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Axios
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Axios
Indianapolis weekend events: Croquet, Jason Aldean, Rod Stewart, Fever and more
If you're looking to have a wicket good time in Indy this weekend, head to the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site. Driving the news: The 31st annual Wicket World of Croquet event is inviting players from around the state to Marion County for a day of fun and fundraising on the lawn. A croquet tournament featuring more than 100 players is the main event. There will also be local food and drink vendors, pop-up shops, interactive experiences, a live art auction and more. Proceeds from the event benefit educational and civic programming at the site. Zoom in: If you attend, be sure to dress to impress in your best all-white outfit. It doesn't have to be fancy. Everything from streetwear to three-piece suits are welcome. Just make sure you nail the color scheme. If you go: 10am-4:30pm General admission tickets, which don't include food and drink, are $10 in advance and $15 the day of. All access passes that cover lunch, drinks, snacks and activities start at $75. Here are the rest of our picks for the weekend: 🐸 Catch the next summer concert at Broad Ripple Park when alt rock band Toad the Wet Sprocket headlines a show 7pm Friday. Tickets start at $70. ⚾ Take in a game or three at Victory Field as the Indianapolis Indians host the Omaha Storm Chasers. Games start at 7:05pm Friday, 6:35pm Saturday and 1:35pm Sunday. Tickets start at $15. 🎵 Bop to a little Blues in the Alley when Queen Delphine and The Crown Jewels and Rebekah Meldrum play a free show at The Cabaret, 7pm Friday. Reserved seats are spoken for, so bring your own chair. 👪 Have some family fun at Gainbridge Fieldhouse during Disney's Descendants and Zombies concert, 7pm Friday. Tickets start at $61. 🎻 Kick back at Conner Prairie for a pair of Symphony on the Prairie performances. Dark Star Orchestra will present a Grateful Dead live concert experience at 7pm Friday. Tickets start at $13. A Billy Joel and Elton John combo tribute starts at 8pm Saturday. Tickets start at $13. 🤠 Go full throttle with country star Jason Aldean when his tour stops at Ruoff Music Center, 7:30pm Friday. 🤘 Rock out with Rod Stewart at Ruoff during his "One Last Time" tour, 8pm Saturday.
Yahoo
16-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Royals' 45-year old lottery ticket just struck out 10 batters and looks ready for MLB
It might be time. The Kansas City Royals have a 45-year-old lefty dominating in Triple-A. A promotion could be imminent. It's no regular midlife-crisis starting pitcher, of course. This is Rich Hill. Advertisement Hill signed with the Royals earlier this season as a bit of a lottery ticket. Why not see if the crafty veteran had a few more tricks up his sleeve? Seems like he does: In his most recent start, Hill struck out 10 batters in five innings for the Omaha Storm Chasers. He has struck out 60 batters in 48 innings, showing that his stuff still works. MORE: It's the year of Cal Raleigh Hill's ERA at Triple-A is 5.44, so he might not be a perfect fix to Kansas City's rotation. But on the flip side of the coin, why sign Hill just to toil at Triple-A? Get him up to MLB and let him snap off as many of those filthy curveballs as he has left. Advertisement There isn't much time to waste when your promising Triple-A pitcher is 45 years old. MORE MLB NEWS:
New York Times
02-06-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Royals promoting top prospect Jac Caglianone to MLB: Source
The Kansas City Royals are promoting top prospect Jac Caglianone to the major leagues, a source confirmed to The Athletic on Sunday. Caglianone, 22, was the No. 6 pick in last year's draft. One of the game's top offensive talents, Caglianone has torn up the upper levels of the Royals' minor-league system this year. He finished Sunday with a slash line of .322/.389/.593 in 50 games. That includes a 15-for-47 start for Triple-A Omaha, with whom he has played 12 games. He has hit 15 home runs, tied for the third-most amongst all minor leaguers, and has struck out at a 20 percent clip (46 in 229 plate appearances). Should he keep up even an average level of production, Caglianone's arrival could be a boon for the fourth-place Royals, who have scored the third-fewest runs (194) in the majors. Jac Caglianone has his 6th Triple-A homer! This one flew 442 feet ‼️ — Omaha Storm Chasers (@OMAStormChasers) May 30, 2025 Caglianone's breakout comes on the heels of a pro debut last summer in which he hit .241 with a .690 OPS in 29 games at High A. He also hit .236 with a .749 OPS in 21 games in the Arizona Fall League. Caglianone was drafted as a first baseman out of the University of Florida, for whom he batted .355 with a 1.207 OPS and 75 homers across 165 games, but he has played in right or left field intermittently this season, with increasing frequency since moving up to Triple A on May 20. For the past two weeks, he has worked one-on-one with longtime Royals instructor Rusty Kuntz ahead of potential playing time in the roomy outfield at Kauffman Stadium. Advertisement In last week's re-ranking of MLB's top prospects, The Athletic's Keith Law slotted Caglianone at No. 13, up from No. 60 on the preseason list, saying he 'has been incredible in his first full pro season, hitting .322/.394/.553 in Double A with a strikeout rate of just 21.1 percent, more than earning a promotion to Triple A. He's made clear adjustments at the plate and he is destroying pitches in the zone, although he will still expand the zone too easily and I think if he came to the majors right now, pitchers would exploit that enough to make him struggle. I'm quite sanguine about his ability to make further adjustments and cut down enough on the chase to get to the big leagues this year. Between Caglianone and left-hander David Shields, who's looked very good in three starts so far in the lowest levels, scouting director Brian Bridges' first draft looks like a great one.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Royals prospect Jac Caglianone homers for 4th straight game, hitting pair that include 459-footer
SOITH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Kansas City prospect Jac Caglianone homered for the fourth straight game, hitting a pair that included a 459-foot drive to help the Omaha Storm Chasers beat the Salt Lake Bees 5-3 in 10 innings on Sunday in the Triple-A International League. A 22-year-old first baseman who bats left-handed, Caglianone hit the long drive in the first off left-hander Sammy Peralta and added a two-run shot in the 10th against Buck Farmer. Advertisement Caglianone had three hits and is batting .346 with five homers and 10 RBIs in six games for Omaha since his promotion from Double-A Northwest Arkansas on May 20. He is hitting .346 overall in the minors this season with 14 homers and 53 RBIs in 44 games. Selected sixth overall by Kansas City in last year's amateur draft from the University of Florida, Caglianone signed for a $7,497,500 bonus. ___ AP MLB:
Winnipeg Free Press
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Royals prospect Jac Caglianone homers for 4th straight game, hitting pair that include 459-footer
SOITH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — Kansas City prospect Jac Caglianone homered for the fourth straight game, hitting a pair that included a 459-foot drive to help the Omaha Storm Chasers beat the Salt Lake Bees 5-3 in 10 innings on Sunday in the Triple-A International League. A 22-year-old first baseman who bats left-handed, Caglianone hit the long drive in the first off left-hander Sammy Peralta and added a two-run shot in the 10th against Buck Farmer. Caglianone had three hits and is batting .346 with five homers and 10 RBIs in six games for Omaha since his promotion from Double-A Northwest Arkansas on May 20. He is hitting .346 overall in the minors this season with 14 homers and 53 RBIs in 44 games. Selected sixth overall by Kansas City in last year's amateur draft from the University of Florida, Caglianone signed for a $7,497,500 bonus. ___ AP MLB:
