Baseball Movie Bliss Happy Birthday To Major League The Sandlot And The Bad News Bears

“The Sandlot” was released on April 7, 1993, “Major League” was released April 7, 1989, and “The Bad News Bears” was released on April 7, 1976. If you’re going to produce a baseball movie, it makes sense to target early April for the release date. Baseball’s Opening Day is right around then, though sometimes it falls at the end of March and in days of old, sometimes wouldn’t start until the middle of the month....

December 18, 2022 · 7 min · 1301 words · Doris Schwartz

Baseball Musings A Look At Lonnie Smith S Shocking 8.8 War Season In 1989

Sometimes a stat just jumps right out and punches you in the face. It seems like a crazy typo, something that makes you laugh because doesn’t make a bit of sense — an egregious outlier among other, more sensible numbers. But a second look and little digging show that, no, it’s not a mistake. It really happened. But it still doesn’t make sense. This was my experience the first time I saw Lonnie Smith’s outrageous 8....

December 18, 2022 · 6 min · 1267 words · Ricardo Wong

Batting A Thousand

The slugger knows the value of a second language–a season with Japan’s Hanshin Tigers relaunched his career. A Detroit Tiger now, Fielder understands one Japanese phrase for sure–“home run” is the same in both languages.

December 18, 2022 · 1 min · 35 words · Mark Abbott

Bayern Chief Confirms Wagner Signing Close

The 30-year-old has for a number of weeks been expected to complete a move to the Bundesliga champions in the transfer window. Bayern have reportedly agreed a fee worth in the region of €12 million for the forward, who progressed through the youth academy and made his senior debut for the club in 2007. “I can basically confirm we’re on the home stretch with Sandro Wagner,” he told ARD ahead of Bayern’s 2-1 DFB-Pokal win over Borussia Dortmund....

December 18, 2022 · 1 min · 186 words · Dania Bednarz

Bayern Munich Vs Real Madrid Tv Channel Live Stream Squad News Preview

Jupp Heynkes’ side will attempt to avenge last season’s quarter-final defeat to the Liga giants and in the process end the Spanish side’s hopes of clinching three titles in a row. Remarkably, it will be their seventh meeting in a European Cup semi-final and Madrid undoubtedly have the edge in recent years, winning their last five meetings. However, Bayern will hope to use home advantage in the first leg and bring a halt to their Blancos hoodoo by setting one foot in the final....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 501 words · Margaret Malbon

Bayern To Face Dortmund In Dfb Pokal Klassiker

Ousmane Dembele’s 74th-minute winner clinched a 3-2 victory over Bayern for eventual Pokal champions Dortmund back in April and Jupp Heynckes’ side will be out for revenge when the two teams meet at Signal Iduna Park in December. The draw means that Bayern will travel to Dortmund twice in the space of six weeks, given the Bundesliga fixture scheduled for November 4, and as it stands there are only three points between them at the top of the table....

December 18, 2022 · 1 min · 170 words · Karla Parker

Baylor 45 Iowa State 27 Five Things We Learned

December 18, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Edward Harding

Baylor Rb Devin Chafin Suspended After Drug Possession Charge

MORE: Worst crimes connected to athletes | Bold predictions in 2016 Chafin and and his female passenger, Jennifer Kerr, both posted bond and were released. Public online records did not list their bond amounts. Chafin has been suspended from the team indefinitely, according to a statement from coach Art Briles. The Bears were off from spring practice for spring break, but were set to resume on Monday. The rising redshirt senior has rushed for 1,256 yards and 21 touchdowns in his career with the Bears....

December 18, 2022 · 1 min · 114 words · Glenda Frazier

Baylor Suspends Two Players For Sideline Incident Report Says

MORE: Top 25 live updates Following a missed 37-yard field goal attempt against Rice in Houston, Callahan lost his cool after Tolbert teased him on the Baylor bench. According to ESPN Radio, Connor Martin will take over kicking duties for the Bears. 

December 18, 2022 · 1 min · 42 words · Gregory Wolf

Bbc Blackout The Stats Prove Real Can No Longer Rely On Bale Benzema Ronaldo

Bale returned from injury in some style on Tuesday night as he emerged from the bench to help Los Blancos to a 2-2 draw at home to Fuenlabrada, and with it, passage to the next round of the Copa del Rey. “I’m so happy for Gareth, Keylor [Navas] and Mateo [Kovacic] because they have been out for a while,” the Frenchman said afterwards. “They are important players and seeing that they are ready for these next games makes me happy....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 513 words · Esther Harrison

Beach Water Advisory Issued For Los Angeles County Due To Contamination Concerns Following Recent Rainfall

Residents and guests visiting Los Angeles County beaches have been advised to “avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters around discharging storm drains, creeks, and rivers,” by Los Angeles County Health Officer Muntu Davis, MD, MPH, in a statement by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Los Angeles County recorded some of the highest rainfall totals in Southern California as the area received what was reported to be its first significant rainfall since May this week, with a Flash Flood Watch currently in place for parts of Southern California....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 520 words · Sandra Bridges

Bears At Chargers Betting Lines And Pick Bad Defenses Plus Good Qbs Equals ...

Line: Chargers -4.5, Total: 49.5 Line movement: This game opened San Diego -4 and was bet as low as -3.5, but as of 24 hours before kickoff, nearly every sports book in Las Vegas was dealing -4.5. The over-under has been as high as 50 and as low as 49 at the windows. Visit our odds page for updated NFL lines and totals. Trends that matter: The Chargers are 1-9 ATS in their last 10 at home…....

December 18, 2022 · 4 min · 660 words · James Eaves

Bears Vs. Lions Final Score Mitchell Trubisky Leads Late Go Ahead Drive Bears Topple Lions On Turkey Day

MORE: Watch NFL games live with fuboTV (7-day free trial) The Bears overcame a late deficit — and the inconsistency of quarterback Mitchell Trubisky — en route to a 24-20 win in Detroit over the Lions. VIDEO: Bears-Lions game highlights Trubisky had three touchdown passes on the day, including a late strike with just over two minutes left to David Montgomery that gave Chicago (6-6) the lead for good. Still, tt was a mixed-bag day for Trubisky, who head-scratchingly avoided a first down on a run late in the second quarter and threw a bad interception....

December 18, 2022 · 5 min · 881 words · William Edwards

Beckham Giroud And 16 Stunning Footballers With Model Good Looks

December 18, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Peggy Mays

Bees Swarm Texas Dumpster Filled With Unopened Boxes Of Krispy Kreme Donuts

A clip on Reddit shows the garbage receptacle full to the brim with the confectionery, featuring the audible buzz of the insects. The video was shared to the site’s Interesting As F*** forum, on Wednesday, where it amassed more than 18,000 upvotes. It was originally shared to Reddit’s Beekeeping forum that same day by u/meltedwhisky, aka Matt, who captioned it: “Dumpster full of Krispy Kreme’s ~ I had to stop and open boxes for them....

December 18, 2022 · 4 min · 733 words · Antonio Barile

Before Criticizing Simone Biles For Her Team Gymnastics Withdrawal Imagine Walking A Mile In Her Air Jordans

For Muhammad Ali, it was a character he created and played. Was he the best heavyweight fighter of all time? It didn’t matter. Ali’s insistent self-aggrandizement was part of the show, along with the poetry and the bolo punches and the dazzling footwork. For Biles, though, it is real. And, because of her sport, it is unique. Jordan missed 14,654 shots in his NBA career, but he was proclaimed to be the greatest in his sport because of the 14,380 he made....

December 18, 2022 · 4 min · 848 words · Victor Hoy

Behold The Grinch

December 18, 2022 · 0 min · 0 words · Jonathan Jones

Beijing Abandons Winter Olympics Ticket Sales Amid Omicron Fears

The Games’ organizing committee had previously said that tickets to the Winter Games would be available to domestic buyers but not to those overseas. Tickets for the Winter Olympics, set to begin on February 4, will instead be distributed to “targeted” groups of individuals. The tickets will be made available as part of an “adapted programme that will invite groups of spectators to be present on site during the Games,” the committee said....

December 18, 2022 · 3 min · 436 words · Pamela Lingbeek

Belarus Unlikely To Provide Russia A Force Capable Of New Assault U.K.

The assessment by the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) follows the announcement on Tuesday by the Belarusian defense ministry that its soldiers would conduct exercises in the north-west of the country. The drills would not directly approach the Belarusian border with Ukraine but would involve moving to locations to test equipment, organize security and defense and build bridges across the Neman and Berezina rivers. The Neman River runs through Lithuania into the Baltic Sea, while the Berezina joins the Dnieper River around 40 miles north of the Ukrainian border....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 388 words · Thuy Bean

Beliefwatch Fast Friends

More than 250 colleges are expected to participate this year in a Fast-a-thon, a one-day event for non-Muslim and Muslim students to draw attention to world hunger and raise money for local food banks. The event began after 9/11 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and has spread around the nation. Last year almost 1,800 students participated at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Some Ramadan fasts have a political message....

December 18, 2022 · 2 min · 282 words · Aurora Burnette