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Giants and Padres meet in series rubber match

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

San Diego Padres (78-80, third in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (78-80, fourth in the NL West)San Francisco; Wednesday, 9:45 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Matt Waldron (1-3, 4.58 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 29 strikeouts); Giants: Sean Manaea (7-6, 4.43 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 120 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Giants -110, Padres -110; over/under is 8 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants and San Diego Padres meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series.San Francisco has a 44-33 record in home games and a 78-80 record overall. The Giants are 31-14 in games when they hit two or more home runs.San Diego has gone 34-43 on the road and 78-80 overall. Padres hitters have a collective .330 on-base percentage, the seventh-best percentage in MLB play.The teams square off Wednesday for the 13th time this season. The Padres lead the season series 7-5.TOP PERFORMERS: Wilmer Flores has 22 doubles and 22 home runs for the Giants. LaMonte Wade Jr is 6-for-26 with a...

Mets bring 4-game losing streak into matchup with the Marlins

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

Miami Marlins (81-75, third in the NL East) vs. New York Mets (71-85, fourth in the NL East)New York; Wednesday, 4:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Braxton Garrett (0-0); Mets: TBDFANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Marlins -130, Mets +110; over/under is 7 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The New York Mets will try to stop a four-game skid when they play the Miami Marlins.New York is 71-85 overall and 39-36 at home. The Mets have hit 205 total home runs to rank fifth in the NL.Miami is 81-75 overall and 35-40 in road games. The Marlins have gone 62-35 in games when they record at least eight hits.The teams meet Wednesday for the 11th time this season. The Mets lead the season series 7-3.TOP PERFORMERS: Francisco Lindor has 33 doubles, two triples and 27 home runs while hitting .250 for the Mets. Mark Vientos is 10-for-39 with three home runs over the past 10 games.Jorge Soler leads the Marlins with 36 home runs while slugging .512. Luis Arraez is 16-for-40 with a double, four home runs and six ...

Cubs aim to end 6-game road slide, play the Braves

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

Chicago Cubs (82-75, second in the NL Central) vs. Atlanta Braves (101-56, first in the NL East)Atlanta; Wednesday, 7:20 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Cubs: Jameson Taillon (8-10, 5.24 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 134 strikeouts); Braves: Darius Vines (1-0, 4.40 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, nine strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Braves -159, Cubs +135; over/under is 10 1/2 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs will look to break their six-game road losing streak in a matchup against the Atlanta Braves.Atlanta has gone 49-27 in home games and 101-56 overall. The Braves have a 76-8 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents.Chicago is 82-75 overall and 37-39 on the road. The Cubs have a 57-19 record in games when they scored at least five runs.The matchup Wednesday is the fifth time these teams square off this season. The season series is tied 2-2.TOP PERFORMERS: Ozzie Albies has 30 doubles, four triples and 32 home runs for the Braves. Ronald Acuna Jr. is 16-for-45 with two doubles, a tripl...

Outman leads Dodgers against the Rockies after 4-hit outing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

Los Angeles Dodgers (97-60, first in the NL West) vs. Colorado Rockies (57-100, fifth in the NL West)Denver; Wednesday, 8:40 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Dodgers: Emmet Sheehan (3-1, 5.13 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 54 strikeouts); Rockies: Noah Davis (0-3, 8.77 ERA, 1.91 WHIP, 22 strikeouts)FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Dodgers -215, Rockies +178; over/under is 12 runsBOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers take on the Colorado Rockies after James Outman’s four-hit game on Tuesday.Colorado has gone 35-41 at home and 57-100 overall. Rockies hitters are batting a collective .248, which ranks ninth in the NL.Los Angeles is 97-60 overall and 44-32 on the road. The Dodgers have gone 74-26 in games when they record at least eight hits.The teams meet Wednesday for the 12th time this season. The Dodgers are up 9-2 in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan McMahon has 30 doubles, three triples, 23 home runs and 70 RBI for the Rockies. Nolan Jones is 15-for-30 with two doubles, three home runs and five...

Netherlands to deliver first F-16 jets to Ukraine in 2024

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

The Netherlands is planning to deliver its first F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine at some point in 2024, the country’s defense minister, Kajsa Ollongren, said Tuesday.Before the jets can be delivered, pilots, crew and technicians all have to be trained to fly and fight in the jets, Ollengren said during an interview with MSNBC. She did not give an exact answer on how long the training would last, but estimated it would be between six and eight months.“These things do take time,” Ollengren said. “I think the most important thing is the signal we’re sending, not only to Kyiv but also to Moscow and the Kremlin. That is: We are there.”The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway all announced that they would provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets, following approval from the U.S. allowing Ukrainian pilots to be trained. The move was hailed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who spent months pressing the West to provide his forces with modern jets to repel Mosco...

Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday’s deadline.With days remaining before a federal closure, the stakes are rising with no resolution at hand.A shutdown would furlough millions of federal employees, leave the military without pay, disrupt air travel and cut off vital safety net services, and it would be politically punishing to lawmakers whose job it is to fund government.President Joe Biden, who earlier this year reached a budget deal with Speaker Kevin McCarthy that became law, believes it’s up to the House Republicans to deliver.“A deal is a deal,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “This is for them to fix.”Late Tuesday, the Senate pushed ahead in sweeping bi...

OBF: Mac Jones creates controversy with saucy confrontation

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

Albert Einstein taught us time is pliable.The faster one travels, the slower the minutes pass.Einstein’s general theory of relativity adds gravity as a mitigating factor affecting time.The more forceful the gravity, the weaker the clock.If you ever found yourself near a black hole, you might spend an hour or two before returning to Earth, where thousands of years have passed.This was a scientific version of the “doctrine of eternal recurrence” philosophy offered by Friedrich Nietzsche.Also known as “time is a flat circle.”The German philosopher Nietzsche predated Einstein and credible minds have argued that Einstein felt his influence.No matter your choice of explanation – scientific or philosophical – the Patriots have fallen into their own vortex of spinning time and energy.The clock has stopped.The red, white, blue, and black hole features a round trip to a place where the quarterback is an  alleged cheat, and the issue concerns potentially deflated balls.During the Patriots̵...

With Nationals long out of the race, are DC-area fans returning, at least for now, to their Orioles roots?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

There’s a suspicion among DMV baseball fans that every Washington Nationals fan of a certain age secretly has an Orioles jersey or maybe a hat buried in their closet. It’s a sign of their original rooting interest. With the Nationals plummeting to the bottom of the National League East this year and the Orioles closing in on their first 100-win season in 40-plus years, some have begun digging for that orange evidence.“Before the Nats came, this region was all O’s fans,” said Mike Hicks, a St. Mary’s County native who turned 50 this week. “So when the Nationals came in 2005, I think it gave D.C. residents something more to root for. But they still got that Orioles jersey hidden somewhere.”Hicks found a workaround for that deception without hiding his fanhood.When he and his father, Jim, attend Orioles-Nationals games — they try to get to at least one matchup each season — Mike dons his custom-made top. A few years ago he too...

Two injured, including firefighter, as crews battle 4-alarm fire on Queen West

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

Two people are injured, including a firefighter, as crews battle a four-alarm fire in Toronto’s Queen West neighbourhood on Wednesday morning.Toronto Fire Services (TFS) says crews responded to a storefront on Queen Street West, just west of Bathurst Street, just after 1:30 a.m.Toronto Fire Capt. Bill Papakonstantinou says the fire began at 697 Queen St. W. and spread next door to buildings addressed as 695 and 699 Queen St. W., just west of Bathurst St.In a post to X, TFS says “heavy smoke and flames” were visible from the roof area of the building.TFS says one firefighter was injured during the response. A second person, an occupant one of the buildings, was being assessed by paramedics.Crews are still working to put out the fire.Residents are being advised to avoid the area.

Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:16:05 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday’s deadline.With days remaining before a federal closure, the stakes are rising with no resolution at hand. A shutdown would furlough millions of federal employees, leave the military without pay, disrupt air travel and cut off vital safety net services, and it would be politically punishing to lawmakers whose job it is to fund government.President Joe Biden, who earlier this year reached a budget deal with Speaker Kevin McCarthy that became law, believes it’s up to the House Republicans to deliver.“A deal is a deal,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “This is for them to fix.”Late Tuesday, the Senate pushed ahead in sweeping bipartisan fashion to break the stalemate...