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Dalton Rushing injury update: Why isn’t the Dodgers catcher playing against the Cubs today?

Dalton Rushing injury update: Why isn’t the Dodgers catcher playing against the Cubs today?

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The Los Angeles Dodgers face the Chicago Cubs in the series finale on Wednesday, looking to avoid a three-game sweep after dropping the first two contests. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed that Dalton Rushing will not resume throwing for several weeks. (IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect) However, ahead of the matchup, the team received a disappointing update from its camp. What happened to Dalton Rushing? According to ESPN, Dalton Rushing, who was placed on the injured list Monday with what was initially described as a mild elbow strain, has been diagnosed with a partial tear of the UCL in his right elbow. Dodgers manager provides injury update Manager Dave Roberts revealed that Rushing will not resume throwing for several weeks, although the organization remains optimistic that surgery can be avoided. “Don’t know what that looks like for the rest of the season and throughout the postseason,” Roberts said during a Tuesday appearance on AM570. “Fortunately, it happened the day before the trade deadline. So… today we’re looking at two new catchers,” he added. …

With the Dodgers’ organization watching, Roki Sasaki has some success throwing live batting practice

With the Dodgers’ organization watching, Roki Sasaki has some success throwing live batting practice

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Even in practice, Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki draws a crowd. HT Image The 23-year-old threw 27 pitches over two innings of live batting practice on Wednesday in front of hundreds of fans and several teammates. It also seemed like the entire Los Angeles Dodgers organization was watching behind home plate at Camelback Ranch. Sasaki wasn’t particularly fazed by the attention and looked much more comfortable than last week, when he was a little wild during a bullpen session in chilly weather. He recorded two strikeouts, including one on back-to-back splitters to Eddie Rosario. “Because it was my first time, I was feeling out how things would go,” Sasaki said through an interpreter. “But I did feel like today went better than I felt in my bullpen.” He gave up two line drives to Tommy Edman and David Bote. There were no fielders, but both were likely hits. There was no official velocity for Sasaki’s pitches but Bote said Sasaki’s fastball felt like it was in the mid-90s. Sasaki flashed a 100 mph …

Who is Shohei Ohtani? Samurai with Hello Kitty cuteness in baseball

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Months before a 60-year-old woman with Indian roots might become the US president, a 30-year-old Japanese man is redefining baseball, the ultimate American pastime. The age of Asia, it seems, is upon America with the land of the rising sun announcing dawn. And they thought it was China they needed to worry about. The Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris might have nosed ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump on the popularity charts but she is nowhere near the cult following of Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star who has hit the Major League Baseball, and all 50 American states, like a giant spiraling storm. This isn’t just a baseball story, it’s much more. It’s about soft-power superseding real power, the blurring of international borders and excellence leading to acceptability. It’s also about multicultural America delivering on its promise of equality and making even unrealistic dreams come true. Born to a national level badminton playing mother and an amateur baseball playing father, the Japanese had pedigree. But Ohtani isn’t some ‘find of the …