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How SF Giants’ playoff chances evaporated over disastrous 10-game road trip

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

LOS ANGELES — When the Giants embarked on this trip 10 days ago, they were firmly in the playoff race.Riding high off a 5-1 homestand, their postseason odds, according to FanGraphs, stood at 47.5%. As recently as the last day of August, their chances were as high as 67.1%. Walked off Sunday night by the Dodgers, 3-2, they had fallen to 0.2% by the time they boarded their charter flight home.It was their eighth loss in 10 games on this disastrous trip, and it played out similarly to many of their previous 78. There wasn’t a pitcher who completed five innings, the little offense they produced came on one swing of the bat, and they left the bases loaded twice, including in the top of the ninth when Mitch Haniger went down swinging.“At the end of the day, I’m just trying to work hard, get better and help the team win, and unfortunately I haven’t been able to come through in situations like that,” said Haniger, whose batting average fell to a career-worst .2...

Llegan a un acuerdo tentativo para poner fin a la huelga del sindicato de escritores en Hollywood

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

El sindicato de escritores (WGA) y representantes de estudios de Hollywood llegaron a un acuerdo tentativo tras una huelga de casi 150 días que paralizó las producciones de cine y televisión.El acuerdo tentativo se alcanzó después de que las negociaciones se reanudaron el 20 de septiembre. Las conversaciones fueron las primeras en aproximadamente un mes entre las dos partes, generando optimismo de que finalmente miles de trabajadores regresarían a sus trabajos. Las dos partes estaban divididas sobre cuestiones salariales, el tamaño del personal de redacción de los programas y el uso de inteligencia artificial en la creación de guiones. Hollywood: guionistas y estudios retoman negociación para desbloquear la huelga Huelga de Hollywood podría extenderse a la industria de los videojuegos Las reuniones de finales de septiembre entre la WGA y los líderes de la Alianza de Productores de Cine y Televisión fueron las primeras desde m...

Estudios y escritores de Hollywood llegan a un acuerdo tentativo para poner fin a la huelga

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

(CNN) — Los principales estudios de cine y televisión y los escritores en huelga llegaron a un acuerdo tentativo el domingo después de días de maratónicas sesiones de negociación, dijo el domingo por la noche el Writers Guild of America (WGA, por sus siglas en inglés), allanando el camino para poner fin al histórico paro laboral que ha congelado la producción y paralizado gran parte de Hollywood.“Lo que hemos ganado en este contrato –en particular, todo lo que hemos ganado desde el 2 de mayo– se debe a la voluntad de estos miembros de ejercer su poder, de demostrar su solidaridad, de caminar lado a lado, de soportar el dolor e incertidumbre de los últimos 146 días”, dijo la WGA en un correo electrónico a los miembros el domingo. “Es la influencia generada por su huelga, junto con el extraordinario apoyo de nuestros hermanos sindicales, lo que finalmente hizo que las empresas volvieran a la mesa para llegar a un acuerdo”.Si bien el acuerdo aún debe ser ratificado po...

With narrow margin for error, winless Panthers hurt themselves with penalties vs. Seahawks

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

SEATTLE (AP) — Frank Reich has coached long enough to know his rebuilding and injury-depleted Carolina Panthers had a narrow margin for error while playing at Seattle.After Carolina committed 13 penalties, had no running game and couldn’t get stops in the second half, it’s safe to say Reich’s team didn’t follow his formula for victory.“I don’t think anybody feels like we’ve been outmanned in any game,” Reich said. “We just have beat ourselves. Just have to continue to get better.”The Panthers dropped to 0-3 on Sunday, losing 37-27 to the Seahawks while constantly setting themselves back with penalties.Carolina got a big day from veteran backup Andy Dalton, who threw for 367 yards, and held Seattle to field goals early on. But the Seahawks eventually found the end zone and the Panthers were left to lament their mistakes in a frustrated locker room.“It’s tough because you can’t put your finger on it,” said wide receiver DJ Chark Jr., who caught a 47-yard touchd...

Taylor’s RBI single in 10th lifts Dodgers to 3-2 win over Giants

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Taylor’s line-drive single to center field in the 10th inning lifted the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers past the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Sunday night.Amed Rosario began the inning at second base and took third on pinch-hitter Kolten Wong’s groundout to short. Taylor singled off Camilo Dorval (6-6) to drive in Rosario and give the Dodgers a 6-6 record in extra-inning games this season.The Giants loaded the bases in the top of the 10th. Pinch-hitter Mitch Haniger was the designated runner at second to start the inning. After J.D. Davis struck out, Joc Pederson was intentionally walked by Shelby Miller (3-0). Thairo Estrada hit a fly ball to center that Kiké Hernández lost in the gathering dusk. It fell to his left to load the bases.But the Dodgers got out of trouble with an amazing inning-ending double play. Pinch-hitter Patrick Bailey grounded up the middle, with the ball catching Miller’s arm before the shortstop tagged second and threw to fi...

El músico Luciano Supervielle y su lucha para que su hija con acondroplasia reciba medicación en Uruguay

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

(CNN Español) — Cuando el reconocido músico uruguayo Luciano Supervielle y su pareja, Eloísa Camejo, esperaban su segundo hijo y realizaban los chequeos de rutina, supieron que algo no iba del todo bien.“Había un problema de percentiles. Sabíamos que Nina tenía algo, pero no sabíamos qué era”, explica el artista en su apartamento ubicado en una cooperativa de viviendas de Montevideo, rodeado de muchos juguetes y libros infantiles, instrumentos variopintos y un piano. El hijo mayor de Luciano y Eloísa es Julián, quien había nacido con síndrome de Down dos años antes. “Entonces, en un principio pensamos que Nina probablemente lo tendría también”, cuenta con serenidad. “Y cuando nació fue una sorpresa encontrarnos con que no”.Lo que tenía Nina era acondroplasia, un trastorno del crecimiento de los huesos de las extremidades, que ocasiona el tipo más común de enanismo. Apenas nació en 2014, ambos padres empezaron a averiguarlo todo, a leer, a tratar de entender qué era y cómo conv...

CNBC: ¿Estás mimando demasiado a tus hijos? Hazte estas 4 preguntas

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

Cuando tu hijo tiene un ataque de nervios en el pasillo del supermercado o en la mesa de un restaurante, puede ser difícil no apaciguarlo. Sin embargo, el exceso puede tener consecuencias en el futuro, dijo Lauren Silvers, psicóloga infantil de FamilyWise Northwest, a Life Kit de NPR. Una de las especialidades de Silvers son las habilidades sociales y los problemas de conducta infantiles. “A veces hay que hacer lo necesario para superar los momentos difíciles y a largo plazo que pueden ser contraproducentes para nosotros y nuestros hijos”, dijo. Insólito: dos niños roban el auto de su madre y los detienen a 200 millas de su casa Insólita protesta: padre hispano se amarra a la reja de la escuela a la que asiste su hijo Exceder no es lo mismo que malcriarse, dijo Silvers. Mimar tiene que ver con las necesidades y deseos del niño, pero mimar en exceso tiene que ver con hacer la vida de los padres más fácil.Cuando nos excedemos como ...

Some Broncos fans contemplate losing apparel after 50-point loss in Miami

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Fans of the Denver Broncos are predictably upset after a historic 50-point loss to the Miami Dolphins."I'm disappointed, to be honest," one fan said.The Dolphins scored the most points in an NFL game since 1966, devastating the Broncos 70-20. 5 things to know about the 2023 Denver Broncos If the Dolphins had scored three more points, the franchise would have set the new record. The dolphins became the fourth team in NFL history to score at least 70 points in a regular-season or playoff game.Some fans are holding out hope for an improvement this season, the team has gone winless in three games.A jets fan said "All the elements are there, you say you're a quarterbakc or a coach away and you just get a loss like that, its like, what more can you do.""I felt like getting a different shirt on," a fan wearing orange and blue said.Another fan said it's difficult to wear any gear associated with the team"It's very upsetting as you can see with me wearing this jersey today...

6 dead, including 3 children, after a train hit an SUV, smashing it ‘like a soft drink can,’ Florida sheriff says

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

(CNN) — Six people are dead, including three children, after a train struck an SUV as it crossed railroad tracks in Hillsborough County, Florida, Saturday evening, according to the sheriff’s office.Responders had been left shaken by the resulting scene of carnage, which left the Cadillac Escalade SUV looking “like a soft drink can that’s been smashed,” Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister told a news conference Saturday.The freight train had been traveling at over 55 mph when it hit the SUV, which was taking seven people to a quinceañera party, Chronister said.Video footage taken from a camera on the front of the train appeared to show the SUV’s driver pulling up to the crossing and driving slowly across, without stopping to look both ways, the sheriff said.The conductor of the train did everything he could to slow down as the vehicle approached, as well as sounding long horns and flashing the train’s lights in warning, he said. A witness parked by the tracks said he also hit...

With the EIB race still open, Dombrovskis weighs his chances

Published Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:01:59 GMT

BRUSSELS ― EU capitals are still divided over who should lead the European Investment Bank from next year, prompting dark horses to consider late bids, including European Commission Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis.After a decision at last weekend’s gathering of EU finance ministers was postponed because none of the five applicants got the backing of enough countries, a compromise candidate could come forward if there’s a stalemate, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.While the top contenders remain Spain’s Finance Minister Nadia Calviño and Denmark’s Margrethe Vestager, currently on leave from her post as European Commission vice president in charge of competition, Dombrovskis has not ruled out throwing his hat into the ring if no clear outcome is reached.He has already expressed interest in remaining in Brussels after June’s European election, but might face a challenge domestically to serving a third term within the EU executive from Krišjānis K...