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Red Sox notebook: Bogaerts has been great, but Padres aren’t living up to hype

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

The San Diego Padres came into the season with as much hype as any club in recent memory.Under owner Peter Seidler, the Padres have cast aside their reputation as an irrelevant also-ran to become one of the premier franchises in MLB. San Diego has spent aggressively to assemble a star-studded roster, and this offseason the club shocked the baseball world by signing former Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts to an eye-popping 11-year, $280 million deal.Between that addition and others, the Padres were a popular preseason World Series pick, while the Red Sox were mocked and given little chance to contend.As it turns out, winning the offseason doesn’t necessarily guarantee on-field success.Though Bogaerts has been as great as advertised, the Padres have collectively underachieved through the first quarter of the season. San Diego enters the weekend 20-24, good for fourth in a mediocre NL West, and the offense has been shockingly punchless, ranking fourth-worst in runs scored (172) ...

OBF: Hey Joe, go full ‘Town’ or your C’s are going home

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

Joe Mazzulla loves “The Town.”His “Whose Car We Gonna Take?” sweatshirt was the second-biggest star of the Celtics-Sixers series.We’ve been told that Mazzulla watches the 124-minute Ben Affleck film as often as four times a week. The players have become ensnared in his devotion to the Boston/Charlestown-based crime drama. It has become a muse for these Celtics.“I think it’s ‘Whose car are we taking?’ I think that’s the saying,” said Sixth Man of The Year Malcolm Brogdon (via NESN’s Sean T. McGuire) about the team’s connection to the film. “And it’s basically just ride or die for your guys, the guys you’re on the court with, the guys you’re competing with. It’s having the mentality (of) it doesn’t matter what we’re going to get into, we’re going to do it together.”That is true, especially the “ride or die” part.(Spoiler alert) After surviving a botched robbery of Fenway Park, Affleck’s character Doug MacRay pulls a Tom Brady and departs the chilly climes of Greater Boston for F...

Shooting at Ohio auto plant kills 1, sends 2nd victim and alleged gunman to hospital

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

MORAINE, Ohio (AP) — A man was killed and a second victim was wounded in a shooting at an Ohio auto plant Thursday night, police said.Police and firefighters responded just after 9 p.m. to a report of an active shooter at the facility in Moraine operated by DMAX Ltd., Moraine Police Sgt. Andrew Parish said.A male suspect “targeted” and shot two people. One victim died at the scene and the other was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Parish said.The male suspect also shot himself and was transported to a hospital for treatment, Parish said.The identities of the suspect and the victims were not immediately available.There were other reported injuries that occurred while the facility was being evacuated but were not related to the shooting, Parish said.The DMAX plant in Moraine is a General Motors subsidiary providing diesel engines for pickup trucks, according to the General Motors website.The Associated Press

Canada joins other G7 nations to impose new Russian sanctions

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

HIROSHIMA, Japan — The G7 Leaders’ Summit kicked off on Friday in Hiroshima with Canada joining other members to announce new sanctions on Russia, as well as new funding to guard against the proliferation of nuclear weapons.Leaders of G7 countries released a joint statement reaffirming their support for Ukraine and announcing further sanctions on Russia.“We are renewing our commitment to provide the financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support Ukraine requires for as long as it takes,” the statement says. “We are imposing further sanctions and measures to increase the costs to Russia and those who are supporting its war effort.” Earlier on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced new sanctions Canada was imposing in short remarks made to media. “Today, Canada’s announcing more than 70 new sanctions focused on people who are supporting a Russia’s illegal military action and complicit in human rights violations,”...

How long can the show go on? 7 more rock acts we may not see in concert again

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

Back in February, I wrote a pair of columns about 14 aging superstar musical acts and the likelihood we’d see them play the metro again. It proved to be a hit with readers, so I’m back with more.Here’s a look at seven senior acts and the chances we’ve already seen the last of them in concert.The WhoRoger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who In Concert – New York, NY at Madison Square Garden on March 3, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Ages: Roger Daltrey, 79; Pete Townshend, 77.Last seen: Sept. 6, 2019; Xcel Energy Center.The dirt: The Who was one of the biggest bands in the world in the early ’70s. But the 1978 death of drummer Keith Moon and a 1979 crowd crush at a Cincinnati concert that killed 11 fans were the first steps toward the end of the band. Townshend, Daltrey and bassist John Entwistle went on to make two albums with drummer Kenney Jones, but Townshend decided it was time to call it a day. They launched a farewell tour in 1982 ...

A Ramsey County deputy’s widow had her mortgage paid off. Now she wants to help other first responders.

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

Jessica and Dallas Edeburn put a lot of thought into the house they bought together — they wanted to live near both their families and they refinished “every single inch of it” with personal touches to make the home their own.They planned on raising their son there, but now Jessica Edeburn is doing it on her own.Dallas Edeburn, 30, died suddenly of an undiagnosed heart condition last summer. He was a Ramsey County sheriff’s deputy who was in the news in 2021 because he was seriously injured when a suspect smashed into his squad car, causing it to roll over five times; a deputy and officer pulled him out of the squad before it went up in flames.In the months since Dallas died, in all of Jessica Edeburn’s grief, she’s also been surrounded by people supporting her. She said she’s been overwhelmed by it, especially being selected by the nonprofit Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which is paying off the remainder of her mortgage.The Edeburns’ o...

Rabies vaccination clinic to be held in Glenville

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

GLENVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Schenectady County will hold a rabies vaccination clinic for cats, ferrets, and dogs in Glenville on June 10. The event will run from 10 a.m. to noon at the Glenville Senior Center, 32 Worden Road. It is free to county residents. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! Cats and ferrets must be in carriers, and dogs must be leashed. Residents must register online for an appointment, or call (518) 386-2818. “Summer is right around the corner and with that comes more potential for your pets to be exposed to bats and other wild animals,” said Schenectady County Legislator Michelle Ostrelich, Chair of the Health, Housing & Human Services Committee. “Now is the time to take advantage of our free drive-thru rabies clinic to make sure your pets are safe from this serious, fatal disease.” Woofstock Music Festival returns for the second year In 2022, Schenectady County vaccinated a total of 272 dogs and 165 ...

Southern Europe braces for climate change-fuelled summer of drought

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

Southern Europe is braced for a summer full of ferocious dry weather. Some regions are already experiencing water shortages, and farmers expect their lowest yields in years.Climate change is making the region hotter, and years of droughts have depleted the groundwater reserves. In Spain, southern France and Italy, the soils are bone dry. Low river and reservoir level are threatening hydropower production this summer.Scientists warn that Europe will experience another brutal summer as temperatures rise. Last year, Europe experienced its hottest on record, which fueled a drought European Union scientists said was the worse in at least 500 years.Spain has been the worst affected by the crisis so far this year.Jorge Olcina is a professor of geography at the University of Alicante in Spain. He said that "the situation of drought will worsen this summer".At this stage, there's also little chance that rain will resolve the drought. Olcina explained that at this time of year, "the only thin...

Bridge: May 19, 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

A club player came to me as discouraged as a farmer suffering through a late-summer drought.“I make so many mistakes I should start calling them ‘traditions,'” he told me.At four spades, my friend won the first heart with the king and took the A-K of trumps, hoping for a 2-2 break. East threw a heart. Declarer next led the ace and a low diamond.“West won,” South said, “and cashed his high trump. Then I could ruff one diamond in dummy, but I lost another diamond and a club. I think what I learn from my mistakes is how to make the same ones again.”HIGH TRUMPSouth can win the first heart in dummy, cash one high trump, then duck a diamond. If West leads a second trump, South wins, takes the ace of diamonds, ruffs a diamond and comes to his king of hearts to ruff his last diamond, losing a trump, a club and a diamond.If instead West leads a second heart, South wins and leads the ace and a second club to set up a link with his hand. He loses only ...

Ask Amy: I smile when I think how shocked she’ll be when my will is read

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:40:47 GMT

Dear Amy: As an older male I have seen fundamental changes in all types of relationships.One change is a reduction in work ambition. Some people choose “quiet quitting” – to do as little as possible and still keep their job.I see “quiet quitting” in relationships as well, and my daughter has chosen to quietly quit her relationship with me.She seems happy to see me when we get together (rarely) and there is always a “love you” somewhere – but that’s it.Her mother and I got divorced 15 years ago when my kids were teenagers. They lived with her full time. I know that my ex does her best to poison their relationship with me.My daughter and her husband never proactively contact me or offer to get together, even though I live nearby.I suggest that they come to my home to celebrate my birthday – but it never happens.She and her husband had Easter dinner with her mother, but she didn’t even bother to give me a “Happy Easter” phone call.She even had her mother give her away at her wedding, e...