A SUB-DISTRICT AMERICAN LEAGION BASEBALL TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD THIS WEEKEND AT GILBERTSON FIELD IN ROSEAU. PLAY OPENS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ROSEAU IS THE TOP SEED IN THE NORTH DIVISION AND WILL PLAY THEIR FIRST GAME ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE TOP FOUR TEAMS FROM THIS TOURNAMENT WILL QUALIFY FOR THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT.
THE MINNESOTA WILD ARE BUYING OUT THE REMAINING FOUR YEARS OF CONTRACTS WITH RYAN SUTER AND ZACH PARISE, MAKING THEM UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS. THE WILD MADE THE PLAYOFFS IN 8 OF THE 9 SEASONS THEY WERE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM, AND COMPILED THE 8TH MOST TEAM POINTS OVER THAT SPAN.
DOMINIQUE DUCHARME HAS HAD THE INTERIM TAG REMOVED AND HAS BEEN MADE THE PERMANENT HEAD COACH OF THE MONTREAL CANADIENS AFTER LEADING THEM TO THE STANLEY CUP FINALS.
GOALTENDER PEKKA RINNE OF NASHVILLE MADE IT OFFIICAL, RETIRING AFTER 15 NHL SEASONS.
VLAD GUERERRO JR PROVIDED THE FIREWORKS WITH A 468 FOOT HOME RUN, AS THE AMERICAN LEAGUEW ON THE ALL STAR GAME FOR THE 8TH STRAIGHT TIME, 5-2 OVER THE NATIONAL LEAGUE. GUERERRO ALSO WON THE MVP AWARD.
NELSON CRUZ WENT 0-FOR-1 IN HIS LONE AT BAT, TAYLOR RODGERS ALLOWED TWO RUN IN HIS INNING OF WORK, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE UNEARNED.
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, THE ALL-STAR UNIFORMS GOT A BIG TWO THUMBS DOWN FROM MOST PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SAID YESTERDAY THAT THEY SEE LAS VEGAS AS A VIABLE OPTION FOR RELOCATION OF THE OAKLAND ATHELTICS, IF THEY CAN’T GET A DEAL DONE FOR A NEW BALL PARK.
COMMISSION ROB MANFRED ALSO SAID HE DOESN’T SEE 7 INNING DOUBLEHEADERS AND THE EXTRA INNINGS RULE AS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AROUND LONG TERM, AND HE’D LIKE TO SEE SOME RULE CHANGES, INCLUDING BANNING OF THE SHIFT, THAT WOULD RESTORE BASEBALL TO IT’S ROOTS.
BASEBALL NEEDS TO WORK OUT A NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT THIS OFFSEASON.
LA CLIPPERS KAWHI LEONARD HAS UNDERGONE SUCCESSFUL SURGERY TO REPAIR A PARITAL TEAR OF HIS ACL IN HIS RIGHT KNEE. HE MISSED THE CLIPPERS FINAL 8 PLAYOFF GAMES DUE TO THAT INJURY.
THE OPEN, AT ROYAL ST GEORGES, BEGINS PLAY TOMORROW. SHANE LOWRY IS YOUR DEFENDING CHAMPION FROM TWO YEARS AGO, AS THE OPEN WAS NOT HELD LAST YEAR. HE’LL BE PAIRED WITH JON RAHM, FRESH OFF HIS US OPEN VICTORY, AND FORMER MAJOR CHAMPION LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN.
Last modified: 07/14/2021
