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BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Tributes to Wakefield's 'Chestnut Man' billed 'local legend'
There are plans for a permanent memorial to a street vendor from Wakefield after an "unprecendented" reaction to his death. Allan Jones, better known as The Chestnut Man, passed away last month, having been a regular fixture in the city centre for decades, most recently trading on who was 71, inherited the stall from his father Jonah in 1980 and, accompanied by his beloved dog Albert, was trading until shortly before his Riley, who described himself as one of Allan's closest friends, said he was "a character and a half". Austin, 54, said he was 13 when he first met Allan at Thornes Park Fun Fair and began working as his assistant."We would travel up and down the country in the summer and be back in Wakefield in winter selling chestnuts."Allan's father opened the stall in 1959, trading underneath the famous clock tower at the old bus station and the former Ahmed, a Wakefield councillor born and bred in the city, said the stall was known to several generations of reaction to Allan's death locally had been "unprecedented", he added."A lot of people won't know him as Allan, they would have known him as The Chestnut Man."He was the reason kids tried chestnuts in the first place." Austin said: "He was a people's person. He liked to know all the gossip."He was always laughing and joking. I'll miss him truly deeply."A spokesperson for Wakefield Council described Allan as a "local legend".A fundraising page set up for a permanent memorial to him had raised almost £500 by Saturday afternoon."I'm hoping that he's recognised," said Ahmed."It's right that Wakefield recognises some of the people that were famous in their own way." Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
CBS News
3 days ago
- General
- CBS News
Spencer Schwellenbach stymies Red Sox on 25th birthday in Braves' 5-0 victory
By RICK FARLOW Associated Press Spencer Schwellenbach struck out 11 in 6 1/3 innings on his 25th birthday to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Boston Red Sox 5-0 on Saturday. Schwellenbach (4-1) allowed five hits and didn't walk a batter. He rebounded against the Red Sox after giving up a grand slam to Rafael Devers in a 10-4 loss May 18 in Boston. Schwellenbach has gone six-plus innings in four consecutive starts and it was the ninth time in 12 starts he's made it into at least the sixth inning this season. Ronald Acuña Jr. and Austin Riley hit fourth-inning home runs off Walker Buehler (4-3). Buehler allowed five earned runs on 10 hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. Key moment The Braves scored four runs in fourth to take a 5-0 lead. It was just the third time since May 5 the Braves have scored at least four runs in an inning. Key stat Schwellenbach threw 10 pitches 99 mph or more in the first two innings. Those were the 10 fastest pitches of his career. Before Saturday, his fastest was 98.9 mph. Up next LHP Garrett Crochet (4-4, 2.04 ERA) was set to start for Boston against RHP Bryce Elder (2-2, 4.50) on Sunday in the series finale.
Associated Press
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Spencer Schwellenbach stymies Red Sox on 25th birthday in Braves' 5-0 victory
ATLANTA (AP) — Spencer Schwellenbach struck out 11 in 6 1/3 innings on his 25th birthday to help the Atlanta Braves beat the Boston Red Sox 5-0 on Saturday. Schwellenbach (4-1) allowed five hits and didn't walk a batter. He rebounded against the Red Sox after giving up a grand slam to Rafael Devers in a 10-4 loss May 18 in Boston. Schwellenbach has gone six-plus innings in four consecutive starts and it was the ninth time in 12 starts he's made it into at least the sixth inning this season. Ronald Acuña Jr. and Austin Riley hit fourth-inning home runs off Walker Buehler (4-3). Buehler allowed five earned runs on 10 hits with two walks and six strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. Key moment The Braves scored four runs in fourth to take a 5-0 lead. It was just the third time since May 5 the Braves have scored at least four runs in an inning. Key stat Schwellenbach threw 10 pitches 99 mph or more in the first two innings. Those were the 10 fastest pitches of his career. Before Saturday, his fastest was 98.9 mph. Up next LHP Garrett Crochet (4-4, 2.04 ERA) was set to start for Boston against RHP Bryce Elder (2-2, 4.50) on Sunday in the series finale. ___ AP MLB:
New York Times
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Braves takeaways: Chris Sale makes history, batters rough up Zack Wheeler again, more
PHILADELPHIA — On a long and painful day that journeyed into night, the Atlanta Braves desperately needed something good to happen in the second game of their doubleheader Thursday against the rival Philadelphia Phillies. They got it. After losing both a game and a key starting pitcher in the doubleheader opener, the Braves got a terrific start from Chris Sale in the nightcap, along with a four-RBI game from Austin Riley and a two-run homer from Ozzie Albies to highlight a four-run fourth inning in a 9-3 win against the Phillies and ace Zack Wheeler. Advertisement The Braves knocked Wheeler around for the second time this season, while Sale allowed two hits in six scoreless innings to continue his dominant stretch of pitching. He also struck out eight to become the fastest in MLB history to 2,500 strikeouts, surpassing one of his boyhood idols, Randy Johnson, to claim that distinction. 'It's special, and I appreciate it for what it is,' said Sale, who has exactly 2,500 strikeouts in 2,026 innings, ahead of Johnson's previous mark of 2,107 2/3 innings. 'But I try not to get too caught up in stuff like that right now. I know what our job is here. No matter whether you have a good one or a bad one, the next one is the most important one. I do appreciate it, though. He was a guy I looked up to as a baseball player when I was a kid. And I tried to do everything I could to be like him.' Riley said of Sale: 'It's impressive to be able to do it as long as he has. And especially (after) those years where he was battling some injuries; I think that's probably made it even more sweeter for him. I love playing behind him. He goes to war with us, so I'm really happy for him.' Strikeout No. 2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for Chris Sale! 👏 — MLB (@MLB) May 30, 2025 More than his own accomplishment, Sale was pleased the Braves averted a series sweep and could have a happy flight home before facing the Boston Red Sox. They are still a substantial 9 ½ games behind the NL East-leading Phillies and 7 ½ behind the second-place New York Mets. They are 26-29, including 3-3 against the Phillies. Philadelphia won Thursday's opener, 5-4, going ahead on a base-loaded hit-by-pitch in the eighth inning before the Braves left them loaded in the ninth. The bigger loss for Atlanta was pitcher A.J. Smith-Shawver, who left in the third inning after feeling a 'pop' in his elbow. He returned to Atlanta ahead of the team to have an MRI that the Braves hope won't reveal an injury as serious as they fear. Sale is 3-1 with a 1.42 ERA in his past seven starts after going 0-2 with a 6.17 ERA in his first five. He has 54 strikeouts and 12 walks in 44 1/3 innings over this torrid stretch. 'I mean, I just feel like he was in the zone, slider was there — kind of adding (and) subtracting with it, spotting up some fastballs in some different areas,' Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber said. 'He's always tough. You never go in that at-bat thinking it's going to be an easy at-bat, right? He won the Cy Young last year, and you just have to try to fight and grind him whenever he does make that mistake, try to get to it.' Advertisement Wheeler finished second to Sale in last year's Cy Young balloting and was the NL's hottest pitcher in recent weeks, riding a 22 2/3-inning scoreless streak that included six or seven scoreless innings in each of his past three starts. But the Atlanta-area native has struggled against the Braves several times in recent years, and was charged with season-highs of six runs and four walks in 5 1/3 innings Thursday. He gave up four hits, all consecutively with one out in the fourth inning: Marcell Ozuna single, Matt Olson double, Riley two-run double, Albies homer. 'I mean, you're talking about one of the best teams in the league, if not the best team in the league right now,' Sale said of the Phillies. 'Also talking about the best starting pitcher in the league for a handful of years now, too. So we knew what we had ahead of us, and for the boys to come out and get something going there (in the fourth inning) — and it didn't end. It was four this inning, a couple more here, a couple more there. So it's some good momentum to take back home.' The Braves have handled Wheeler like no other team has this season. His worst two starts of 2025 have been against them, including an April 8 game in Atlanta when he allowed eight hits and five runs in 5 1/3 innings. That's 11 earned runs in 10 2/3 innings for a 9.28 ERA against the Braves, and a 1.93 ERA in 10 starts against everyone else. 'We had a plan and we stayed to it, and we were ready to attack when he made mistakes,' said Albies, who has a 14-game hitting streak and hit a first-pitch splitter for the first homer off a Wheeler splitter since 2018. 'I mean, I'll keep it real, I wasn't looking for a splitter. But I was looking for something in the zone to do damage to, and he left me a splitter hanging.' The last two runs on Wheeler's ledger scored on Luke Williams' two-run single in the sixth off Carlos Hernández, after Wheeler walked Riley and Albies consecutively. Riley added a two-run homer in the seventh off Joe Ross. Braves fans watching at home — and those scattered among the crowd at Citizens Bank Park — might've wondered what Albies was doing in Thursday's opener trying to steal second base in the ninth inning of a one-run game with no outs and the heart of Atlanta's lineup coming to bat. You weren't alone. After Albies was thrown out, the Braves loaded the bases with two outs on an Ozuna walk, Olson single and Sean Murphy walk. Eli White struck out to leave them loaded. It was easy to wonder what might've happened had Albies not tried to steal and been thrown out by Rafael Marchán, which capped a memorable game for Philly's backup catcher — two runners caught stealing, a two-run homer, a walk and a game-winning, bases-loaded hit-by-pitch. Advertisement Asked about it afterward, manager Brian Snitker said, 'Well, it's just a (pitcher) that we should be able to steal the base (on). I mean, he's upwards of 1.6 (seconds) to the plate.' Snitker said, 'Evidently the jump wasn't real good.' Just to be clear, I asked Snitker if Albies was running on his own. 'Yeah,' Snitker said, ending the subject. Albies was the second Braves runner to test Marchán's arm Thursday. The first, Stuart Fairchild, fared even worse. Not only was Fairchild thrown out trying to steal second base for the third out of the fourth inning, but he also dislocated his right pinky finger while sliding hands-first. He wasn't wearing one of the 'oven mitt' protective hand coverings that so many players use. Fairchild will be examined in Atlanta on Friday morning. He'll land on the 15-day IL with Jarred Kelenic likely to be recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett to replace him. Snitker planned to rest Ronald Acuña Jr. for the first game Thursday and play him in the nightcap, but turned to the star to replace Fairchild in the bottom of the fourth. Acuña had an RBI single and a double in two plate appearances in the first game, and was on deck when White struck out with the bases loaded to end the game. Acuña has played every game since he was activated May 23, though the Braves had two days off in that span, including Wednesday when the game was postponed by rain. The bullpen has been an issue recently with the Braves, and here's one new potential problem: Daysbel Hernández might not be ready for the highest-leverage spots in important games. He entered Thursday's first game to start the eighth inning and gave up a Nick Castellanos single and Max Kepler walk. After a sacrifice bunt advanced the runners, Hernández walked Brandon Marsh to load the bases before grazing Marchán's foot with a pitch that brought in the final run of the game. Advertisement In Tuesday's series opener, Hernández entered to start the eighth, the Braves trailing 1-0. He retired the first two, then surrendered singles to Alec Bohm and Castellanos, each when ahead in the count. Those were followed by consecutive walks to Kepler and to J.T. Realmuto, the latter with the bases loaded.
Washington Post
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
Marcell Ozuna homers for second straight day, and Braves beat Red Sox 10-4 for series win
BOSTON — Marcell Ozuna homered for the second straight day, former outfielder Boston Alex Verdugo had three hits and the Atlanta Braves beat the Red Sox 10-4 on Sunday to win the three-game series. Austin Riley also had three hits for the Braves (24-23), who moved a game above .500 for the second time after opening 0-7. Every starter except leadoff hitter Verdugo had at least one RBI.
