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David Cone Q&A: Former pitcher discusses his experience playing for Buck Showalter, Mets’ pitching problems

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

If the Mets didn’t have the attention of baseball before this week, they sure do now.It’s been an eventful week in Queens with Steve Cohen publicly backing his manager, Buck Showalter, and general manager, Billy Eppler. But all is still not well in Flushing.Ugly losses still have people questioning whether Showalter and Eppler will make it through the season. The Mets blew their 13th lead in a month Friday night against the San Francisco Giants. They had better luck once the calendar flipped to July with a win over the Giants on Saturday, but it’s going to take a lot more than one win to stop the free-fall. It’s been two weeks since the Mets even won back-to-back games.This weekend, the entire country will get a glimpse of the most baffling team in baseball when the Mets face the Giants on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball. With former Mets and Yankees right-hander David Cone in the booth, along with Karl Ravech, Eduardo Perez and Buster Olney, the Daily News talked...

Luis Severino shelled by Cardinals as Yankees drop first game of doubleheader

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

The Yankees Jekyll and Hyde of a season continued in the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals on Saturday.The Bombers’ ugly and sloppy 11-4 loss featured poor performance on the field and an even worse one on the mound. After appearing to turn a corner with his strong outing against the Rangers on June 24 — six shutout innings — Luis Severino was destroyed at Bush Stadium as the last-place Cardinals.The right-hander lasted just four innings allowing seven earned runs on nine hits and three walks registering just two strikeouts. Paul Goldschmidt’s three-run homer in the bottom of the third got the party started for the Red Birds as Severino seemed to be unable to find his groove after surrendering the long ball. Nolan Gorman also blasted a 415-foot two-run homer in the fourth.The 29-year-old’s ERA ballooned to 6.30 during the final season on his contract as he’s set to hit free agency this winter.The Bombers’ registered two erro...

Crime Briefs: East Boston man who dealt cocaine with mother gets 10 years

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

Carlos Acosta Estrella, 33, was sentenced to a decade in prison for selling two kilos of cocaine with his mother and having nearly a kilo of heroin in his possession — assets he sought to protect with a high-powered tactical shotgun with a laser sight.Estrella pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to one count of possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, as well as the same charge for heroin, and a charge of possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking offense. He was indicted on the charge with his mother Ana Guadalupe Acosta Grajeda in October 2019. The mother pleaded guilty in September 2021.According to the complaint, the pair sold the cocaine to a “confidential witness” on Sept. 11, 2019 in an Eastie restaurant.The DEA provided the fake buyer with $118,000 in “sham DEA currency wrapped in green cellophane,” of which he handed over $60,000 for the two kilos, records state.Last North-of-Boston gang member in large investigation found guiltyA fede...

Red Sox get gutsy Canada Day comeback over Blue Jays

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

After a frustrating June in which bad weather and befuddling baseball were the only constants, the Red Sox were ready to turn the calendar page.But on the first of July, their inconsistencies made for a long and arduous road to a tight 7-6 victory.Nothing has come easy for Boston’s baseball club lately, and that was the case in Toronto on Saturday. The sixth meeting between the division rivals overflowed with tense and worrisome moments, including Kutter Crawford getting hit by a comebacker, Masataka Yoshida taking a 102 mph pitch to his right leg by the knee, and the entire bullpen portion of the day, right down to the last out.How did the Red Sox get the job done and improve to 6-0 against the Blue Jays on Canada Day?Teamwork.As obstacles and challenges arose throughout three-plus hours of play, the Red Sox stepped up for one another. In doing so, they came away with one of the gutsiest, grittiest, most entertaining wins of the year.“The offense had my back,” Cra...

Mourners bury slain teen in France as 45,000 police are deployed to quell 5th night of riots

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

NANTERRE, France (AP) — Hushed and visibly anguished, hundreds of mourners from France’s Islamic community formed a solemn procession from a mosque to a hillside cemetery on Saturday to bury a 17-year-old whose killing by police has triggered days of rioting and looting across the nation.Underscoring the gravity of the crisis, President Emmanuel Macron scrapped an official trip to Germany after nights of unrest across France. Officials said they were again deploying 45,000 police to the streets nationwide in an effort to head off a fifth night of violence. Some 2,400 people have been arrested overall since the teen’s death on Tuesday. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted late Saturday that 200 riot police would be mobilized in the port city of Marseille, where TV showed footage of tear gas and officers in the streets as night fell. Police said 29 people were arrested there, and at least 37 were arrested in Paris near the Champs-Elysées, where police vans were seen parked ...

Four shot, three in critical condition after shooting in Mississauga

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

Four victims were taken to hospitals, including three in critical condition, after a shooting in Mississauga on Saturday evening.Peel police responded to a call in The Queensway East and Stanfield Road after four people were shot.The victims taken to various hospitals including three males in life-threatening condition and the suspect(s) fled in a white Ram pick-up truck.There is a heavy police presence and people are asked to avoid the area.

NASCAR postpones Saturday's Chicago Street Race due to weather

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

CHICAGO — NASCAR has announced that Saturday's Xfinity Series’ Loop 121 street race has been postponed due to weather and lightning in the downtown Chicago area.The race will now resume at 10 a.m., with gates opening to the general public at 9 a.m.While NASCAR officials had hoped to complete the event on Saturday, asking spectators to take shelter and any necessary precautions while inclement weather passed, the decision was made just after 6:30 p.m. to suspend the Loop 121 street race until Sunday. What happens if bad weather hits the NASCAR Chicago Street Races? Severe weather was a cause of concern as Chicago was set to hold the inaugural Chicago Street Race weekend. WGN meteorologist Mike Janssen said there was a 50% chance of storms for Saturday when the Xfinity Race was scheduled to start at 4 p.m.While some NASCAR races have continued in the rain, lightning in the area proved too great a hurdle for drivers.If this computer forecast model is close to accurate, racing tomor...

Drivers see lower gas prices ahead of Independence Day

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – Now is the time to fill up your gas tank ahead of any Fourth of July travel.According to Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, the national average of July 4 gasoline prices will be $3.49, a discount of more than $1.30 compared with 2022.It’s a welcome change considering last year’s gas prices surged to more than $5 per gallon.“Much of COVID’s revenge travel is behind us, and thus far this summer, demand for gasoline has been softer than last year, helping to ease the pressure on gas prices,” De Haan said in a blog post.As Americans adapt to inflation and rising interest rates across the nation, De Haan said drivers are feeling “a bit more sluggish” about driving during the summer, resulting in lower gas prices. “We may continue to see average prices moderate, especially closer to Labor Day, barring hurricanes or other unexpected refinery outages, with steeper price drops coming after summer. But for now, it’s still not a bad time to get outsi...

Minnesota Aurora complete 12-0 season in front of 7K fans at TCO Stadium

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

Minnesota Aurora completed a dominating second regular season in the USL W League with a 7-0 win over Chicago City SC in front of 6,987 fans at TCO Stadium in Eagan.Aurora is 12-0 and has outscored opponents 60-4, with eight shutouts. Chicago City (8-3-1), the runner-up to Minnesota in the Heartland Division, was next closest in the league in goals scored with 26.“We were really excited to have all our wonderful fans here, nearly 7,000 people. Thank you fans for continuing to show up; we have the best fans in the league,” said Head Coach Nicole Lukic. “It took us a  bit to break them down, credit to Chicago, they had a good first half. They’re a physical team, and they gave us a good matchup. We talked about a few adjustments at halftime, and our players showed they’re coachable. The floodgates opened from there.”Aurora, which last season finished as the USL W runner-up, next plays Thursday in a Central Conference semifinal in Flint, Mich., against an opponent to be determined...

Carlos Correa finds new home atop Twins’ lineup

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:37:25 GMT

BALTIMORE — When Rocco Baldelli wrote Carlos Correa’s name in at the top of the lineup on Friday, the shortstop became the 11th Twin to fill that role this season. That’s the most in Major League Baseball, as the Twins have moved things around trying to find something that would stick.The manager said he had been thinking about moving Correa there for quite some time, and now he seems inclined to move forward with it for the time being.“Before you do something with one of your best players, one of your big guys that they’ve never done before, you don’t just on a whim start doing random stuff with those guys, but I think we reached a pretty good point to just make any sort of bold decision that we’ve been thinking about and that was one of them,” Baldelli said.Baldelli did tell Correa right before he made the move, letting him know that they had some plans to hit him leadoff. He was met by a receptive response from the shortstop.“He asked me. I said, ‘Whatever’s best for the team, I’...