariners, and a loss by Astros

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager got Texas started with his 32nd homer and rookie Evan Carter added a three-run blast as the Rangers took over the AL West lead for the first time in September with an 8-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners in the opener of a crucial series Friday night. The Rangers (85-68) and Mariners began the day tied for the American League’s third and final wild-card spot, and a half-game behind reigning World Series champion Houston for the division lead. But the Astros (85-69) lost at home to 102-loss Kansas City to fall a half-game behind Texas. That pushed Houston into the third wild-card spot and a still a half-game ahead of the Mariners (84-69), who dropped below the playoff line. Seager, the AL’s leading hitter with a .333 average, snapped a 2-for-22 slide with a first-pitch homer in the first inning off rookie Bryce Miller (8-6). Carter also went deep on the first pitch he saw in the second inning of his 14th big-league game to put Texas up 4-0.Texas ...

Pirates score two runs in 7th, rally to beat Reds 7-5

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

CINCINNATI (AP) — Bryan Reynolds drove in the tying run in the seventh inning with an RBI single and scored the go-ahead run two batters later on Elly De La Cruz’s throwing error the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-5 on Friday night.Ke’Bryan Hayes, Henry Davis, Jared Triolo and Endy Rodriguez all had solo homers for the Pirates.Ian Gibaut (8-4) gave up three hits and a walk in the seventh was victimized by Cruz’s errant relay to first on Miguel Andujar’s grounder after the Reds got Hayes out at second. Reynolds scored on the play.The Reds dropped 1 1/2 games behind the Chicago Cubs for the last wild-card spot in the National League. The Cubs shut out Colorado 6-0 earlier.Rookie Andrew Abbott gave up solo home runs to Hayes in the fourth and Davis in the fifth. It was the 15th for Hayes and sixth for Davis. Abbott gave up four hits and struck out seven in 4 1/3 innings. Buck Farm er gave up Triolo’s third home run and Rodriguez’s as t...

Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman reaches 200 hits for first time in his career

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:34:06 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman reached 200 hits for the first time in his career with a single in the first inning on Friday night.The Los Angeles Dodgers’ seven-time All-Star singled to right off San Francisco’s Sean Manaea. Freeman was greeted with chants of “Freddie! Freddie!” as he stood on first base. He saluted the crowd by removing his helmet.On Monday, he became the first Dodgers first baseman in history to join the 20-20 club and just the second first baseman with 20-plus steals. Jackie Robinson had 29 in 1947. Freeman has 26 homers and 21 stolen bases.Earlier in the week, Freeman became one of four players in MLB history to post 25-plus homers, 50-plus doubles and 20-plus stolen bases in a season. He remains four doubles shy of becoming the first player with 60-plus doubles since Charlie Gehringer (60) and Joe Medwick (64) in 1936.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlbSource