CINCINNATI — If there was once any concern that Jon Lester wouldn’t be able as soon as the season began, the veteran left-hander did his perfect Monday evening to ease the ones fears. Lester adopted Tyler Chatwood’s stellar day out Sunday with one among his personal by means of throwing 5 no-hit innings in his season debut in opposition to the Reds at Great American Ball Park — an 8-7 Cubs win once they just about squandered leads of 7-Zero and 8-1. They took an 8-Five lead into the 9th, however Craig Kimbrel let two runs pass within the 9th with the bases loaded to make it 8-7, hitting Freddy Galvis with a pitch after which strolling Tyler
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Judge sanctions volleyball trainer however tosses a lot of lawsuit
A federal pass judgement on in a mixed-bag ruling Friday tossed a lot of a class-action lawsuit that leveled important allegations in opposition to a suburban volleyball trainer who has been banned from more than one organizations over claims of sexual abuse. However, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly gave the attorneys who filed the lawsuit an opportunity to stay it alive. And he leveled uncommon sanctions in opposition to volleyball trainer Rick Butler, his spouse Cheryl Butler, their Aurora-based Sports Performance Volleyball Club, and legal professional Danielle D’Ambrose. It all comes greater than two years after Laura Mullen filed the lawsuit, which argued that Butler tricked oldsters and formative years athletes into becoming a member of his membership through
Sam Kennedy Tosses First Pitch To Kick Off BASE Program’s Fourth Season
Boston Red Sox president Sam Kennedy got to show off his arm when he took the hill for a great cause Saturday. Kennedy tossed the ceremonial first pitch to kick off the fourth season of The BASE, Boston’s premiere urban youth sports and academic training academy located in Roxbury, Mass. To hear about all the great opportunities that The BASE provides, check out the video above from “NESN Sports Today,” presented by People’s United Bank. ... NESN.com
Sandy Leon Tosses Perfect Strike With Mask, With Umpire Making Catch
Share this: Maybe the New England Patriots should look at bringing Sandy Leon on board while Tom Brady serves his four-game suspension. The Boston Red Sox catcher has been a revelation since returning from Pawtucket in early June, hitting .400 in 26 games, with two more hits Monday night against the Detroit Tigers. But Leon also showed off in another way Monday night. Mike Aviles popped up a Drew Pomeranz pitch behind home plate, and Leon went chasing after it toward the screen. After seeing he had a chance to make the catch, Leon tossed his mask back toward the batter’s box. In doing so, he threw a perfect strike, in stride, to home plate umpire Jim Reynolds, who showed off some good hands