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Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Sport
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Elly De La Cruz bobblehead night: Everything to know before the big game
Elly De La Cruz bobblehead night: Everything to know before the big game No matter where he stands in the batter's box, Cincinnati's most electrifying player is bound to crush the baseball. The Cincinnati Reds' young shortstop, Elly De La Cruz, is known for being a speedster and having a powerful swing. The 23-year-old slugger is a switch-hitter, meaning he can crush the ball whether he's batting left-handed or right-handed, although he has been "much better" batting from the left, according to De La Cruz and the Reds return to Great American Ball Park on Friday after playing seven straight games on the road. Advertisement The long-awaited homestand will likely draw a huge crowd, as the Reds are giving away a De La Cruz switch-hitter bobblehead on Saturday before the Reds face the Pittsburgh Pirates. Fans will randomly receive either a figurine of him batting from the left or right side. Heading to the game? Here's everything you need to know to get your hands on a De La Cruz bobblehead. The Cincinnati Reds are giving away an Elly De La Cruz switch-hitter bobbelhead before Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. What time do the gates open at Great American Ball Park for Elly De La Cruz bobblehead night? The Reds-Pirates game on Saturday is slated for a 6:40 p.m. start time. Gates open at 5:10 p.m. Fans attending games this weekend should be aware of special parking and traffic considerations along the riverfront due to recent flooding, and allow for extra time to arrive to the ballpark. Advertisement Visit for updated parking information. The Cincinnati Reds are giving away an Elly De La Cruz switch-hitter bobblehead on Saturday. How early can fans start lining up for the Elly De La Cruz bobblehead? There are no rules on what time fans can start lining up at Great American Ball Park for De Le Cruz bobblehead night. However, the earlier you get there, the better. To put things into perspective, the last time the Reds had a De Le Cruz bobblehead night, the stadium set an attendance record (and that was for a weekday game). The ballpark drew 42,427 fans in 2024 when they gave away De La Cruz City Connect bobbleheads. It was the largest weekday attendance in the history of Great American Ball Park, excluding Opening Days. Advertisement If Saturday's giveaway is anything like last year's, a packed crowd will likely be waiting to enter the stadium, and people will probably start lining up early. How many switch-hitter bobbleheads will be given away? A limited number of switch-hitter bobbleheads will be handed out to fans on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last. The exact bobblehead quantity was not released. How many bobbleheads can each fan receive? Ticketed fans will receive one De Le Cruz bobblehead while supplies last. Fans with multiple tickets must exit and re-enter the ballpark in order to receive multiple bobbleheads. Advertisement Visit for more information. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Elly De La Cruz bobblehead night: When to line up and more
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Guardians Opening Day weather history: Is it always this cold?
*Attached video: Weekend weather forecast CLEVELAND (WJW) — Since the middle of March, we've been watching the potential for some pretty serious cold for early April around Opening Day at Progressive Field. There's been a lot of warming in the stratosphere over the north pole (warm colors below), which usually takes a couple of weeks under ideal circumstances to make its way down into the troposphere, where weather directly impacts us. I-TEAM: Police monitor will not be removed after casino incident Warming at the top of the atmosphere, creating cold at the surface seems counterintuitive, but that warming and the stratosphere creates high pressure at the surface in the high latitudes. Here is a primer from NOAA. There are many ingredients that have to be present for this to occur. Some originate in the tropics, which make their way to the pole. Where that change propagates south is typically where the cold sets up. In many instances, the long-range computer models have a difficult time ascertaining this. Below is the European Model, which is used each day from March 26 through April 1, showing temperatures for Tuesday afternoon, April 8, Opening Day in Cleveland. 'Senseless incident': 1 hurt, 1 arrested after altercation leads to gunfire in Akron Notice it didn't pick up on the cold over the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley until March 29. Each day, the cold became stronger and more pervasive across the northern half of the country. On April 4, notice how extensive the cold is for April 8. The normal high is in the mid-50s for the second week of April. This translates to mid-30s! We all remember Opening Day 2007. The game was cancelled and then moved to Milwaukee. If that game were to be played in Cleveland, it would have been 28° Technical weather aside, Meteorologist Scott Sabol did some research looking at all of the Opening Days for not only Cleveland Guardians history but ALL Cleveland professional baseball history going back to 1871 when they were called the Cleveland Forest Citys. Protesters tee off against Trump and Musk in 'Hands Off!' rallies across the U.S. This is when Cleveland professional baseball was in the National League. They were also known as the Cleveland Spiders and the Cleveland Blues. Here is the complete list. It shows the year, date, either the game time temperature or the high temperature for the day, depending on what was available (color coded), the result of the game and whether or not we had precipitation that day. Is anything collectible worth collecting? What experts say A few things to note: There have been only seven games where we had game time temperatures in the 30s: 1905, 1907, 1979, 1996, 2003, 2016 and 2019. The 2016 home opener was the coldest at 34°. 1899 opening day at League Park was the warmest. Game time temperature 84°. The most precipitation ever on opening day was 1981, April 11th at the old stadium. We had 1.44″ of rain. Most recently, the 2006 opening day had 0.61″ of rain. Opening day on April 13, 1962, we had some scattered snow. Members of Kent State's international community had visas revoked by federal authorities The Guardians host the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday at Progressive Field for the sold-out affair. The temperature is forecast to be 39 degrees at first pitch, so it's on track to be one of the coldest home openers on record. Pregame ceremonies start at 3:30 p.m., with the first pitch set for 4:10 p.m. For more information and in-depth weather coverage, check out Meteorologist Scott Sabol's weather blog here. Click here for today's forecast. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CNN
28-03-2025
- Sport
- CNN
Tyler O'Neill hits record-extending sixth straight Opening Day home run
For six seasons in a row, Tyler O'Neill has homered on MLB Opening Day. Making his debut for the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, O'Neill started the season with his record-extending sixth straight home run on Opening Day during his team's 12-2 win against the Toronto Blue Jays. No other player has homered on more than four consecutive Opening Days, with the 29-year-old outfielder's three-run shot sending the Orioles into a 5-0 lead at the top of the third at Rogers Centre. Todd Hundley (1994-97), Gary Carter (1977-80) and Yogi Berra (1955-58) all hit four consecutive home runs on Opening Day, while the Major League Baseball record for the total number of Opening Day home runs is held jointly by Adam Dunn, Ken Griffey Jr. and Frank Robinson on eight. 'I'm just not trying to make too much of it,' O'Neill told reporters about his streak. 'I'm just trying to go out, have a good first at-bat and see what the game gives me from there. 'Obviously, I understand what's going on, but it's not like I'm going out there trying to do anything crazy.' O'Neill, who signed a three-year, $49.5 million contract to join Baltimore from the Boston Red Sox in the offseason, finished three-for-three with three RBIs and two walks against the Blue Jays. 'It's a little different when the lights turn on and you've got to show up, so it was really cool to see all the guys show up today,' he said. 'We got after it out there.' While the first two games of the MLB regular season took place between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers in Tokyo last week, Thursday marked the first official day of the season in the United States. The Dodgers, having won both their games against the Cubs in Japan, continued their winning start with a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Dodger Stadium. Tommy Edman, Teoscar Hernández and Shohei Ohtani all hit home runs for the reigning World Series champions, who celebrated last season's title with actor and rapper Ice Cube bringing out the trophy before the game. Part-owner Magic Johnson and Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks were among those in attendance, while former Dodger Kirk Gibson threw the ceremonial first pitch to World Series MVP Freddie Freeman.
CNN
28-03-2025
- Sport
- CNN
Tyler O'Neill hits record-extending sixth straight Opening Day home run
For six seasons in a row, Tyler O'Neill has homered on MLB Opening Day. Making his debut for the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday, O'Neill started the season with his record-extending sixth straight home run on Opening Day during his team's 12-2 win against the Toronto Blue Jays. No other player has homered on more than four consecutive Opening Days, with the 29-year-old outfielder's three-run shot sending the Orioles into a 5-0 lead at the top of the third at Rogers Centre. Todd Hundley (1994-97), Gary Carter (1977-80) and Yogi Berra (1955-58) all hit four consecutive home runs on Opening Day, while the Major League Baseball record for the total number of Opening Day home runs is held jointly by Adam Dunn, Ken Griffey Jr. and Frank Robinson on eight. 'I'm just not trying to make too much of it,' O'Neill told reporters about his streak. 'I'm just trying to go out, have a good first at-bat and see what the game gives me from there. 'Obviously, I understand what's going on, but it's not like I'm going out there trying to do anything crazy.' O'Neill, who signed a three-year, $49.5 million contract to join Baltimore from the Boston Red Sox in the offseason, finished three-for-three with three RBIs and two walks against the Blue Jays. 'It's a little different when the lights turn on and you've got to show up, so it was really cool to see all the guys show up today,' he said. 'We got after it out there.' While the first two games of the MLB regular season took place between the Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers in Tokyo last week, Thursday marked the first official day of the season in the United States. The Dodgers, having won both their games against the Cubs in Japan, continued their winning start with a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers at Dodger Stadium. Tommy Edman, Teoscar Hernández and Shohei Ohtani all hit home runs for the reigning World Series champions, who celebrated last season's title with actor and rapper Ice Cube bringing out the trophy before the game. Part-owner Magic Johnson and Hollywood A-lister Tom Hanks were among those in attendance, while former Dodger Kirk Gibson threw the ceremonial first pitch to World Series MVP Freddie Freeman.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Yankees' pitching stellar in 4-2 Opening Day win over Brewers
The Yankees got home runs from Austin Wells and Anthony Volpe early and then survived a shaky outing by new closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning to hold on for a 4-2 Opening Day win over the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium on Thursday. The Yankees are 7-1 in their last eight Opening Days. Here are the takeaways... -After excellent pitching got the Yankees into the ninth inning, Williams, facing the team that traded him to the Yankees during the offseason, got into a major jam as the Brewers loaded the bases with no outs on a single, a double, and a walk, while trailing 4-1. Advertisement Williams got one out on a deep sacrifice fly by Brice Turang. He then struck out Jackson Chourio swinging at his signature change-up. Finally, he went to 3-2 to Christian Yelich before striking him swinging out with a 95-mph fastball to end the game. -Carlos Rodon delivered a strong start, allowing only one run over 5.1 innings, on a third-inning home run by righthanded-hitting Vinny Capra. Rodon looked sharp, mixing his mostly 95mph fastball with a slider and a change-up, as he recorded seven strikeouts and got 13 swings-and-misses. The lefthander allowed two walks, both in the sixth, the second on a 10-pitch at-bat by Rhys Hoskins that knocked Rodon out of the game with his pitch count at 89. Advertisement Lefty Tim Hill came on to get out of the inning in what proved to be a crucial moment in the game. After an infield single loaded the bases with two outs, Hill got pinch-hitter Isaac Collins to ground out to short for a force-out, ending the inning with the Yankees leading 2-1 at the time. -With a little bit of luck off the bat of Aaron Judge, the Yankees added to their lead with two runs in the seventh inning. With runners at first and second, and one out, Judge hit a hard ground ball down the third-base line. Capra was in position to field the ball for at least a force-out at third but the ball bounced off the base and high over Capra's head, into shallow left field for an RBI double to give the Yankees a 3-1 lead. Cody Bellinger followed with a sacrifice fly to right to make it 4-1. Advertisement The fortunate bounce got Judge off the hook on what was looming as a bad day. He'd already gone 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and would have been looking at an 0-for-4 start to the season. -The Yankee bullpen dominated until the ninth. Hill, Mark Leiter Jr., and Luke Weaver combined to get eight outs while allowing only two baserunners, on an infield single and a walk. -Wells was already making history in the first inning by becoming the first catcher ever to hit leadoff for the Yankees, but then he quickly took it a step further when he lined a home run just over the right field wall off starter Freddy Peralta. In doing so Wells also became the first catcher in major league history to hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day and also the first Yankee player with a leadoff home run on Opening Day. Advertisement -Peralta gave up two Yankee Stadium home runs to the short porch in right field but otherwise threw a dominant five innings for the Brewers, racking up eight strikeouts and 14 swings-and-misses in his 92 pitches. He finished in impressive style, striking out Judge swinging at a 96-mph high fastball, leaving runners at first and second. -Chourio, the Brewers' young star outfielder, had a spectacular spring training, hitting .469 in 17 games, but he earned the dreaded platinum sombrero in the season opener, striking out in all five of his at-bats. GAME MVP: CARLOS RODON Pitching in what would have been Gerrit Cole's spot on Opening Day, Rodon gave the Yankees reason to believe they can survive without their ace. Advertisement The left-hander pitched a mostly dominant 5.1 innings, holding the Brewers to one run on a home run by Capra. Highlights What's next After an off day, the Yankees and Brewers meet again for the second of their three-game series in The Bronx. First pitch is set for 1:35 p.m. Max Fried makes his Yankees debut against former Yankee Nestor Cortes.
