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“They know I want to start, and I think I’ll get that opportunity to start,” Smyly said. “But I know I have a lot of value in other areas too. … I think a lot of pitchers can’t really do that, to be honest. I mean, there’s a lot of people that need a routine, and I’ve always been very open to just, hey, I want to play and pitch and try to compete.”
Hours after the star Japanese outfielder was officially introduced, Suzuki joined his new teammates for workouts. Sure, it was only batting practice. But it was impossible to ignore how the ball jumped off Suzuki’s bat, flying to all parts of the field. By the time Suzuki finished BP, at least 10 baseballs had landed over the fence. The raw talent, smooth swing and easy power is obvious, even within the simplicity of batting practice.
Doug Edert came off the bench to score 13 points for the Peacocks, including making some big baskets late. Saint Peter’s built a 13-point lead early in the second half and never trailed, but Murray State still made it tense. Justice Hill hit a 3-pointer to get the Racers within 59-57 with 4 minutes, 7 seconds left. Edert followed with a 3-pointer and a layup, and the Peacocks closed it out at the free-throw line.
“Well, if they didn’t have to listen to you guys, it would be great,” he said. “I think the one thing that’s out there is you want them to have fun, and you try to keep instilling that, and to go play loose, go play with your hair on fire and just cut loose.”
Donovan said there haven’t been conversations with the medical staff about shutting Ball down for the regular season. But with only 12 games left, it’s becoming increasingly unlikely Ball will be able to start sprinting, get cleared for contact and return to game fitness before the end of the regular season in less than three weeks.
“For the most part, the biggest thing I took out of being in the bullpen is just being able to rise to the occasion or rise to the moment that you were called to be in,” he said. “In a starting routine, you start and you have time to work up to that moment. As a reliever, you’re thrown right into that moment. I think those big moments as a starter won’t come as such a shock to me now that I’ve had the chance to work out of the bullpen.”
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — RJ Davis scored a career-high 30 points with a nifty layup while being fouled in overtime, and eighth-seeded North Carolina blew a 25-point second-half lead but still found a way to beat defending champion Baylor 93-86 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday.
Said King before Saturday’s road game against the Minnesota Wild: “We talked about it a few weeks ago, that (Hagel is) a big part of this organization and the type of character that we want and the type of player we want, so I was very shocked … when they called me upstairs to talk to me. I was like, ‘Oh, maybe it’s me getting traded or something.’ But when they said his name, I was shocked, I was very shocked.”
Six of those were negotiated by agent Scott Boras, at a total of $1.0173 billion. In addition to agreements for Correa and Castellanos, he negotiated contracts for Corey Seager ($325 million) and Marcus Semien ($175 million) with Texas, Kris Bryant with Colorado ($182 million) and Scherzer with the New York Mets ($130 million).
He also had a great sense of humor and was self-effacing about his disability. When we sat next to each other at Wrigley and something bizarre happened in the game, he’d joke, ‘Well, I’ve never see that before.’” Once Lynch asked White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen how he got to Wrigley Field that day. Guillen told him he got a ride from coach Joey Cora, whom Guillen said drove erratically.