#closest-thing

#closest-thing

At long, long, long last, baseball is here.The San Francisco Giants, who mysteriously are not listing Arson Judge on their active roster, have packed their lucky underwear, traveled across the country, made their final roster decisions, and are now set to take on the New York Yankees, a team that won 99 games a year ago and then promptly stole the Giants best player.

The San Francisco Giants were one of the first teams to name their Opening Day starter for the 2023 season, and in doing so surprised no one, handing Logan Webb that duty.With the Yankees on the schedule for the first series of the year, it's as good a time as any to cover the first pitcher Aaron Judge and company will face in 2023.

Yesterday, Bill published his updated look at Washington's depth chart, accounting for all the players currently under contract, including those recently re-signed to low end deals - primarily back-of-the-roster guys.With the "legal tampering' process opening up tomorrow, and full-fledged free agency starting on Wednesday, I thought it seemed like a great time to scour through the players currently on the roster, and identify the spots most easily upgraded through free agency and the draft over the next couple of months.

Yesterday, Bill published his updated look at Washington's depth chart, accounting for all the players currently under contract, including those recently re-signed to low end deals - primarily back-of-the-roster guys.With the "legal tampering' process opening up tomorrow, and full-fledged free agency starting on Wednesday, I thought it seemed like a great time to scour through the players currently on the roster, and identify the spots most easily upgraded through free agency and the draft over the next couple of months.

When the Dodgers lost Gavin Lux for the season earlier this month, the focus quickly turned to how the team would replace him on the roster.Dave Roberts shared pretty quickly that Miguel Rojas would be replacing him on the field, but the loss of Lux had a domino effect on the LA bench.Some ideas on how the Dodgers could fill the void were quickly thrown out there, including several free agent options still on the market.

On Day 2 of the 2023 Senior Bowl, the Stanford Cardinal had a pair of draft hopefuls showcase their talents in receiver Michael Wilson and corner Kyu Blu Kelly.MOBILE, Ala.- On a day when receivers were dominant, Michael Wilson stood out.Wilson, a 6-foot-1, 216-pounder out of Stanford, dazzled during practice with the National Team, catching balls from an underwhelming group of quarterbacks.

There has been plenty of discussion this spring about the Red Sox starting rotation, especially as it pertains to veterans like Chris Sale and Corey Kluber.On top of that, everyone wants to know whether Brayan Bello - who dealt with an arm-injury scare to open camp - can take the vaunted "next step" in his first full big league season.

Here is the second part of our mailbag.The first is here.Enjoy!According to tankathon, the Wizards have the fourth-easiest remaining schedule.They clearly have more depth and more ways of winning games than in previous seasons.Could Washington be a .500team?(WhyNotTyler) What options do the Wizards have to offer a contract to Jordan Goodwin?

It's the closest thing to having 'Astro Mode' on your iPhone
Instead of baring the polar vortex to go watch meteor showers outdoors, you could be sitting in front of a fireplace while the eVscope eQuinox 2 beams images directly to your smartphone or iPad.The consumer-grade telescope famously comes without an eyepiece.

One of my sporting-related dreams is to someday watch a match at any of the tennis Grand Slams, particularly Wimbledon.But since a trip to London will not be happening anytime soon for me, I'll have to content myself with watching the matches on TV (or rather, on streaming).But the other closest thing I can get to it will probably be one of those upcycled products that use anything that was actually used during the competition, like this Bluetooth speaker from hearO.

Caleb Williams is well on his way to being the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.Teams seeing these Cotton Bowl highlights should be tempted to tank.Caleb Williams is a cheat code on the football field.He's the closest thing to Patrick Mahomes that college football has ever seen and he proved it with more outrageous plays in USC's Cotton Bowl loss to Tulane.

The prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has sent his message loud and clear since entering Downing Street last month: education is going to be right at the top of this government's priorities.I was so proud when the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, singled out heads, teachers, and teaching assistants for recognition in this week's autumn statement, underlining that commitment.

Week 9 of fantasy football is here, and there are several solid running back sleepers this week.From new faces to injury fill-ins, here are a few sleepers.It's Week 9 of the NFL season.It's the first week post-deadline, and there are several teams on bye.This means that you could be missing a few key pieces this week.

Councils in England will be encouraged to open more high-quality maintained nurseries as part of ambitious Labour plans to transform childcare and ease pressure on struggling parents.There are fewer than 400 surviving state nursery schools across the country, which are regarded as the jewel in the crown of early years education, but have struggled to survive in the face of budget pressures.