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Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone goes hitless but still makes an impact in MLB debut
ST. LOUIS — Royals top prospect Jac Caglianone went 0 for 5 in his major league debut on Tuesday night, but his presence was enough to help Kansas City overcome a five-run deficit to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 10-7. 'You see him just come in the clubhouse today, and you see what we do out in the field,' Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. said. 'That doesn't kind of just happen by chance. It's just one of those things where everyone kind of gets excited, and then you go out there and want to do your part and go out there and put up 10 runs.' Caglianone batted sixth as the Royals' designated hitter. He stepped up to the plate for the first time to lead off the second inning to loud cheers from a crowd that featured plenty of Royals fans who ventured across the state to see the sixth overall pick of the 2024 amateur draft's debut. 'That was awesome,' Caglianone said. 'That's something I'll definitely remember forever. I can't really thank the people for coming out like that and showing their support and stuff like that. I'm just grateful for it.' Caliganone lined a 1-2 pitch from Andre Pallante to the right-center field warning track where Cardinals center fielder Victor Scott II raced 92 feet to make a running catch just steps away from the outfield wall. Caglianone came close to picking up his first career hit on groundouts to Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado in the fifth and seventh innings, but the 10-time Gold Glove Award winner made off-balance throws on both plays to nail him at first base. 'He was great in the dugout,' Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. 'He went up there, attacked. I think it was a bad idea to hit it to those two guys his first two at bats. There's a really, really good catch in the first at bat, and then anything you hit to Arenado is not really a great idea. But he squared it up. He was ready to go. He looked poised. There will be plenty of hits for him.' Caglianone was facing Oklahoma State as a member of the Florida Gators in the NCAA baseball tournament at this time a year ago. On Tuesday night, he played in front of 26,656 fans. 'The first time I stepped out onto the field, just wanted to check out the field and stuff, my initial thought was these places really are like, kind of fish bowls,' Caglianone said. 'The grandstands just keep going up forever it felt like, but it was nice.' The 22-year-old Caglianone hit .319 with nine home runs and 43 RBIs in 38 games with Triple-A Omaha after playing the first 12 games of the season with Double-A Northwest Arkansas — living up to the lofty expectations the Royals had when they drafted him. 'We were really excited when he got to us,' Royals general manager J.J. Picollo recalled. 'What we didn't know is, how long does it take? You never know how long it's going to take, and if it took one year or two years, as long as he becomes a good major league player, we'd be fine with it. 'So, there was no real need, coming into this year, to see him up in '25, but he went out and did what you want players to do.' Caglianone's new big league teammates, however, aren't looking for him to be a hero. 'Where I would caution him is like he's not a savior to this offense, nor should he think he think he is, nor should anybody think he is because that's super unfair,' Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino said. 'He needs to come into this lineup and be his best self because his best self is what helps us the most, not him trying to do too much or to try to save the offense.' ___ AP MLB:
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Reader poll: Who is the Athens-area postseason tennis player of the year in 2025?
Now it's time for readers to pick their tennis player of the year. Oconee County girls were the only ones to bring home a title, their first since 2006, when they defeated Southeast Bulloch. Senior, now alumna, Cadence Keese, who earned 3A-Region 8 Player of the Year honors earlier in the season for her singles performance and finished 20-2 overall, helped the team win the state title after winning a state title in track the day before. Advertisement Below are the nominees for the tennis postseason all-area team. These athletes were nominated by their coaches. The polls will be open until Wednesday, June 11 at 5 p.m. For questions, feel free to email Athens Banner-Herald high school sports reporter Sara Tidwell (stidwell@ Spring all-area series: Here are the top 2025 Athens-area high school tennis players Athens-area postseason tennis player of the year reader poll: Girls Athens-area postseason tennis player of the year reader poll: Boys This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Vote: Athens-area postseason tenni players of the year in 2025
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Dan Keeler went from Notre Dame High to commander of USS Abraham Lincoln
For all the push-ups completed, for all the running drills endured and for all the yelling received during his days playing high school football at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame High in the 1990s, Dan Keeler is getting the last laugh later this month when he takes command of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in Coronado. "Now I'm going to have to salute him," former Notre Dame coach Kevin Rooney quipped. Keeler, who graduated from high school in 1994 and went on to the Naval Academy, is taking command of one of the Navy's most prominent ships. "It is incredible that he has earned this responsibility," Rooney said. Keeler was a defensive back and track athlete for the Knights and is one of five siblings who attended Notre Dame. Track coach Joe McNab, who just won his 11th Southern Section championship, was his defensive backs coach. "Good kid," McNab said. "He's a guy who fit all the boxes in terms of being a great kid and doing things right," Rooney said. Rooney, McNab and former football assistant Jeff Kraemer will make the trip to the San Diego area for the change-of-command ceremony. For some reason, Keeler invited his former high school coaches after all those days of sweat and tears in Sherman Oaks. "If I had known he was going to be so powerful, I wouldn't have made him run so much," Kraemer said. Keeler isn't the first Notre Dame graduate to rise in the Navy ranks. Retired Adm. Mike Mullen was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2007 to 2011 and graduated from Notre Dame in 1964. Mullen once came back to his alma mater to address the student body. Rooney, who retired in 2019 after 40 years as football coach, said his goal was always to "help kids become great people and do things right." Coaches know that the best day of all is when a graduate comes back to campus and tells them how they are doing and explains how lessons learned as teenagers really made a difference in their life. As summer begins and graduates move on with their lives and the class of 2029 arrives, it's a good reminder to everyone that it's not wins and losses that matter most in high school. It's teaching life lessons and preparing students to become adults, good people and good community members. To see a former Los Angeles-area high school football player take charge of an aircraft carrier is proof that all that running to gain stamina, all that preaching to work together as a team, all those lectures that practice makes perfect … it's true. You only need to listen, learn and dedicate yourself to reaching a goal. A salute to all the coaches and teachers who understand their real job is to create opportunities for their students to succeed through wisdom and inspiration. Capt. Keeler, Bravo Zulu and Anchors Aweigh. Be safe. Sign up for the L.A. Times SoCal high school sports newsletter to get scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
