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☆ Naomi Watts, Demi Moore and Diane Lane Swan at the Plaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Melissa Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The show focuses on the schism between the novelist Truman Capote, played by Tom Hollander, and the coterie of New York City socialites he befriended. Some of the society fixtures, whom Capote referred to as his “swans,” are played by a distinguished cast: Barbara “Babe” Paley (Naomi Watts), Nancy “Slim” Keith (Diane Lane), C. Z. Guest (Chloë Sevigny), Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart), Joanne Carson (Molly Ringwald) and Ann Woodward (Demi Moore). The series is based on “Capote’s Women,” a 2021 book by Laurence Leamer. The Times’s Charlotte Curtis reported that “international Who’s Who of notables” attended including Frank Sinatra, Mia Farrow and the Maharani of Jaipur.

Persons: FX’s, ”, Truman Capote, Tom Hollander, Barbara “ Babe ” Paley, Naomi Watts, Nancy “ Slim ” Keith, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Lee Radziwill, Joanne Carson, Molly Ringwald, Ann Woodward, Demi Moore, Laurence Leamer, Capote, Charlotte Curtis, Frank Sinatra, Mia Farrow Organizations: Swans, New, New York City, Esquire, Museum of Modern Locations: New York, Jaipur

☆ 'The Traitors' victim Ekin-Su says being buried alive was an 'iconic' way to die
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | Kirsten Acuna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

I've had people say to me that the energy went down and people started to get really, really argumentative in there, so it's what happens when you get rid of me. Speaking of "Love Island," obviously you and Bergie were representing "Love Island" UK and US on "The Traitors." I love "Love Island," but for me, "Love Island" was 2022 season eight, and for me, that is a chapter closed. There's so much I want to do in my life now, and I don't think "Love Island" fits in that category. I'd love to host shows like "Love Island," but I definitely wouldn't go back as a contestant.

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☆ Bill Belichick’s Best Partner Wasn’t Tom Brady - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Jeff Benedict | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Robert Kraft traded a first-round draft pick to the New York Jets in 2000 in exchange for the right to hire Bill Belichick, N.F.L. insiders considered it “an awfully steep price,” as one put it, and a journalist mocked him for being “snookered.”Convinced that Belichick was a coaching savant, Kraft ignored the naysayers. He had an undistinguished record as a head coach, and Kraft was a relatively new owner of a franchise that had never won a championship. Hours before Belichick’s first game as head coach of the New England Patriots on Sept. 3, 2000, he gave Kraft a gift: a vintage print of Ted Williams and Babe Ruth. On a nondescript card, Belichick scribbled, “Thanks for giving me the opportunity to coach your team.

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☆ A woman's Gen Alpha sister informed her that 'pop off,' 'BFF,' 'bae,' and other Gen Z and millennial slang are no longer cool, and older viewers say it hurts
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Kieran Press-Reynolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Last Wednesday, a Gen Alpha girl named Brooklyn made her older sister Liv Kaplan feel out of touch when she informed her that a slew of Gen Z and millennial slang, from "bae" to "pop off" to "slay," is no longer cool. Perhaps most surprisingly, to call someone a best friend, Brooklyn said Gen Alpha doesn't use "bff" as much as "bsf." (Though some commenters disputed this detail and accused Gen Alpha of "gentrifying" the word GYAT by turning it from a way to say "god damn" into an acronym.) @livkaplan Replying to @Noah Schnapp ASKING MY GEN ALPHA LITTLE SISTER WHAT SLANG IS IN PART 2 💋✨ @BROOKLYN ♬ original sound - Liv KaplanIn a follow-up video, Brooklyn provided more Gen Alpha-friendly phrases. She also said Gen Alpha uses words like "cap," a way to say you think someone is lying, and "ate," meaning metaphorically to devour a look or moment (e.g., "you ate that outfit").

Persons: —, Alpha, Liv Kaplan, Z, Brooklyn, Gen Alpha, @livkaplan, @Noah, n., ike Organizations: Service, Generation Alpha, Brooklyn, Business, Alpha, bsf, bae, GEN ALPHA Locations: yass, —

☆ A TikToker got hired to go on part of a 9-month-long cruise after he promised to find out all the 'hot goss' on board
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementTikTok is completely obsessed with the 9-month-long Royal Caribbean Ultimate World Cruise that set sail in December, and now they have an insider on board. TikToker Marc Sebastian posted a video on December 12, 2023 begging reality show producers to put a crew on the cruise. He promised to update his followers with the "tea" she had revealed to him in the next video, including details about how much the most expensive suite costs. Prices for the full cruise started at $59,999 per person, with a junior suite setting passengers back $117,599, according to The Cut. AdvertisementAt the end of the video, Sebastian said he had gotten into a small disagreement with a "Pinnacle Club" member — guests who paid more for certain benefits.

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☆ The Real Story Behind Shane MacGowan’s ‘Boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir’
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Michael Wilson | More About Michael Wilson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Fairytale of New York” also immortalizes a specific group of people doing a specific thing:“The boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir,” Mr. MacGowan belted, “were singing ‘Galway Bay.’”Years later, the truth can be told: The boys of the N.Y.P.D. Choir did not know the words to “Galway Bay.”Also, there was no N.Y.P.D. He spun a tale that felt grounded in a real place and conjured from iconic streetscapes, where the wind goes right through you and it’s no place for the old. People who have never set foot in the city can imagine the drunk tank, and the man and woman kissing on the corner and dancing through the night.

Persons: Shane, Frank Sinatra, York ”, ” Mr, MacGowan, ’ ”, Mr, ” Organizations: Galway, Pogues Locations: New York, York, Galway Bay

☆ 2 Masterpieces Reveal the Big Bang Moment of Our Art Universe
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Blake Gopnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Francis” he’d bought: 50 years on, it still ranked as one of the great portrayals of the holy man. The collector added it to walls hung with other paintings that could hardly have had less to do with the sacred: Neighboring the “St. Francis” was a Giorgione that illustrated the classical tale of Paris, the Trojan prince, being abandoned in the wilderness as a babe. Contarini used this room to compare the latest in people-pictures — even if one of these people was the son of God. As the art historian Charles Hope has pointed out, it’s possible to spot Sebastiano’s stylings on the surface we see today.

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☆ It Ain’t His, Babe: Bob Dylan Has Been Playing City-Specific Covers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Marc Tracy | More About Marc Tracy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bob Dylan famously does not do fan service. And in his live act, Dylan is also not a crowd-pleaser, at least in the conventional sense. It started on Oct. 1, when Dylan, playing Kansas City, Mo., for his first American date in more than a year, opened with “Kansas City,” the Leiber and Stoller standard first made famous by Wilbert Harrison and then the Beatles. A few days later, Dylan opened his St. Louis show with “Johnny B. Goode,” in presumed tribute to the city’s native son Chuck Berry. Next up was Chicago, where Dylan opened with … “Born in Chicago.”

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☆ ‘The Hesitant Fiancée’s’ 19th-century eye-roll is connecting with fed-up women on TikTok
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

She’s “The Hesitant Fiancée,” the eponymous subject of the painter Auguste Toulmouche’s 1866 painting. Toulmouche wasn’t a feminist painter, but his work speaks to women todayToulmouche painted scenes of elegant, wealthy French women in domestic settings, often chronicling their romantic exploits. The seated woman in "The Hesitant Fiancée" has inspired TikTok users to create memes based on their own eye roll-worthy moments when they had to swallow their anger. Auguste Toulmouche/From WikipediaWhile Toulmouche was “by no means a painter of feminist art,” Brown said, the women in his paintings are interpreted today as slyly subversive. “Read as a narrative that unfolds across the two works, it looks like the young woman from ‘Forbidden Fruit’ knows what’s about to happen to her.”‘The Hesitant Fiancée’ is courting TikTok fansThe revival of “The Hesitant Fiancée” has been centuries in the making.

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☆ When you’re Gen Z but live in a 900-year-old European castle
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. In their princess eraFor most young people, living back home with your parents is about economic necessity. But for 22-year-old Ludovica Sannazzaro Natta and 23-year-old Megan Clawson, it’s about living their absolute best life. Sannazzaro Natta is descended from Italian nobility and moved into a 900-year-old fairytale Italian castle when she was four years old. But if you’re looking for a fun nabe to base yourself while you live like a local, it’s an excellent guide.

Persons: Megan Clawson, Sannazzaro, Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn’s, Lucia, Dolly Parton, ”, Parton Organizations: CNN, United Nations World Tourism Organization, Resorts, Western Locations: London, it’s, American, Mexico, China, Ethiopia, Croatia, St, Benin, Uzbekistan, Pennsylvania, Down, Tennessee, ”, Russian, South America, Japan

☆ This Baseball Card Could Be Worth $10 Million. Or Much More.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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He was a unanimous MVP in 2021 and finished second to the Yankees' Aaron Judge in voting last year. This was just the 20th unanimous MVP vote since the award was established in 1931. Corey Seager was second with 24 second--place votes and 264 points, and Texas teammate Marcus Semien was third with five second-place votes and 216 points. Ohtani last spoke with reporters on Aug. 9, two weeks before he hurt the elbow while pitching against Cincinnati. Ohtani won AL Rookie of the Year in 2018 after leaving the Pacific League’s Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters to sign with the Angels.

Persons: Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Babe Ruth, Ruth batted, Atlanta's Ronald Acuña Jr, Tommy John, Nez Balelo, ___ Organizations: American League, Los Angeles Angels, Baseball Writers ’ Association of America, Yankees, Rangers, AL, Boston, Ohtani, Baseball, Cincinnati, Pacific, Ham Fighters, Angels, Pacific League's Locations: Texas, Hokkaido Nippon

☆ Ohtani wins second American League MVP award in unanimous vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Aug 30, 2023; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) hits an RBI single against the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth inning at Citizens Bank Park. He is the first player to win the MVP Award unanimously more than once, having also done so in 2021. Ohtani finished second in voting last year behind New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge . "Obviously I wanted to win last year but Judge had a spectacular season and, deservedly so, he won it. So I wanted to come back stronger and try to win this year," Ohtani said via an interpreter.

Persons: Shohei Ohtani, Kyle Ross, Ohtani, Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, Babe Ruth, Aaron Judge, Judge, Ohtani's, Ronald Acuna, Acuna, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, Amy Tennery, Frank Pingue Organizations: Los Angeles Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, Bank, USA, Major League Baseball, American League, Writers ' Association of America, Texas Rangers, MLB, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers, Dodgers, Braves, Thomson Locations: Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, USA, Venezuelan, New York

HOUSTON (AP) — Dusty Baker has retired as manager of the Houston Astros, ending an illustrious 26-year career as a big league skipper highlighted by a World Series win last season. “I’m very grateful and thankful to (owner) Jim Crane and the Houston Astros for giving me this opportunity, and to win a championship,’’ Baker told the newspaper. The Astros have scheduled a news conference for Thursday morning that Baker, Crane and general manager Dana Brown are set to attend. He played with Hank Aaron in Atlanta and won a World Series with the Dodgers in 1981. Baker made two World Series trips before winning it all with Houston last season.

Persons: — Dusty Baker, Baker, “, Jim Crane, ’ ’ Baker, they’ve, I’ve, Jim, ’ ’, Crane, Dana Brown, Bruce Bochy, Dusty Baker, Jeremy Peña, “ I’ve, He’s, ” Baker, Hank Aaron, A.J, Hinch, Dave Roberts, Cito Gaston, Baker’s, Barry Bonds, he’d, collard, Aaron, Babe Ruth, ___ Organizations: HOUSTON, Houston Astros, USA, Astros, Rangers, of Fame, Texas Rangers, Houston, Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Blue Jays, Braves, Baker’s San Francisco Giants, Angels, Giants, Nationals Locations: Northern California, Atlanta, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Washington, Houston, California

☆ Tom Kim becomes youngest golfer to win three PGA Tour titles since Tiger Woods
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Almost exactly a year on from easing to a three-shot victory at the same event, it makes Kim the first golfer to defend the Shriners Children’s Open since Jim Furyk in 1999, and the youngest to win three PGA Tour titles since Tiger Woods. Orlando Ramirez/Getty ImagesA meteoric riseSunday’s success moves Kim, who clinched his maiden PGA Tour title at the Wyndham Championship in August 2022, up five places to a career-high world No. “Certainly because I’m 21, I’m not the oldest guy out here, and the kids here are even younger than me. 46 Hadwin had looked on course for a second PGA Tour title before disaster struck at the par-five 16th hole, his approach shot splashing into the water. It’s the best feeling just seeing the amount of kids out there screaming ‘Lexi, Lexi, go Lexi’.

Persons: Tom Kim, Korean phenom, Adam Hadwin, Kim, Jim Furyk, Tiger Woods, Ferrero Rocher, “ I’m, ” Kim, “, ” Kim toasts, Orlando Ramirez, Brian Harman, it’s, Shriners Children’s, I’m, Hadwin, ” Hadwin, “ Tom, Thompson, Lexi Thompson, teed, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, ” Thompson, Lexi, Lexi ’, ” Organizations: CNN, Korean, Shriners, Shriners Children’s, Wyndham Championship Locations: Las Vegas, Vegas, Europe

☆ Lexi Thompson to be seventh woman to compete at PGA Tour event with Shriners Children’s Open exemption
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Lexi Thompson will make history when she tees off at the Shriners Children’s Open next week, becoming just the seventh woman ever to compete in a PGA Tour event. An 11-time winner on the LPGA Tour, the American received an unrestricted sponsor exemption to make the 132-player field competing for a $8.4 million prize purse at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas from October 12. The appearance sees the 28-year-old joins Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Shirley Spork, Annika Sörenstam, Suzey Whaley, Michelle Wie West and Brittany Lincicome as the only women to ever compete at a PGA Tour event. “I was inspired when they did it,” Thompson told the PGA Tour. She has one major title to her name, having won the Kraft Nabisco Championship (now the Chevron Championship) in 2014.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — LGPA Tour trailblazer Lexi Thompson will compete against men at the PGA Tour's upcoming event in Las Vegas. The Shriners Children’s Open announced Wednesday that Thompson received an unrestricted exemption into its tournament that begins Oct. 12 at TPC Summerlin. She will compete with 131 men for a $8.4 million purse. Thompson will become the seventh woman to compete in a PGA Tour event and the first since Brittany Lincicome did so at the 2018 Barbasol Championship. Political Cartoons View All 1199 Images“Shriners Children’s mission is to help all children live their best life regardless of what medical challenges lay in front of them,” said Patrick Lindsey, executive director of the Shriners Children’s Open.

Persons: Lexi Thompson, Thompson, Brittany Lincicome, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, “, ” Thompson, ”, Patrick Lindsey, Lexi, ” Thompson hasn’t, She’s, ___ Organizations: LAS VEGAS, PGA, Shriners Children’s, TPC, Shriners, Children’s, LPGA, U.S, Women’s, CME Globe Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment plan sparks protests
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Emiko Jozuka | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Last month the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), a UNESCO advisory body, issued a “heritage alert” for Jingu Gaien. Nishikawa believes that the commercial nature of the redevelopment “breaks the promise” of keeping the Jingu Gaien as a public space. Protesters gather for a demonstration at Meiji Jingu Gaien on September 15, 2023. Work commenced at the Meiji Jingu Gaien site in March. “They need to go back to the drawing board and use a much more democratic process to decide the future of Jingu Gaien.”

Persons: Hiroshi Ono, Meiji Jingu Gaien, ”, Emperor Meiji, Emperor Naruhito, Babe Ruth, Daniel Campisi, Jingu Gaien, Naoko Nishikawa, Nishikawa, Shinji Isoya, Gaien, CNN Shinji, Mitsui Fudosan, Hajime Funada, Meiji Jingu, Kiyotatsu Yamamoto, Rochelle Kopp, Jingu, Mikiko Ishikawa, Ishikawa, Kopp, ” Daniel Campisi, CNN Yamamoto, ” Kopp Organizations: Japan CNN, Tokyo, CNN, Chichibunomiya Rugby, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Council, UNESCO, CNN Tokyo, Mitsui Fudosan, Japan’s, Protesters, Meiji, Liberal Democratic Party, University of Tokyo, Japan National, Co, World Cities Culture Forum, Properties, “ Locations: Tokyo, Japan, Meiji, Tokyo’s, Shinjuku, Minato, ”, New, New York, London

If it feels like the Baltimore Orioles have accomplished something historic these past couple years, there are some numbers that back that up. That was the New York Giants, way back at the beginning of the modern era. But Baltimore, which clinched a playoff berth Sunday, could still join the Giants with an improvement of over .300. There's actually a Baltimore connection to those New York Giants. The Baltimore franchise then moved to New York and became the Highlanders, who would eventually be called the Yankees.

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☆ Developers threaten Tokyo's historic Jingu ball park, UNESCO panel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] An aerial view shows Meiji Jingu Stadium and Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo, Japan December 3, 2022. Rallies and petition drives have protested against the plan that will also tear down and replace the Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in 1926, which is now home to the Yakult Swallows team. The council and its national panel for Japan also called on Mitsui Fudosan and other developers to withdraw immediately. In June, the Mitsui Fudosan-led group launched a website for queries from the public, aiming to build "understanding and empathy" for the project. Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Clarence FernandezOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruki Murakami, Rocky Swift, Clarence Fernandez Organizations: Chichibunomiya Rugby, Kyodo, REUTERS, Rights, UNESCO, International Council, Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsui, Thomson Locations: Meiji, Tokyo, Japan, Jingu

☆ Developers threaten Tokyo's historic Jingu baseball park, UNESCO panel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An aerial view shows Meiji Jingu Stadium and Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo, Japan December 3, 2022. The U.N. cultural agency's panel, the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), urged the government to review the plan. Rallies and petition drives have also voiced opposition to the plan, which includes the demolition and replacement of the Meiji Jingu Stadium, built in 1926, and now home to the Yakult Swallows team. Ruth, Gehrig and five other baseball Hall of Fame inductees were part of an All American team that played at Meiji Jingu Stadium during their barnstorming Japanese tour. In June, the Mitsui Fudosan-led group of developers launched a website for queries from the public, aiming to build "understanding and empathy" for the project.

Persons: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mitsui Fudosan, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Haruki Murakami, Yuriko Koike, ICOMOS, Ruth, Gehrig, Rocky Swift, Clarence Fernandez, Robert Birsel Organizations: Chichibunomiya Rugby, Kyodo, REUTERS, Rights, UNESCO, International Council, Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsui, Meiji, of Fame, Thomson Locations: Meiji, Tokyo, Japan, Jingu

Stanton smashed his 400th home run, Gerrit Cole burnished his Cy Young Award credentials and the New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Tuesday night. Just celebrated that moment with him, and coming in a big spot — tie game late," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. Miguel Cabrera had an RBI single off Cole in the opener of his final series at Yankee Stadium. Detroit has dropped seven straight at Yankee Stadium since April 30, 2021. NEW KID ON PLANET EARTHPrized rookie Jasson Domínguez went 1 for 4 with an eighth-inning double for New York in his Yankee Stadium debut.

Persons: — Giancarlo Stanton's, Stanton, Gerrit Cole burnished, Cy Young, DJ LeMahieu, Gleyber Torres, “ I’m, Cole, José Cisnero, Mark McGwire, Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez, Albert Pujols, Aaron Boone, Stanton —, —, ” Stanton, “, Miguel Cabrera, Cabrera, Jake Rogers, ” Javier Báez, Tommy Kahnle, Jonathan Loáisiga, Clay Holmes, Joey Wentz, Aaron Judge, Torres, ” Rogers, “ We're, Jasson Domínguez, “ It’s, ” Domínguez, he's, Steven Spielberg, Boone, Mariano Rivera, ” Cabrera, Anthony Rizzo, Matt Manning, Clarke Schmidt, ___ Organizations: New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, Yankees, Yankee, Miami, American League, Detroit, Tigers, EARTH, York, 161st Street Yankee, NEXT Tigers Locations: Detroit, Bronx

☆ Aritzia's mirrorless dressing rooms cause outrage online, but they seem to be a brilliant sales tactic
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

On social media, though, the biggest issue seems to be the retailer's mirrorless fitting rooms. Aritzia's communal fitting rooms are part of the brand's DNASo why make customers go through this awkwardness? The mirrorless fitting rooms go against a growing trend in retail. Eugene Gologursky/Getty ImagesAritzia's mirrorless fitting rooms go against a growing trend in retail. For Aritzia, mirrorless rooms are part of its DNA.

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☆ Red Sox hope to rebound in series finale against Blue Jays
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

August 6 - The Boston Red Sox will try to put a bad day behind them and salvage the finale of a three-game series with the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday afternoon. Neither Red Sox manager Alex Cora nor Verdugo, who never got into the game, commented on the reason. The Red Sox won the first seven meetings with the Blue Jays this season and now have lost two straight to a team they are chasing for an American League wild-card spot. Bassitt has faced the Red Sox once in his career, in 2021, when he allowed two runs and three hits with 10 strikeouts in seven innings. The Red Sox are expected to start left-hander Brennan Bernardino (1-1, 2.72).

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☆ ‘You Knew Who the Hall of Famers Were’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Tyler Kepner | More About Tyler Kepner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Sometimes, a new Hall of Fame class fits neatly together in baseball history. Jimmie Foxx and Mel Ott, 500-homer sluggers in the shadow of Babe Ruth, went in together in 1951. Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski, one-city institutions who met in a sublime World Series, took their turn in 1989. Both reached the World Series twice, winning once. More than anything else, the pairing of McGriff and Rolen is a powerful reflection of the changing standards for baseball’s highest honor.

Persons: Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Babe Ruth, Johnny Bench, Carl Yastrzemski, Reggie Jackson, Fred McGriff, Scott Rolen, McGriff, Rolen Organizations: of, Star, Contemporary Baseball

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