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Former Lake Travis star Brett Baty named top Mets prospect, No. 10 overall in MLB

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After starting the season in Triple-A, former Lake Travis star Brett Baty has been playing third base in 23 games for the New York Mets since his call-up in mid-April. Now according to MLB Pipeline, he's a top-10 prospect in all of baseball.The prospect analysis division of MLB.com, MLB Pipeline moved Baty up nine spots to No. 10 from their last set of rankings in April. He's now considered the Mets' top prospect as catcher Francisco Alvarez has enough MLB service time to be considered a rookie.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersBaty earned a spot at the hot corner for the big club after a blazing start for the Syracuse Mets, hitting .400 with five homers in nine games at the Triple-A affiliate. With 34-year-old Eduardo Escobar hitting a paltry .182 this season, Baty is providing decent offense (.240/.321/.681) through 75 at-bats with a pair of homers and ...

Ringo Starr and the Steve Miller Band are coming to Mystic Lake Casino (not together, though)

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Ringo Starr and Steve Miller have booked gigs at Mystic Lake Casino.Starr will perform Oct. 1 in the casino’s showroom, while Miller’s Aug. 6 show will take place in the outdoor amphitheater. Miller tickets start at $49, Starr’s start at $89 and both go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster.The man born Richard Starkey Jr., now 82, provided lead vocals for a handful of Beatles songs, including “Yellow Submarine,” “With a Little Help from My Friends,” “Don’t Pass Me By” and “Octopus’s Garden.”When the Beatles split in 1970, Starr quickly released his first solo albums, the standards collection “Sentimental Journey” and the country-inspired “Beaucoups of Blues.” He found his greatest success with 1973’s “Ringo” and its hits “Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen.”RELATED: 7 rock acts we may not see in conc...

Northville students make quilt for Holocaust survivor

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

NORTHVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) - The Holocaust was Nazi Germany's deliberate and organized murder of approximately 11 million Jews and prisoners of war. In Northville, students honored a Capital Region woman and survivor with a Holocaust quilt. NYS Leaders call for federal action in migrant crisis The seventh graders at Northville Central School spent months learning about the subject and wanted to do more to acknowledge the horror that affected so many.“Once our Holocaust survivors pass away, you forget it and then there’s nothing left,” said seventh grader, Bryce Tabor.“It makes me feel amazing that I got to participate in something like this. Something that might, something that might end up changing the world one day,” said seventh grader, Natalie Southworth.Each student designed a square patch for the quilt that memorializes the tragic event, it’s made to represent hope and perseverance. Lake George run keeps teachers’ memories alive “We always read the book 'The Boy in the...

St. Louis citizens plead for police and officials to stop crime downtown

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Members of Citizens for a Greater Downtown St. Louis kept an eye on things in the city, posting to social media clips of people fighting, brandishing guns, and driving recklessly early Sunday morning.“It was actually a series of incidents over a five- or six-hour period late at night involving fights of large groups of people and gunfire and gunshots,” said Les Sterman, chair of Citizens for a Greater Downtown St. Louis. “We’ve obviously tried to call attention to it and tried to get more police presence, which is part of the solution, but not all the solution.”The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department was called to break up two large fights with teens early Sunday in the 900 block of Locust Street around 1:15 a.m. They were called again about 20 minutes later. Officers were on the scene as the crowd dispersed to the 300 block of Olive when police heard a barrage of gunfire. Missouri AG: Gardner was at nursing school during contempt of court hearing A 42-year-old wo...

What didn't make it to Parson's desk this legislative session?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - It's the first week in months Missouri lawmakers aren't working inside the statehouse. After sending dozens of bills to the governor's desk, there's still a laundry list of priorities that didn't make it across the finish line.The word to describe the end of session, "chaotic," according to Senate Majority Leader Cindy O'Laughlin, R-Shelbina. In past years, infighting between Republicans stalled movement in the Senate. This year, legislation and debate was moving forward until the final days when business started slowing down, halting some priorities."The Democratic caucus benefits a lot when there is a lot of infighting within the Republican super majority," House Minority Leader Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, said Friday after the General Assembly adjourned for the year. "If just goes back to show that the super majority in Missouri is not working, it's not functioning and we're not doing what's best for its citizens."Normally, Democrats filibuster in hopes of...

Rockies’ Michael Toglia hopes to make most of call-up chance

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

Michael Toglia admits that he was bummed out when he didn’t make the Rockies’ 26-man roster coming out of spring training. Now, given another chance, he hopes he can show the club something.Toglia, 24, was recalled from Triple-A Albuquerque on Monday to replace first baseman C.J. Cron, who was placed on the 10-day injured list after he suffered back spasms during Sunday’s game against Philadelphia.“It’s really not that stressful,” Toglia said when asked about his need to perform during his current stint with Colorado. “It does matter, but you need to treat it like it doesn’t matter so that you can go about your work every day, with a clean slate and an open mind. And then if an opportunity opens up like it did for me, then you’re ready to go.”Toglia, Colorado’s first-round draft choice out of UCLA in 2019, made his big-league debut late last season, slashing .216/.275/.378 with two home runs, eight doubles, two triple...

Kiszla: Nikola Jokic and LeBron James couldn’t more different as basketball players. But their secret sauce is the same.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

LeBron James and Nikola Jokic share one gift from the basketball gods that make them NBA immortals. They see a beautiful game muggles like us find so incomprehensible that all we can do is sit back and giggle with delight at the magic Joker and King James make happen on the court.“A lot of guys are playing checkers; Nikola and LeBron are master chess players,” said Nuggets coach Michael Malone, blessed to have worked alongside both at different points in his coaching career, giving him a chance to peer inside their minds and get blinded by the light. “They see things three or four steps ahead of everybody else on the court, and it gives them the ability to make everybody around them better. It’s ridiculous.”James is from Krypton; he descended upon the league wearing Superman’s cape. Jokic appears to have wandered into the NBA from a Serbian diner after a fine meal of cabbage rolls. But it’s their basketball vision that will go a long way to determining the winner between the Lakers ...

More than a dozen homes evacuated in Littleton due to severed gas line

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

More than a dozen homes in Jefferson County are being evacuated due to a severed gas line.The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said it has taken one person into custody after the individual crashed into a residence while fleeing the scene of a crash near 9004 West Coco Drive in Littleton.A gas line was severed during the crash, authorities said. There are no injuries associated with the vehicle running into the home.Approximately fifteen homes were evacuated in response to the gas leak, the sheriff’s office said.Update: The driver of the vehicle is in custody. She crashed into the residence while fleeing the scene of a motor vehicle accident. There are no injuries associated with the vehicle running into the home. Approx. 15 homes have been evacuated due to the gas line break. pic.twitter.com/zKtcWRNSYW— Jeffco Sheriff (@jeffcosheriffco) May 15, 2023This is a breaking news story and will be updatedSign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.Rela...

Chance for fresh start prompted Brendan Gant to leave Florida State for CU Buffs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

Brendan Gant still loves Florida State, but after four years with the Seminoles, a new opportunity presented itself.He’s now eager to be a part of the Deion Sanders era at Colorado.“It was just something, we needed a new setting,” said Gant, one of five former Seminoles who have committed to CU as transfers in the past few weeks. “It’s nothing against Florida State. Me personally, I love Florida State. … It’s just all about opportunity and I feel like that was the best situation and opportunity for me.”Related Articles Keeler: Ex-CU Buffs coach Mike Sanford on Coach Prime, transfers, recruiting: “Not every single kid on that team was a 1-11 person.” Recapping spring transfer additions for CU Buffs football After betting on himself, Zach Blackwood relishes opportunity with CU Buffs CFB top-25: Our post-spring practice rankings Southern Utah transfer Rodrick Ward eager to join Coach Prime’s CU Buffs ...

Lakers-Warriors the most-watched NBA Conference Semifinals series in nearly 3 decades

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 10:24:37 GMT

A rivalry playoff matchup between multiple Hall-of-Famers on two of California's top money-making teams proved to be a ratings juggernaut for the NBA.On Monday the NBA announced that the Western Conference Semifinals series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Golden State Warriors was the most-watched Conference Semifinals series in 27 years. The six-game series, which ultimately ended in a Lakers victory, averaged 7.8 million viewers across each game broadcast on ABC, ESPN and TNT.The results aren't entirely surprising. Following Game 1 of the series, Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns TNT, announced that the first game of the series had set a new viewership record and was the most-watched game of its kind in the history of cable TV.Other than the obvious cross-state rivalry, the series also had other historical implications that factored into the high viewership.For one, it was the first time Lakers star LeBron James and Warriors phenom Stephen Curry met in the Western Conferen...