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Jackie Bradley Jr. on the bases pointing at teammates Mets position players are scheduled to report to spring training in roughly one month and the team still does not have a capable starting center fielder. That’s a problem. In fact, the Mets’ lack of outfield depth on the 40-man roster is so glaring that Guillermo Heredia would likely be the backup center fielder to a miscast Brandon Nimmo if the season started today. The other three outfielders on the Mets’ 40-man roster are Michael… Source link

When Matthew Thompson graduated from high school in 2010, his parents were apprehensive about his next steps. Matthew has a rare form of muscular dystrophy, an incurable condition that causes progressive weakness in the body, and requires help carrying out daily activities like brushing his teeth. But like any young adult, he wanted some form of independence. His father, Rick Thompson, set out to find a residential facility for young adults with physical disabilities. He came back… Source link

Google on Wednesday unveiled plans to install its first backup battery at a data center, with ambitions to use the project as a test case for grid service applications. The 3-megawatt, 2-hour-duration battery will be installed at a Google data center in Belgium, a location selected because its market has policies that allow batteries to provide frequency regulation to the grid. Google is already experimenting with load-shifting on a pilot scale. Google has matched its overall… Source link

A healthy Karl-Anthony Towns could be the No. 1 overall fantasy pick. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) Special to Yahoo Sports Separating players into tiers is a popular method of draft prep, and it de-emphasizes the idea that you must draft a player because his projections come out slightly more favorably than those of another player. Often, the difference between a player ranked, say, 30th, and a player ranked 45th is smaller than you think. Tiers help account for those discrepancies by… Source link

Baltimore center Matt Skura struggled in the Ravens’ 23-17 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday night. Skura sent a few errant snaps to Lamar Jackson and running back Mark Ingram in the loss, which marked the second straight week he has had issues delivering the ball. He took to Instagram to apologize to fans for the troubles Monday, but made one thing extremely clear: Leave his family alone. Ravens center Matt Skura’s wife got threatening direct messages on social media after his… Source link

Corneisha Fowler works in guest relations at Rush University Medical Center, and her boss knows he’s lucky to have her. Fowler is a natural at dealing with patients and family members as they confront the stress that comes with walking through the front door of any hospital, even a world-class institution like Rush. “Corneisha has this innate knack for customer service,” said Ricardo Kirgan, Rush’s guest relations manager. “She puts people at ease. She knows how to talk to… Source link

CLOSE This photo taken on August 23, 2018 shows the Google logo on display at the Smart China Expo at Chongqing International Expo Center in southwest China’s Chongqing. (Photo: STR, AFP/Getty Images) Months after announcing plans to open an operations center in northern Mississippi, Google has chosen a location. The new office is expected to open inside a 60,000-square-foot building to be built on what is now a mostly empty lot at 5665 Airways Blvd., about a half mile north of Tanger Outlets… Source link

STAVROPOL, June 25. /TASS/. North-Caucasus Federal University (NCFU) and Yandex will open a joint educational initiatives center in the beginning of a new school year; the venter will focus on developing e-learning in Stavropol Region, the university’s press service told reporters on Thursday. “North-Caucasus Federal University is launching a center for educational initiatives NCFU-Yandex. NCFU and Yandex specialists are joining forces to develop and implement educational… Source link