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New York Post
15-06-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Yankees' rally stalls after brutal gaffe in another loss to Red Sox
Access the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Try it free BOSTON — The Yankees came out flatter than Lance Dobbins' professional baseball portfolio. And then once they finally got a rally going, they killed it quicker than it started because of a boneheaded play. The result was a second straight loss to the Red Sox, 4-3, on a chilly Saturday night when Hunter Dobbins shut them down across six shutout innings in front of a sold-out Fenway Park. 6 Jasson Domínguez reacts dejectedly after getting picked off in the seventh inning of the Yankees' 4-3 loss to the Red Sox on June 14, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post Dobbins, who made headlines over the past week by talking about his hatred for the Yankees and detailing his father Lance's professional baseball career that turned out to be built on falsehoods, silenced the Yankees' bats. 6 Marcelo Mayer hits a sacrifice fly for the Red Sox during their win against the Yankees on June 14. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post 6 Carlos Rodón reacts during the Yankees' loss to the Red Sox on June 14. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post They mustered just two hits and one walk against the Red Sox rookie right-hander, who struck out five and only allowed one runner to reach scoring position all night. Once Dobbins left the game, the Yankees (42-27) finally showed signs of life. 6 Trevor Story reaches second base safely during the Red Sox's win against the Yankees. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post 6 Aaron Judge reacts after striking out during the Yankees' loss to the Red Sox. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post Their first two batters of the seventh inning reached on walks and came around to score on RBI singles from Jasson Domínguez and Austin Wells that cut the Red Sox' 4-0 lead in half. But there were two outs when Domínguez was on second and Wells on first as Trent Grisham swung through a 2-1 pitch. 6 Hunter Dobbins throws a pitch during the Red Sox's win against the Yankees. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post Domínguez, perhaps thinking it was strike three, was caught standing flat-footed in no-man's land between second and third base. Red Sox catcher Carlos Narváez threw down to second as Domínguez took off for third, but he did not get there in time to avoid making the final out and ending the rally in brutal fashion.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Texas A&M men's basketball lands huge commitment from three-point deadeye Spanish guard
The Texas A&M men's basketball program landed a commitment from one of the most decorated three-point shooters from overseas on Friday morning. First-year head coach Buck McMillan continued an impressive offseason with the recruitment of Bilbao Basket's Rubén Domínguez. The Spanish guard helped lead his team to the FIBA Europe Cup title with his deadeye shooting from three-point range. Advertisement Here is the official announcement from Jon Chepkevich, who is the director of scouting for Draft Express: Domínguez has been a superstar for his home country and the Bilbao Basket organization for years now, as the 6'6" guard aided Spain to a silver medal at the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship and helped push Bilbao Basket over the hump to secure the 2025 FIBA Championship title. In his career playing for Spain, he has accumulated 153 games played, 5.7 points per game, 1.4 rebounds per contest and a .362 field goal percentage. Domínguez also received Spanish ACB Week 13 Player of the Week honors in 2025. Advertisement The addition of the Spanish guard adds to an already impressive recruiting class put together by McMillan and the Texas A&M coaching staff. He joins names such as Creighton guard Pop Isaacs and Indiana forward Mackenzie Mgbako, both signed with the Aggies during the offseason. As time inches closer to the Aggies hitting the hardwood in Reed Arena this season, McMillan's roster continues to glimmer with promise at all positions, but especially at guard. Contact/Follow us @AggiesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Texas A&M news, notes and opinions. Follow Dylan on X: @dylanmflippo. This article originally appeared on Aggies Wire: Texas A&M men's basketball lands commitment from Spanish guard
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Divided APS board vacates coaching, governance contract. New provider to be selected in fall.
Jun. 5—After pushback from some board members, Albuquerque Public Schools won't renew its contract with the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), which cost the district around $50,000 over nearly three years. CGCS is a Washington, D.C.-based organization that partners with urban districts to improve students' academic performance and assist school boards' governance strategies. The district will instead put out a request for proposals allowing vendors to apply to provide coaching services and student outcomes-focused governance as APS attempts to turn around academic performance as the largest district in a state that often ranks last in the nation for education. The district's contract with CGCS will expire June 30 and applications to fill the vacancy are due by Aug. 1. The board will likely vote on a new vendor at its Sept. 17 meeting. CGCS didn't answer questions or respond to interview requests sent over several weeks but stated Wednesday that it had "no involvement in the school board's decision not to renew its contract." APS' Board of Education met Wednesday and was initially expected to vote on renewing the contract. However, it was announced May 30 in a memo from APS Board President Danielle Gonzales that the district would seek a different provider for coaching services. "This effort to establish community engagement goals was to be transparent, to be clear, and also to hold ourselves accountable to meeting these specific goals," Gonzales said Wednesday, opening the discussion. "I want to acknowledge that no board had ever done this before, and this was not happening before." She also referred to several meetings in which the board unanimously approved topics related to the contract and student governance strategies, dating back to June 2024. However, one of the contract's critics, board member Josefina Domínguez, outlined longstanding issues she has had with CGSC in an email sent from her personal address to her APS address. The email — which she told the Journal was a draft — was obtained through an Inspection of Public Records Act request. Domínguez states that CGCS, "deliberately inserted themselves into the APS Board's business" and that board leadership interpreted "coaching to suit their needs." "Key decisions within the APS Board are made with the knowledge of only four members, leaving the other three members in the dark," she wrote. "This lack of collaborative governance is evident in our board meetings." The split to which she refers concerns the three board members endorsed by the Albuquerque Teachers Federation union and the four backed by business community entities, such as the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and the local chapter of NAIOP, a commercial real estate organization. That divide was on display Wednesday as the three union-backed board members present — Domínguez, Heather Benavidez and Ronalda Tome-Warito — discussed the issues they had with CGCS. Domínguez and Tome-Warito stated that CGCS didn't offer enough to help students who are minorities, specifically Native students, and Benavidez took issue with the divisiveness caused by coaching. "I would like a coach that is not going to pit board members against each other; that's going to foster cohesion," Benavidez said. "I think that needs to start with the board, the board members. We cannot be productive as a board if we don't get along." The discussion over the contract dominated the meeting, which took place among the five board members present. Crystal Tapia-Romero, who has now missed the past three meetings, was not in attendance, nor was Janelle Astorga, who is on maternity leave. The trio of union-backed members successfully pushed for discussions on a few items, including revising the timeline for student-focused outcomes, reflecting on the contract with CGCS and establishing criteria for a new vendor to be presented to the board at its July meeting, but in doing so, earned the ire of the board's vice president, Courtney Jackson. "I haven't slept for two stinking days because of the headspace and the time and the energy," Jackson said. "I am trying so hard to focus on effective governance, and this has spun so far out of control because of narratives, because of misunderstandings, because of hurt feelings." She also called CGCS one of "the leading organizations in the nation" and added that the organization has a "proven" record of turning around student academic performance. "I represent 90,000 roughly constituents. You know what they want me to be focusing on?" Jackson said. "They want to make sure that our kids can read. They want to make sure that our kids can do math. That's what they want me to do."
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Divided APS board vacates coaching, governance contract. New provider to be selected in fall.
Jun. 5—After pushback from some board members, Albuquerque Public Schools won't renew its contract with the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), which cost the district around $50,000 over nearly three years. CGCS is a Washington, D.C.-based organization that partners with urban districts to improve students' academic performance and assist school boards' governance strategies. The district will instead put out a request for proposals allowing vendors to apply to provide coaching services and student outcomes-focused governance as APS attempts to turn around academic performance as the largest district in a state that often ranks last in the nation for education. The district's contract with CGCS will expire June 30 and applications to fill the vacancy are due by Aug. 1. The board will likely vote on a new vendor at its Sept. 17 meeting. CGCS didn't answer questions or respond to interview requests sent over several weeks but stated Wednesday that it had "no involvement in the school board's decision not to renew its contract." APS' Board of Education met Wednesday and was initially expected to vote on renewing the contract. However, it was announced May 30 in a memo from APS Board President Danielle Gonzales that the district would seek a different provider for coaching services. "This effort to establish community engagement goals was to be transparent, to be clear, and also to hold ourselves accountable to meeting these specific goals," Gonzales said Wednesday, opening the discussion. "I want to acknowledge that no board had ever done this before, and this was not happening before." She also referred to several meetings in which the board unanimously approved topics related to the contract and student governance strategies, dating back to June 2024. However, one of the contract's critics, board member Josefina Domínguez, outlined longstanding issues she has had with CGSC in an email sent from her personal address to her APS address. The email — which she told the Journal was a draft — was obtained through an Inspection of Public Records Act request. Domínguez states that CGCS, "deliberately inserted themselves into the APS Board's business" and that board leadership interpreted "coaching to suit their needs." "Key decisions within the APS Board are made with the knowledge of only four members, leaving the other three members in the dark," she wrote. "This lack of collaborative governance is evident in our board meetings." The split to which she refers concerns the three board members endorsed by the Albuquerque Teachers Federation union and the four backed by business community entities, such as the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce and the local chapter of NAIOP, a commercial real estate organization. That divide was on display Wednesday as the three union-backed board members present — Domínguez, Heather Benavidez and Ronalda Tome-Warito — discussed the issues they had with CGCS. Domínguez and Tome-Warito stated that CGCS didn't offer enough to help students who are minorities, specifically Native students, and Benavidez took issue with the divisiveness caused by coaching. "I would like a coach that is not going to pit board members against each other; that's going to foster cohesion," Benavidez said. "I think that needs to start with the board, the board members. We cannot be productive as a board if we don't get along." The discussion over the contract dominated the meeting, which took place among the five board members present. Crystal Tapia-Romero, who has now missed the past three meetings, was not in attendance, nor was Janelle Astorga, who is on maternity leave. The trio of union-backed members successfully pushed for discussions on a few items, including revising the timeline for student-focused outcomes, reflecting on the contract with CGCS and establishing criteria for a new vendor to be presented to the board at its July meeting, but in doing so, earned the ire of the board's vice president, Courtney Jackson. "I haven't slept for two stinking days because of the headspace and the time and the energy," Jackson said. "I am trying so hard to focus on effective governance, and this has spun so far out of control because of narratives, because of misunderstandings, because of hurt feelings." She also called CGCS one of "the leading organizations in the nation" and added that the organization has a "proven" record of turning around student academic performance. "I represent 90,000 roughly constituents. You know what they want me to be focusing on?" Jackson said. "They want to make sure that our kids can read. They want to make sure that our kids can do math. That's what they want me to do."
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Fantasy Baseball Trade Analyzer: Hitters to acquire — and understanding when to move on
With the calendar having flipped over to June, many fantasy baseball managers of middling teams are starting to run out of patience. This makes the third month of the season a perfect time to buy low on players who have worn out their welcome. [Smarter waivers, better trades, optimized lineups — Yahoo Fantasy Plus unlocks it all] This week's article is focused on hitters, and there are more players listed in the Buy Low section than any other. After all, while there are a variety of ways to attack the trade market, acquiring slumping players at a discount is a tried-and-true strategy. Buy Low Fernando Tatís Jr., OF, San Diego Padres Tatís has cooled off dramatically after a hot start to the season, and since the beginning of May he has hit .186 with a .624 OPS. His strikeout rate has risen to a small degree, but the biggest cause for his recent struggles has been a .198 BABIP that is not related to a decline in his quality of contact. There are not many opportunities to acquire a first-round talent at any level of discount, but there will be a small window with Tatís in some leagues, as impatient managers will listen to offers on a slumping player. It's worth a shot. Jasson Domínguez, OF, New York Yankees Domínguez has thus far held serve as a premium prospect in his rookie season, but he hasn't made a major fantasy impact while batting .247 with a .765 OPS. Still, there are signs that the youngster is on the verge of a midseason breakout. Domínguez was much better in May than in April, lowering his strikeout rate by 7.7% and improving his walk rate by 4.9%. He also improved his quality of contact by raising his fly ball rate and hard-contact rate. A reasonable offer for Domínguez could lead to having a dynamic young hitter in the summer. Mike Trout, OF, Los Angeles Angels Acquiring Trout is undoubtedly a risky move. After all, the 33-year-old has already spent time on the IL this season and annually misses a massive chunk of the season. But Trout is back in action right now, and he is still among the best power hitters in baseball, as he ranks sixth in baseball in xSLG and has gone deep 10 times in 124 at-bats. Trout's injury history and lowly .226 average can be used in trade talks, while glancing over the fact that he has been dragged down by a .231 BABIP and owns a solid .277 xBA. The veteran may wind up missing more time, but he's a risk worth taking for those who have already fallen behind the pack in their league. Buy High Manny Machado, 3B, San Diego Padres I wasn't sure which category to put Machado in, as he is more of a 'buy medium' right now. The veteran is among the steadiest producers in baseball, and he's off to another strong start by hitting .315 with a .868 OPS. Machado's Statcast data backs up his strong starts, as he ranks seventh in baseball in xBA (.320) and owns an xSLG (.552) that is notably higher than his actual mark. The cherry on top is that the third baseman has been more aggressive on the basepaths by swiping seven bags. Managers who are willing to pay up for a rock-solid hitter who is slightly below the superstar tier should have Machado near the top of their priority list. Sell High Heliot Ramos, OF, San Francisco Giants Managers must love rostering Ramos right now. After all, during May he hit .347 with six home runs. Unfortunately, his success last month came via a .403 BABIP that was achieved despite poor rates of hard contact (31.5%) and fly balls (27.4%). Ramos also benefited in May from a 30% HR/FB rate, and when the pendulum swings back on his batted ball tendencies, he will be someone who provides only minimal production over a replacement-level player in shallow leagues. Advertisement Sell Low Matt McLain, 2B/SS, Cincinnati Reds After missing all of the 2024 season due to a shoulder injury, McLain has shown clear signs that he has not fully regained his best skill set. His strikeout rate (31.0%) is one of the worst among qualified hitters, and his quality of contact is no better than average. Sure, his .233 BABIP hasn't helped his cause, but this is someone who hit .121 in April and .194 in May. In short, his batting average woes are dragging down teams in roto leagues, and they need to move on. McLain is still among baseball's fastest players, and the best plan at this point is to try to trade him away on the basis of his name value and steals potential.
