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MLB testing outfield positioning rules in minors as quest for more offense continues

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Minnesota Twins prospect Kyle DeBarge walks a few steps to a worn-out patch of grass while playing center field during a recent Arizona Fall League game at Salt River Fields, glancing up at a small video board that lets him know if he's in the right spot. A few steps to his left, right, front, or back and a big red "X" appears on the video board above home plate. That's not good. If he stays on that little island of dirt in a sea of grass, a big ‘O’ appears and the video board is green. Much better. Welcome to Major League Baseball's newest experiment in its long-running quest to juice the game's sluggish offense: Restricting the positioning of outfielders on every at-bat. The idea is that making outfielders play straight up — instead of adjusting for individual hitters' tendencies — will lead to more doubles and triples. “The hardest part is cutting off doubles in the…

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Patriots Get Good News on Injured $42 Million Lineman Before Dolphins Game

The New England Patriots face the Miami Dolphins — a team that just managed its first win of the season on Sunday — in Week 8. The Patriots will look to bounce back from a tough 30-24 loss to the Chicago Bears. Before the Patriots travel to Miami, coach Mike Vrabel offered an encouraging update on an important member of the offensive line who was placed on injured reserve last week, before the Thursday night Bears game. Vrabel does not believe Alijah Vera-Tucker’s hamstring injury will end the New England Patriots guard’s season, the Patriots head coach said Monday. Vrabel offered no clue, however, about how long the veteran guard will stay sidelined. “I don’t think it’s for the season, but I couldn’t tell you what short-term is determined by,” Vrabel said, as quoted by the Boston Herald‘s Doug Kyed. Vera-Tucker exited in the second quarter of New England’s Week 6 victory over his…

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Harris returns to New Hampshire to stump for Democrats

(The Center Square) — Former Vice President Kamala Harris visited New Hampshire on Saturday to stump for U.S. Senate candidate Chris Pappas and other Democrats ahead of the pivotal midterm election. Harris returned to the state for the first time since the 2024 presidential campaign to headline a get-out-the-vote and phone-banking event in Portsmouth with her husband, Doug Emhoff, and attend campaign events with Pappas, House candidate Stefany Shaheen, and New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate Cinde Warmington. The former vice president, who lost to Republican Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, called the president a "tyrant" and said his administration is "the most callous, corrupt and incompetent" in U.S. history. The former California lawmaker urged Democrats to intensify voter turnout efforts, with less than two weeks until the Nov. 3 election. "This is that moment…

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Changes to Endangered Species Act called concerning

After recent changes to the federal rules for enforcing the Endangered Species Act, conservation groups worry that the state’s threatened and endangered species will have fewer protections from water pollution and habitat loss. Ben Prater, the Southeast program director for the conservation group Defenders of Wildlife, called the changes a “complete erasure” of protections for endangered animals. “[It’s] a very unforgiving, targeted approach that strips away really any of the regulatory teeth that for 50 years have helped to sustain dedicated efforts to identify when species are in trouble and to act swiftly to ensure that the species themselves aren’t directly impacted, but most importantly, the habitat that these species depend on is not destroyed and impacted,” Prater said. Enacted in 1973, the Endangered Species Act makes it illegal to kill or harm endangered animals, protects…

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