Yankees keeping tabs on Chris Gittens, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s much-improved slugger | ‘He’s got huge power’
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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders first baseman Chris Gittens was in Yankees spring training and batted .316 with three homers, which tied for the team lead.AP
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Take a look at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders first baseman Chris Gittens in a baseball uniform and you know exactly what this big man is. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Yankees farmhand is a slugger. Watch the Texan take batting practice and he passes the eye test. You will be impressed watching Gittens drive balls out to left, center, right, both power alleys. The ball jumps off his bat.
Yankees’ Luke Voit ‘looked great, felt great’ raking for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Opening Night
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Yankees first baseman Luke Voit took some groundballs at first base Tuesday before going 2-for-3 with a double and a walk as a designated hitter for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in an International League game in Syracuse.
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Before beginning a rehab assignment on Opening Day for minor league baseball on Tuesday night, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders’ new and temporary slugger scoped out the surroundings at NBT Bank Stadium in Syracuse. The bases being used for Triple-A games this season are 18 inches square instead of the standard 15, and they sure looked big to Yankees first baseman Luke Voit.
May 3, 2021
The May 1 election had a variety of local, public offices on the ballot. We re excited to welcome our new elected officials; we also have some runoff elections.
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US Congressional District 6
This congressional district represents all of Ellis and Navarro County as well as parts of Tarrant County. With 23 candidates running, it was predicted this race would result in a runoff. Now that the results are in, there will be a runoff between Susan Wright (19% of the vote) and Jake Ellzey (14%).
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MAYOR: The Mayoral race included 7 candidates. No candidate hit the required 50 percent of the vote. The runoff election on
Vikings Announce Jersey Numbers For 2021 Rookie Draft Class
Let s take a look at the history and aesthetics of these numbers for the Minnesota Vikings 11 drafted rookies.
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May 4, 2021
We already knew a few of them, but now we ve got all of them. The Vikings officially announced the jersey numbers for their entire 11-member 2021 draft class on Tuesday.
Let s go through each one, note some previous Vikings who have held that number, and make a snap reaction based on history and aesthetics.
LT Christian Darrisaw 71
Notable former Vikings: David Dixon, Phil Loadholt, Riley Reiff, Doug Davis
Darrisaw is replacing Reiff as the Vikings left tackle, so it works out for him to take Reiff s old number. Darrisaw wore 77 at Virginia Tech, but that number is retired in Minnesota for the late Korey Stringer, so 71 is the next-best thing. This is a strong choice.