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Jordan Lyles needed a second to ponder the question. Posed with a premise — if an organization could choose a top-level catching prospect or a top-level prospect at any other position, which should it select? — Lyles leaned back in his chair in the Orioles clubhouse, playing pretend general manager for a moment. The decision depended on a belief that both players were virtually identical, other than their position. Lyles pointed out that scouting reports on high schoolers or college stars don’t always accurately predict how a player might turn out in five years. With that said, the veteran right-hander came to his conclusion. “If it’s close talent-wise, you go with the franchise catcher over the franchise anything, I think, because there are only 30 starting catchers, and now half the teams are platooning,” Lyles said. “Buster Poseys don’t come around [often], and those are more valuable long-term for organizations, I think, because you don’t have to continue to draft catchers … [Read more...] about For the Orioles and Nationals, a rebuild looks a lot better with a star behind the plate | ANALYSIS

Ten years ago this month, the Harvard men’s baseball team put a video on YouTube in which they danced and lip-synched to Carly Rae Jepsen’s No. 1 hit, “Call Me Maybe.” It was funny because, well, you know: They were muscle-y boys with serious jawlines, and they were doing choreography that involved punching the ceiling of a van; this was back when a lot of people thought that pop songs were really stupid and for girls. So the video got really popular. Then other groups of people started to film themselves doing their own versions of the song: college students in Idaho; the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders ; the U.S. Olympic swim team . Maybe you, too, were inclined to dance and lip-synch to Carly Rae Jepsen’s No. 1 hit, “Call Me Maybe,” with your friends and post it to the internet. This is how one of the first super-viral “challenges” on social media was born. Planking, where people filmed or photographed themselves lying flat—like a plank—in unexpected places, had already … [Read more...] about The Viral Online Challenge Is Never Coming Back

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for June 23 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Tony Siragusa, a former NFL defensive lineman, died Wednesday at a home in New Jersey . He was 55. Toms River Police officers responded to a call at a home on the barrier islands section of town, and dispatchers were told there was " CPR in progress ," authorities told TMZ Sports. Siragusa was later pronounced dead at the home. Jim Ornstein, the former NFL player’s broadcast agent, confirmed Siragusa's death. The cause of death was not immediately known. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Tony Siragusa, defensive tackle for the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens, holds the Vince Lombardi trophy as he rides with wife Kathy in a parade in his hometown of Kenilworth, N.J., March 4, 2001. (AP Photo/Jeff … [Read more...] about Tony Siragusa death: Ex-NFL great was reportedly receiving CPR as police were called

close Video Fox News Flash top entertainment headlines June 23 Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Check out what clicked this week in entertainment. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! Tom Hanks is a certified wedding crasher. The "Forrest Gump" star, 65, shared during Tuesday’s episode of " Late Night With Seth Meyers " that his ego goes "unchecked" when he crashes people’s wedding photos. "It’s my ego, unchecked," Hanks said. "I just can’t help but think, ‘What would these people like more than anything else to remember this magic day of days? Oh, I know: me!’" Tom Hanks explained why he loves crashing weddings on "Late Night With Seth Meyers." (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Hanks was a guest on the talk show to promote his latest biopic, "Elvis," which stars Austin Butler as the late music icon. TOM HANKS SAID HE TURNED DOWN OFFER FROM JEFF BEZOS TO GO TO … [Read more...] about Tom Hanks shares why he loves crashing wedding photos: ‘It’s my ego unchecked’

Any momentum the Chicago Cubs built coming off a series win against the defending World Series champions quickly evaporated. The Cubs lost for the 14th time in 18 games Thursday, falling to the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 in the finale of a four-game series. A five-run rally in the eighth inning positioned the Cubs to earn a series split when pinch hitter Alfonso Rivas delivered a two-out, two-run single to give them a one-run lead. But the comeback attempt didn’t even last a pitch. Michael Chavis took right-hander David Robertson deep for a tying home run, and the Cubs ultimately lost on a walk-off bloop single in the 10th. In a scary moment one pitch into the bottom of the first, Cubs trainers trekked to the bullpen because of an apparent medical issue. Cubs bullpen coach Chris Young became lightheaded during the inning, prompting a visit from trainers, including medical staff from the Pirates, and a six-minute delay in the game. Young went to a hospital, was checked out and … [Read more...] about 3 thoughts after the Chicago Cubs’ 14th loss in 18 games, including reliever Ethan Robert’s season-ending injury

Updated at 10:54 a.m. ET on May 19, 2022. Three years ago, when a white-supremacist fanatic killed dozens of people in El Paso, Texas, the reaction from the right was unreserved condemnation . When another white-supremacist fanatic killed 10 people at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York, last week, the reaction from some figures on the right was to acknowledge that the guy had a point about this whole “replacement” thing. Large sections of the manifesto attributed to the Buffalo shooter were plagiarized from the writings of the perpetrator of another racist massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand . Both share the premise that violence against nonwhite people is justified to prevent “white genocide” or the “replacement” of white Americans by nonwhite immigrants. As the alleged Buffalo shooter put it, he carried out the attack because “all black people are replacers just by existing in White countries.” I would offer to explain how Black people got to … [Read more...] about Conservatives Are Defending a Sanitized Version of ‘The Great Replacement’

The mass shooting of Black grocery shoppers in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday follows a string of similar attacks. Gunmen have targeted worshippers at synagogues and mosques and temples and Bible study; they have opened fire on summer camps and people at festivals. We know the names of these places: Charleston; El Paso; Poway; Pittsburgh; Oak Creek; Christchurch, New Zealand. We know the names of the shooters, too, although I won’t list them here, because adding to their notoriety deepens the problem. Some of us also know by now that although we might think these are attacks on specific victim groups—and they are attacks on Black, Jewish, Islamic, Sikh, Latino, and immigrant populations—the aforementioned examples have all been part of one movement. In each event, a white-power activist was the perpetrator. Several of the assailants wrote extensively about their motivations in manifestos that outlined a coherent political ideology. And in the United States, they have been backed … [Read more...] about White Power, White Violence

Shortly after the Orlando Magic concluded their draft night Thursday, which included taking Paolo Banchero with the No. 1 pick and Caleb Houstan at No. 32 , the attention shifted towards their summer league plans. They won’t include second-year guard Jalen Suggs. Suggs, the No. 5 pick in last year’s draft, had surgery in late April to address a “slight” stress fracture in his right ankle. Magic president of basketball operations Jeff Weltman told the Orlando Sentinel on Thursday evening that Suggs is “doing well.” “Jalen got his boot off and he’s ramping up his recovery,” Weltman added. Suggs told the Orlando Sentinel on Friday he started doing on-court work again this past week. The Magic will kick off summer league in Las Vegas against the Houston Rockets, who drafted Jabari Smith Jr. with the No. 3 pick. Summer league runs from July 7-17. Weltman also provided an update on Jonathan Isaac , who had surgery after a “minor right hamstring injury” he … [Read more...] about Jalen Suggs recovers but Magic won’t have him for Las Vegas summer league