Luis Robert Jr. reached high above the center field wall to snag a potential home run and launched a long drive an inning later. Shea Langeliers homered twice, Zack Gelof hit a tiebreaking two-run drive in the seventh inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the White Sox 8-5 on Thursday night. Robert did his part, robbing Brent Rooker of a homer and smacking a 444-foot drive.
expanded to house 3,000 migrants instead of the initial plans for 2,000. the growing facility has faced backlash since plans to build it on youth athletic fields were announced. an official explaining it s a temporary solution to give the city, quote: a little breathing room as they struggle to handle the influx of migrants. and in a true moment of sportsmanship, little leaguers from each of the 20 teams pitched in for a truly one of a kind ceremonial first pitch before the little league classic yesterday. look at this. they lined up from the center field wall and threw the ball one player he at a time until it crossed home plate before the annual major league game in williamsport, pennsylvania. the final teams are competing this week with hopes of competing in the final next sunday. you love to see something like that, steve. steve: that is great. what a great idea. thank you very much, carley. you are welcome. switches gears, the police union in austin, texas, speaking out on w
a greeting on the brewers scoreboard that read, de la cruz almost hit a home run in the first inning but didn t. here s how he responded to the attempt at trolling. de la cruz, high fly, deep right center. gone! the message was still glowing on the scoreboard as he hit that bomb. de la cruz sent the first pitch 456 feet over the center field wall, under the concourse for a two-run home run. brewers won, though, on yelich s walk-off in the end. mike, the orioles, great story. lowest payroll in baseball, atop the american league. they finished last for so many seasons and got the number one pick for years. they have one of the best catchers in the major leagues, basically a rookie.
terror attacks, the law will extend for families and victims and emergency workers with 9/11 related illnesses. check this out, cleveland indian pitcher gives four run and then decides to show off arm s power. what he did before he came out, watch this, turns and fires, thankfully he threw it against the boards, nobody in the seat to get hit with it, you don t do that when your manager is coming out, it s disrespectful. you can t be doing that. throwing the ball all the way over the center field wall before being yanked from the game, he apologized, the indians lost 6-9 to the royals, those are headlines, there s no tantrums in baseball, come on. [laughter] he was showing off. look how far i can throw that. [laughter] too late. thank you kansas city royals. we are in first place in al
how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let s send to everyone! [ camera clicking ] wifi up there? -ahhh. sure, why not? how d he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we re here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your xfinity store today. in baseball a pitcher typically hands the ball over to a manager when he s taken out of the game, but there is nothing typical about the cleveland indians trevor bauer. here s what bauer did when taken out, turned and chucked the ball over the center field wall before he was pulled in kansas city on sunday.