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MLB testing outfield positioning rules in minors as quest for more offense continues

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Minnesota Twins prospect Kyle DeBarge walks a few steps to a worn-out patch of grass while playing center field during a recent Arizona Fall League game at Salt River Fields, glancing up at a small video board that lets him know if he's in the right spot. A few steps to his left, right, front, or back and a big red "X" appears on the video board above home plate. That's not good. If he stays on that little island of dirt in a sea of grass, a big ‘O’ appears and the video board is green. Much better. Welcome to Major League Baseball's newest experiment in its long-running quest to juice the game's sluggish offense: Restricting the positioning of outfielders on every at-bat. The idea is that making outfielders play straight up — instead of adjusting for individual hitters' tendencies — will lead to more doubles and triples. “The hardest part is cutting off doubles in the…

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Sam Darnold's Week 7 showing gives Seahawks 4 reasons to believe (and worry)

The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 7, 20-3. The defense was dominant, not allowing a Patrick Mahomes-led offense to enter the red zone for the first time in the quarterback's career. As for Seattle's quarterback, Sam Darnold, he was mostly good, thankfully. But 12s might be thankful not just for what happened on Sunday Night Football, but for what comes next. If Darnold can replicate his performance in future games, the Seahawks will be back in the playoff mix. The QB did make one disastrous decision, though, the kind that could cost his team games. It might have reminded fans of all the turnovers he has had in the early part of the season, but it was only a one-off in Week 7. At his best in his first season in Seattle, the quarterback was fantastic at picking up third downs. This meant far better ball control, of course, and a completely different level of…

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Lawmakers seeking change at CT nursing homes. Families have reported neglect, illness causing death

For years, Mary Grace Cavallo raised concerns about the care of her father, Augusto Cavallo, in two nursing homes in the northwestern part of the state. She would often complain about finding him alone for hours and needing to be changed or that he wore the same outfit for four days. She would bathe him daily because she said staff were not overseeing the care. His clothes were often missing, she said, and she bought him an Italian Roku which later went missing. Her father developed numerous E. coli and urinary tract infections, she said. Cavallo said she would hear nursing staff tell residents to shut up in the facility. Cavallo, a former alderwoman in Waterbury, chokes up when she shares her father's experiences at the nursing homes before he died in April at the age of 93. CT ranks 33rd in US for nursing home staffing levels. State lawmaker calls it 'shameful.' "It's a lack of…

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Boston mayor looks to New York City's congestion toll as a model for MBTA funding

Boston's search for a durable way to pay for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority may bring a once-politically fraught idea back into the conversation: congestion pricing. Mayor Michelle Wu said her administration has talked with New York City about how its tolling system operates. At an MBTA Advisory Board meeting, Wu cited New York City's congestion-pricing program as evidence that tolling can be a meaningful stream of transit funding as officials around Greater Boston look for a steadier long-term revenue model, NBC Boston reported. The funding discussion came during a difficult fiscal moment for Greater Boston communities, and Wu said staff reached out to New York City as part of that search for answers. She said they have "been in touch" to better understand how the Big Apple's congestion-pricing system works. Vehicles entering New York City's Congestion Relief Zone are…

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