Новости за 25.05.2018

From SABR member David Laurila at FanGraphs on May 23, 2018:

Ned Yost took over as the manager of the Kansas City Royals on May 13, 2010. The fact that he still holds the position puts him in select company. Of the 30 current MLB managers, only five were skippering their current club at the start of the 2011 season, and only Mike Scioscia (1999) and Bruce Bochy (2006) can boast a longer tenure than can Yost.

Managerial turnover has been especially prevalent in recent years. A... Читать дальше...

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• Roughly 40 US commandos held off about 500 pro-Syrian government forces – including Russian mercenaries – in an intense firefight in early February, The New York Times reports. 
• None of the US troops were harmed, but hundreds of the pro-Syrian government forces were killed. 
• The firefight took place at an outpost next to a Conoco gas station in eastern Syria on February 7. 

Roughly 40 US commandos held off around 500 pro-Syrian government forces ... Читать дальше...

Vermont high school and college sports scores and schedule for May 25-26, 2018, as reported to the Burlington Free Press sports department.

Paul Bloch, one of Hollywood’s top publicists and chairman of Rogers & Cowan, died on Friday. He was 78. Bloch represented clients such as Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Michael Keaton and Eddie Murphy, among others. He died Friday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a long illness. Bloch started at Rogers & Cowan in the 1960s and was known for putting out fires in Hollywood. Also Read: Philip Roth, Novelist and Pulitzer Prize Winner, Dies at 85 Cruise hired Bloch in 2005 after his sister... Читать дальше...

For Gegard Mousasi, winning an MMA world title is both significant and trivial at the same time - he sees it like how an actor wins the prestigious Academy Award.

What you should be listening to in the car, on a plane, or at home.

If last Saturday was for the royal wedding, this Saturday (and the two days that follow) are for travel, sun, and barbecues. Memorial Day is upon us, and with it, the annual tradition of playing catch-up at home or traveling elsewhere to relax. Regardless of which version of the long weekend you choose, we’ve got your entertainment handled with 11 Vox podcast episodes that cover everything from foreign policy to serial killers. Читать дальше...

Fabio Aru's miserable Giro d'Italia came to an early end on Friday as the Italian abandoned the race just over an hour into stage 19. 

KIEV – Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp says forward Mohamed Salah will be at peak fitness for Saturday's Champions League final regardless of whether or not he is observing the fasting rules of Ramadaan.

From Travis Sawchik at FanGraphs on May 25, 2018:

Baseball goes through its trends like about any other industry. Just about everything goes through a constant flow of peaks ebbing to lulls and then back to peaks agains.

Pitch types, for example, go through cycles of popularity. The curveball was out of fashion and now it is back. There are years where different pitches are more prominent than others. Different pitches do different things. They dart left, right, down, and appear to rise. Читать дальше...

Developed over a number of years, a new best practice guide will provide police across Alberta with up-to-date information about sexual violence and better ways to support victims.

If no disease, including cancer, can survive in an alkaline environment, then why aren't doctors using this method to heal their patients? This question was originally answered on Quora by Mike Condron.

From SABR member Frank Jackson at The Hardball Times on May 24, 2018:

Most teams have a regular starting lineup, sometimes referred to as first-stringers. We also speak of second-stringers and sometimes third-stringers. But have you ever heard of a fourth stringer … or beyond? Well, if you were on hand at the Oakland Coliseum on September 19, 1972, you would have gone where no official scorer has gone before.

At that stage of the ’72 season, the A’s were in the driver’s seat in the race for the AL West Division flag. Читать дальше...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has appointed District Judge Robert Frederick as chief judge for the 25th Judicial District. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss announced in a news release Friday Frederick's appointment to complete a term that begins July 1 and ends Dec. 31, 2019. Frederick will succeed Chief Judge Wendel Wurst, who will continue to serve as a district judge. The 25th Judicial District is made up of Finney, Kearny, Hamilton, Greeley, Wichita and Scott counties. Frederick has served... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump misrepresented what he's doing for members of the armed forces when he spoke Friday to graduates of the United States Naval Academy. TRUMP: "Going to have new equipment and well-deserved pay raises. We just got you a big pay raise. First time in 10 years. We got you a big pay increase. First time in over 10 years. I fought for you. That was the hardest one to get, but you never had a chance of losing." THE FACTS: That's not right. U.S. military members have... Читать дальше...

The Environmental Protection Agency spent about $3.5 million on Administrator Scott Pruitt’s unprecedented 24/7 security detail, according to EPA data...

From SABR member Shane Tourtellotte at The Hardball Times on May 23, 2018:

The post De Blasio: ‘I Won’t Shed a Tear’ if the New York Post Goes Out of Business appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt's security detail has cost taxpayers about $3.4 million so far, up more than 30 percent from his predecessor during an equivalent period, according to details released by the agency, which said Pruitt's life had been threatened. Pruitt, who environmental groups have accused of lax enforcement and cozy ties with industry, requested 24-hour protection beginning on his first day in office. It was an unusual measure for the nation's top environmental regulator... Читать дальше...

Saskatchewan is the first jurisdiction in Canada where the courts have ordered the government to allow the removal of gender markers on birth certificates.

Two fishermen in Mississippi snagged the second-largest alligator gar ever caught with a bow in state history — a 182-pound, 7-foot-long behemoth. Kevin Meacham, of Clinton, and guide Hughes Skinner were taping a segment for “Mississippi Outdoors” recently on an oxbow lake off the Mississippi River north of Vicksburg when they spotted something out of...

From SABR member Sarah Wexler at The Hardball Times on May 18, 2018:

On May 20, 1993, Cheers ended its 11-season run. The series still holds the record for the most Emmy nominations for a comedy series with 117. It won a total of 28 awards. It received nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series in each of its 11 seasons; it won the award four times. It launched the careers of Ted Danson, Woody Harrelson and Kelsey Grammer, among others. The series influenced countless shows that came after it... Читать дальше...