Chris Sale continued his dominance of minor league hitters on Saturday at Polar Park. In front of 9,508 fans, the largest crowd ever in Worcester’s new ballpark, Sale struck out seven over five innings of one-run ball. “I finally put in my first real day of work in two years,” Sale told reporters, including MassLive.com. […]
Red Sox fall out of first place in AL East
It’s too late for the Red Sox to make any additions, but they sure look like they could use some. Sox’ trade target Anthony Rizzo slapped his second homer in as many games for the New York Yankees while the Sox’ lineup was badly in need of an impact left-handed hitter on Saturday night. Twice […]
Boston Methadone Mile hotel plan on ropes after ‘clear community opposition’
The controversial plans to house homeless in a Methadone Mile hotel are on the ropes after a rocky closed-door meeting, with the main proponent saying she’s thinking twice in the face of “clear community opposition.” “Is the plan alive as of today? I don’t know,” Sarah Porter of Victory Programs told the Herald on Saturday […]
Doctors divided on Charlie Baker’s new Massachusetts masking guidelines
Boston’s doctors are divided on whether Gov. Charlie Baker’s new masking guidelines, which recommend masks only for the unvaccinated, the elderly and the immunocompromised, go far enough to mitigate the spread of the more contagious delta variant of COVID-19. “We have a highly transmissible strain of the virus — we have good vaccination rates here […]
Bailey Ober throws four innings, collects a hit as Twins beat Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — Being a pitcher — and a rookie pitcher at that — Bailey Ober, naturally, does not own his own bat. So when it came time for Twins starters to start preparing for interleague play, Ober was presented with an array of them to choose from. “Of course I’m going to pick the […]
Twins’ Taylor Rogers possibly out rest of season
ST. LOUIS — Taylor Rogers might be able to avoid surgery on his left middle finger, which he sprained earlier in the week. But even if he does, there’s no guarantee that the all-star reliever will be back before the season ends. In fact, it seems unlikely that he will, though the Twins aren’t yet […]
High turnover at top of St. Paul’s Human Rights office makes for uncertain future
Jessica Kingston. Jeffry Martin. Toni Newborn. Val Jensen. Kristien Butler. St. Paul’s Department of Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity, or HREEO, has been led by five directors or interim directors in three years, injecting uncertainty into day-to-day operations at a time when labor rights, tenants’ rights, police-community relations and other human rights concerns are […]
Kindertransport exhibit tells powerful, heartbreaking-but-hopeful story of survival
The long wall at the back of the gallery is covered with blank cardboard tags. They’re the same size as tags pinned to more than 10,000 Jewish children who escaped Nazi Germany between 1938 and 1939 through a rescue operation called Kindertransport. There are not 10,000 tags on the wall, of course, but the image […]
Simone Biles withdraws from another two Olympic events
Simone Biles, right and teammate Jordan Chiles watched the women’s individual all-around final from the sidelines (Picture: Getty) Simone Biles appears increasingly unlikely to return to action at the Tokyo Olympics after announcing her withdrawal from Sunday’s individual finals in the vault and uneven bars. The 24-year-old has not competed since she pulled out of […]
Weekend Hot Topic, part 1: Least favourite video game genre
Fortnite – not everyone likes it (pic: Epic Games) Readers discuss the video game genres they’ve never been able to enjoy, from Japanese role-players to fighting games. The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Olliephant, who asked whether there’s a particular game that put you off a genre and what it […]