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Although there were no high school football playoffs, and limited attendance for state basketball and state spirit, the New Mexico Activites Association is not yet operating at a deficit, executive director Sally Marquez said.
But if the current status quo has not changed for 2021-22?
“Next school year, we’ll be OK if we have fans in the stands,” Marquez said. “If we have to go back to limited fans, we will take an additional hit next year.”
The NMAA board of directors last June approved a budget with a projected deficit of $1.6 million for the 2020-21 school year. That budget accounted for no fans for fall and winter sports, Marquez said.
May 11 A double-stabbing at a North End Tacoma corner store rattled but united the neighborhood. More than $14,000 has been raised for the father and son who were attacked Monday while working at the Corner Store at North K and 6th streets. Neighbors left notes and flowers outside the business, and others used sidewalk chalk to pen messages like "Stay strong" and "You are valued." Although the .
MLB Trade Rumors
The Rangers have agreed to a deal with Cuban infielder
Andy Ibanez, Jeff Wilson of the Forth Worth Star-Telegram reports on Twitter. Last we checked in, the 22-year-old had changed his representation to Relativity Baseball.
Ibanez’s deal with Texas is worth $1.6MM, reports MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez (via Twitter). That figure means that the Rangers have spent $4.2MM of the roughly $4.5MM they have to spend after acquiring the aforementioned bonus slots. Texas recently added to its international pool via trade, and it could well be that the club was lining itself up to add Ibanez, who is subject to the international signing restrictions.
MLB Trade Rumors
The Rangers announced that they have placed infielder
Brock Holt on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to May 3, with a right hamstring strain. In other moves, the team selected the contract of infielder
Andy Ibanez from Triple-A Round Rock and moved catcher
Sam Huff from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL. Huff is recovering from right knee surgery.
This is already the second time this season that a right hamstring strain has forced Holt to the IL, as he missed time in April with the same issue. When Holt has been healthy enough to play, the offseason minor league signing has given the Rangers respectable offensive production with a .250/.377/.295 line in 53 plate appearances. Defensively, Holt has lined up exclusively at third base, where he has shared time with
Top 5 Diamondbacks 2021 international signings
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International signings can bring much joy.
Last January 15 the international signing period started. Normally this period starts in July and ends in June the following year, but due to the COVID pandemic the start date for the 2020 international signings period was shifted forward to January 15, 2021. As such, clubs will now be allowed to sign international amateurs till December 15, 2021. In 2022 the same period will be maintained.
During this time clubs can basically sign players that do not play on American soil, save those players that are draft eligible for the Korean and Japanese leagues. The majority of them comes from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.