Ramirez was hit on a pitch clocked at 90 mph from Ryan Vogelsong to open the seventh inning Wednesday night. Ramirez slammed his helmet to the ground and hopped around in pain after the ball bounced off his hand. He was tended to by a team trainer and manager Don Mattingly for a couple of minutes before being replaced by Justin Turner. Ramirez entered the game hitting .291 with two home runs and seven RBIs....
Many expect Seager to be the Dodgers’ regular shortstop next season, but he also has played some third base in the minors this season. He’s hitting .292/.343/.486 with 36 doubles, 18 home runs and 74 RBIs in 124 games in Double-A and Triple-A this year. Seager entered the season as Baseball America’s No. 5 overall prospect but ascended to No. 1 by midseason after an early wave of promotions to the big leagues....
A surprising 16-26 start and injuries to some of their biggest stars, including a pair of disabled list stints for ace pitcher Clayton Kershaw, left the Dodgers in a hole and needing to win in the final weekend to claim baseball’s final postseason berth. Kershaw and the Dodgers earned that spot and moved into a tie with Colorado for the NL West lead, getting a go-ahead triple from Manny Machado in the eighth inning Saturday and beating the San Francisco Giants 10-6....
After arriving in Los Angeles four seasons ago amidst carnivalesque excitement, the outfielder struggled to consistently deliver on the promise that seemed so tangibly displayed on his cartoonishly muscular body. By August 2016, he was banished to Triple-A Oklahoma City and catching flak for partying with his minor-league teammates. The show looked over. MORE: Three takeaways from Dodgers’ pennant-clinching win Puig is an easy guy to misunderstand or misinterpret. But while he might seem overly cocky and focused on playing to the camera — with bat licks and bat flips, even on foul balls — his presence and production in the 2017 postseason is the product of a personal maturation that probably saved his career from flaming out....
But as homes get smarter, is there a need for a smart robot, too? What Does a Smart Home Robot Do? With the ever-growing popularity of smart home technology, it’s no surprise that there are now a number of different types of robots available on the market. But what exactly do these robots do? In general, a robot is a device that is designed to assist with the various tasks that are carried out around the home on a daily basis....
World number one Novak Djokovic’s hopes of competing at the Monte Carlo Masters next week received a boost following a scan on his ankle. The 25-year-old injured his ankle while playing for Serbia in the Davis Cup against the United States at the weekend. Having undergone an MRI scan, no “structural damage to the joints or ligaments” showed up, he said on his official website. However, he added that he needed: “treatment and total rest for several days” and could not guarantee his participation at Monte Carlo....
Sunday’s victory was also Djokovic’s 30th ATP Masters title, extending his record over Spain’s Rafael Nadal’s 28 career titles and Switzerland’s Roger Federer’s 24, reports Xinhua. After a quick 32-minute first set, Djokovic overcame a break point by Nishikori with two breaks of his own in the second set to clinch the title, 1000 ATP points and the $782,525 prize. The 29-year-old Serb continued his dominance in the sport, holding the No....
Four-time Paris champion Djokovic made the last-eight when Bosnian opponent Damir Dzumhur retired injured trailing 6-1, 2-1 on Thursday. Federer defeated Italy’s Fabio Fognini 6-4, 6-3 as the Swiss great moved three wins away from his 100th career title. Djokovic will replace Rafael Nadal as the world’s top player on Monday after a two-year absence. The 31-year-old’s elevation is remarkable as it comes just five months after he slumped to 22 in the world – his lowest ranking for 12 years – when he was knocked out of the French Open in the quarter-finals....
Novak Djokovic, the 5-to-4 favorite on the men’s side, has remained steady at that price, but he’s joined closely by Roger Federer at 5-to-2, down from last week’s 9-to-2 price. The chances of Wimbledon final rematch increased once Rafael Nadal withdrew from the season’s final major due to a wrist injury. Additionally, Andy Murray has been struggling this season following last year’s back surgery. His odds have lengthened to 6-to-1, up from last week’s 9-to-2 number....
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - World number one Novak Djokovic will face Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro, the player who denied him a medal in London, in the opening round of the Rio Olympics after the draw was made on Thursday. Defending men’s singles champion Andy Murray will take on Djokovic’s Serbian team mate Viktor Troicki in round one while women’s singles champion Serena Williams opens her campaign against Australia’s Daria Gavrilova....
Does Silent Mode Mute Alarms? The silent mode does not mute alarms. The alarm won’t go off only when you switch off the phone, or there is no charge on the battery. Feature phones can play the alarm even when the phone is powered off, but iOS and Android smartphones don’t have this feature yet as the alarm in modern phones is dependent on the OS inside. Ensure that you have set the alarm to a ringtone (anything other than “None”) and your phone’s sound volume is set to a level where you can hear it....
But the 21st Century Cures Act opened the door for small employers to start reimbursing employees for individual market health insurance premiums as of 2017. And the Trump administration finalized new regulations in 2019 that allow employers of any size to reimburse employees for the cost of individual market coverage, starting in 2020. We’ll explain both of these provisions in this article. Small Groups: Employer Reimbursement Was Not Allowed in 2015/2016 The Affordable Care Act only requires employers to offer health insurance benefits—to employees who work at least 30 hours per week—if they have 50 or more employees....
So, when a clearly still irate Paolo Cannavaro took to Instagram less than an hour after the final whistle had blown at San Siro on Monday night, he made the mistake of lashing out at the right people but for the wrong reason. Napoli 10/11 favs to win Serie A “Guys, we didn’t lose the World Cup today,” he wrote. “We lost it 15 years ago when, thanks to incredible cashing in by those in the football world, Italy brought in flops from every area of the world to unfairly steal places from our lads....
With the term ‘Smart’ in its new annotation app, Apple has made it in such a way that the annotations are tied to the text in a document. It means, if you annotate a word and proceed to edit that document, the changes in that document may make some changes in the annotated word’s location. However, with Smart Annotation, the annotation would stick to the word and you would be able to find the word even if the word has moved from its previous position....
Online Cyberattacks There’s no denying that online cyberattacks are more common than offline attacks. The age of the internet has opened a door for threat actors looking to exploit unknowing victims, be it for data theft, remote access, spying, or otherwise The most common online cybercrimes are phishing, malware attacks, Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, and Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks. All these cybercrime methods can be incredibly damaging. There are numerous kinds of malware out there, many of which are getting more sophisticated by the year....
Doctor Strange has tangled with Dormammu and Thanos in his appearances in the MCU, his cast of villains are among the most unique in the Marvel canon. This second Doctor Strange movie promises to be much stranger in staging and tone than its predecessor, so it will require a fittingly weird antagonist. RELATED: Kevin Feige Regrets Whitewashing The Ancient One In ‘Doctor Strange’ Shuma-Gorath was created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Frank Brunner in the early 70’s, named as a reference to a creature in a Robert E....
Raimi brought his unique direction to the Doctor Strange sequel, infusing the film with his iconic horrific vision, which labeled it for many as Marvel Studios’ first true horror flick. The horrific elements at play were evident, but the leading cause behind the fear was a notable MCU character, Wanda Maximoff. The Elizabeth Olsen character embodied the persona of the Scarlet Witch, murdering anyone who impeded her attempt to travel the multiverse in search of her children....
Amidst all the shocking character cameos and multiversal chaos, the two-minute video is packed full of amazing details, but it’s hard to catch everything the trailer has to offer. One scene in particular, though, cleverly showcases one of the more hidden gems, in which Strange’s current reality begins transforming into something else, with an animated background. RELATED: The New Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Trailer (Seemingly) Confirms Some Major Characters...
Thanks to the mass of evidence available to the police from the failed bombings and to forthcoming information from those who have been arrested, the investigation into the two linked terror plots is proceeding apace—and spreading well beyond Britain. The latest arrest was at Brisbane Airport in Australia. The man being held has been named by the Queensland Medical Board as Mohammed Haneef, 27, an Indian doctor who had been working in the emergency department at the Gold Coast Hospital in Southport, in the eastern Australian state of Queensland, since leaving a job in Liverpool, England, last year....
