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☆ Former Major League Baseball pitcher T.J. House comes out as gay
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Former Major League Baseball player T.J. House came out as gay and announced his engagement to his partner, Ryan Neitzel, in an emotional social media post Thursday. He said he felt like he could not be himself around many people, because of conversations he heard from others and in church. “It’s hard listening to people talk about you without them knowing that the words they are saying are directed at you,” he said. “This is a great day for the league and baseball,” Bean, who is now the league’s senior vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, told Outsports. It allows Ryan Neitzel and I to come together and create something beautiful.

☆ Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young winner Gaylord Perry dead at age 84
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-01 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young award winner Gaylord Perry has died at age 84. With the Indians, Perry won his first Cy Young award after leading the American League in wins (24) and complete games (29). With the Padres, Perry won his second-career Cy Young to become the first player in MLB history to win the award in both leagues. In 1991, Perry was inducted into the Pro Baseball Hall of Fame. “We have lost another member of our Hall of Fame family thoughts and prayers go out to Gaylord Perry’s family and friends RIP my friend you’ll be dearly missed,” Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs wrote in a statement on Twitter.

☆ SponsorUnited wants to be the 'Bloomberg terminal' for brand sponsorships. It used this 12-slide pitch deck to raise $35 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

SponsorUnited has raised $35 million to become the 'Bloomberg terminal' for brand sponsorships. The startup's platform helps brands see data on sponsorships across their respective industries. Check out the 12-slide pitch deck it used to raise the funds in a Series A round. Sign up for our newsletter for the latest tech news and scoops — delivered daily to your inbox. A source close to the firm said that the round puts the startup's valuation at north of $100 million, with the total now raised at $38.6 million since its launch.

CNN —The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros in dramatic fashion Friday night to take Game 1 of the World Series 6-5 in extras. “The way we fought back in that game after being down 5-0, that is a Phillies win right there,” Realmuto said. Verlander, a likely future hall of famer, remains winless as a starter in the World Series in his stellar career. The Astros’ only previous World Series win came when they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017. A Phillies series win would give the franchise its third World Series title, with its last coming back in 2008.

CNN —The 2022 World Series is a classic case of overwhelming favorite against plucky underdog. The Astros’ only previous World Series win came when they defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2017. “It is the World Series, it’s a big stage, but they have been loose the entire time through this whole process. The Philadelphia Phillies last won the World Series in 2008. Further back in 1929, the Philadelphia Athletics’ World Series win was followed by the Wall Street Crash.

☆ Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros advance to the World Series
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Kevin Dotson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The Houston Astros are once again heading for the World Series after sweeping the New York Yankees in the best-of-four League Championship Series. Philadelphia advanced to its first World Series since 2009 and looks for its first championship since 2008. The Astros will return to Fall Classic for the fourth time since 2017, looking to make amends for a loss in last year’s World Series. The Astros’ one and only World Series championship in franchise history came in 2017. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty ImagesHouston is set to face the Phillies in Game 1 of the World Series, which will begin Friday at Houston’s Minute Maid Field.

☆ Baseball’s Behemoths Are Gone. Is This Bad for the Game?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Are baseball’s playoffs unfair? Some of the pastime’s self-appointed pooh-bahs are fretting about this, after the terse postseason dismissals of the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers—eliminated in a best-of-five series by the raffish, 89-win San Diego Padres—and the 101-win defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves, sent to the golf course by those scrappy 87-win arrivistes, the Philadelphia Phillies…who also eliminated the division-winning St. Louis Cardinals.

☆ Rapidly-growing productivity startup ClickUp poached new executives from ServiceNow and Zscaler as it looks to an eventual IPO
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Paayal Zaveri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

ClickUp has brought on new executives as it looks to grow and prepare for an eventual IPO. Productivity and collaboration startup ClickUp has brought on new executives from competitors like ServiceNow to help it grow and prepare for an eventual IPO. From ServiceNow comes two execs: Jim Bartolomea, now ClickUp's new senior VP of people, and Marshall Tyler, ClickUp's newly-minted chief strategy officer. ClickUp's new leadership bench will be focused on "creating a predictable, scalable, and efficient revenue engine," Tommy Wang, ClickUp's chief business officer, told Insider. Jim Bartolomea is ClickUp's new senior VP of People ClickUpThat's where Bartolomea, the new senior VP of people, comes in.

☆ The Padres Head Up I-5 to Face Their Dragon: The Dodgers
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Tim Brown | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LOS ANGELES—The San Diego Padres, an hour or so from advancing to a National League division series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, stood by as six umpires ascended the pitcher’s mound Sunday night in Queens. The Padres were ahead and the opposing manager, a respected leader who had already made a show of collecting baseballs he may or may not have been suspicious of, apparently had decided that if the Padres were winning they must be cheating. Or maybe it was the way they were winning.

LOS ANGELES, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Dodgers enter the 2022 MLB playoffs on Tuesday hoping their spectacular regular season success will translate into post-season glory and that they can officially open up a dynasty discussion. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"2020 was something incredible, but we get some criticism for the shortened season," Dodgers left-hander Julio Urias told MLB.com. The Astros won their lone title by beating the Dodgers in a seven-game dogfight in 2017. The bright lights of the World Series will only magnify passions on both sides. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ MLB roundup: Padres send Cards to third straight shutout loss
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

St. Louis took a third consecutive shutout loss for the first time since the final three games of the 2015 season. San Diego logged its fifth straight win -- and third shutout victory in four games. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCardinals starter Miles Mikolas (11-13) gave up one unearned run on three hits in six innings. Kyle Farmer snapped an 0-for-18 skid with a bloop two-run single in Cincinnati's three-run fifth that made a winner of starter Chase Anderson (2-3). Leody Taveras provided some insurance with a two-run single in the eighth inning, and the Rangers bounced back after losing the series opener on Tuesday.

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