park. the yankee series with the red sox is the biggest regular season matchup between these two squads in years. i am already nervous. all three teams have nine games left on their regular season schedules. the fate of the national league west, meanwhile, is arguably in the hands of the san diego padres who snapped a five-game losing streak with yesterday s win over the division-leading giants. meanwhile in denver, the dodgers keep the pressure on san francisco, cutting the giants lead atop the n.l. west with one game with a 7-5 win against the rockies. the padres performance over the next ten days will go a long way toward settling the division race. san diego plays l.a. and san francisco three times each before the season ends. but the padres, their own playoff chances are still slim as they remain six games behind the red-hot cardinals in the race for the second n.l. wild-card spot. st. louis extended its win streak to 12 in a row, its longest since 1982, finishing off a four-gam
Apr. 12—SOMERS — The road back to playing a high school softball season, or any spring sport for that matter, was a long one in Connecticut. But the almost two-year wait to step back onto the diamond made opening day Saturday that much sweeter. "It was a long wait," Somers senior Emily Reynolds said. "But it was worth the wait though, for sure." Reynolds made the most of her return, collecting .