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in Introduce Yourself As A Pony! Tue Apr 09, 2019 4:53 amby corse178 • 1.660 Posts
NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball has agreed to hold games in Puerto Rico and will work with the players association to invest $5 million in developing baseball on the island.The joint commitment will be paid out over the course of the next collective bargaining agreement. The current agreement is set to expire Dec. 1.MLB didnt announce any specific details on those future games. A two-game series in late May between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Miami Marlins was moved out of Puerto Rico because of concerns about the Zika virus.MLB and the union announced the plans in a statement Wednesday. Commissioner Rob Manfred says Puerto Ricos outstanding baseball tradition has produced great major league players and fans of our game and hopes these moves will allow Puerto Rican kids to play baseball.Union head Tony Clark says efforts to help expand the sports popularity and participation there will benefit the entire baseball community.Despite a long baseball tradition, Puerto Rico has struggled to produce major leaguers recently. Only five players drafted from Puerto Rico since 2005 have played in more than 100 major league games. Air Max 1 Online Shop . 10 Texas A&Ms offence dominated as usual against SMU. Nike Air Max 1 Outlet Sale . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. http://www.cheapairmax1outlet.com/ . Their 38th instalment is arguably their biggest fight card to date, including three-title fights and a main event which was selected by the fans. 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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton says he needs to get rid of the football quicker -- and get it to his big wide receiver a little more, too.The Panthers All-Pro quarterback took eight sacks on Sunday from the Minnesota Vikings, including one for a safety that led to Carolinas first home loss since Nov. 16. 2014.A byproduct of the Vikings constant pressure on Newton was he only threw one pass to his favorite wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin -- that resulting in an incompletion in the final minutes.That cant happen, Newton said Wednesday. If Im speaking for it, that wont happen again. Hes too good of a player.Benjamin had 13 catches for 199 yards and three touchdowns in his first two games back from a torn ACL this season, making being shutout against the Vikings all the more head-scratching.When asked if Newton can live up to his words, coach Ron Rivera said, Thats up to him. He is the quarterback. ... But believe me, if theres one thing that weve learned, if Cam says hes going to do something hes most certainly going to try.Benjamin was unavailable for comment during the interview session that was open to the media on Wednesday.However, when asked about his lack of production after Sundays game Benjamin pointed to the eight times Newton was sacked.Newton took accountability for some of those sacks saying he has to do a better job of pressure recognition.Just getting the ball out of my hand, said Newton, who finished the game 21 of 35 for 262 yards with three interceptions and no touchdown passes.Back in training camp Newton talked about team owner Jerry Richardson advising him to making the layups.You hear it often -- you can throw the comebacks and digs, but what about the check downs and the slants and getting back to the small nuances of the game that make big differences? Newton said in July.And offensive coordinator Mike Shula said he wanted to see Newton improve his completion percentage to about 65 perrcent after completing just 59.dddddddddddd8 percent last year. Instead, Newton has gone the other direction, completing only 58.3 percent this year.Of course it doesnt help that the Panthers have faced two of the toughest defenses in the league in the Broncos and Vikings.This Sunday potentially offers a chance for Newton and Panthers to turn things around against an Atlanta defense that is allowing 313 yards passing per game and has surrendered 10 touchdown passes in three games.Panthers coach Ron Rivera said the team has to do a better job all around offensively, saying there is plenty of blame to go around for giving up eight sacks and yielding 12 hits on Newton.Panthers left tackle Michael Oher acknowledged he used poor technique on a sack the resulted in a safety. All five starting offensive linemen gave up a sack or quarterback hit. Running back Fozzy Whittaker missed a block on a blitz. And the receivers failed to gain separation from the Vikings defensive backs and linebackers resulting in Newton holding the ball too long.On one occasion Newton seemed to get frustrated not wanting to take another sack and threw an ill-advised pass that was picked off by a Vikings defensive lineman.Its frustrating, Newton said of being 1-2 on the season. But as one coach mentioned it is like controlling the ripple effect, like throwing a rock in a pond. Make sure that first ripple is you and take care of you first and that will affect others.A win Sunday would pull the Panthers into a first-place tie with the Falcons (2-1) in the NFC South and give them the early head-to-head tiebreaker.We are optimistic about moving forward and the challenge from Atlanta, Newton said. This is a divisional opponent so it counts for two wins.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '
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