Padres reliever Matsui out of WBC for Japan and uncertain for MLB opener because of groin strain
Padres reliever Yuki Matsui’s will not pitch for Japan in the World Baseball Classic and the left-hander's status for San Diego's season opener in a month also is unclear because of a left groin strain. Matsui was still throwing off flat ground Thursday, a week after cutting short a batting practice session because of the groin. “Right now, I’m just continuing the throwing progression, getting intensities and distances of (playing) catch back up,” Matsui told reporters through a translator.
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Sports Business Minute – FIFA Crypto Coin for World Cup, Latest Stadium Developments
Watch The Sports Business Minute: This week of Sports Business Minute with “The Sports Professor” Rick Horrow features the FIFA discussing its own crypto coin for this year’s World Cup which was announced at the World Liberty Forum in Mar-a-Lago, and the latest stadium developments including the Chicago Bears and the Cardinals. READ MORE IPO […] The post Sports Business Minute – FIFA Crypto Coin for World Cup, Latest Stadium Developments appeared first on CorpGov.
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Bruce Froemming, record-setting major league umpire, dies at age 86
Bruce Froemming, a major league umpire for 37 consecutive years who worked the third-most games in big league history and a record 11 no-hitters, died Wednesday, his son said. Froemming fell just after midnight Tuesday and hit his head on the hardwood floor at his home in Mequon, Wisconsin, and was taken to Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital in Milwaukee, according to Froemming's son, Steven. Froemming was a semipro baseball player and started his umpiring career in the minor leagues in 1958 at age 18.
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