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Lise Richard has left to join her lifelong accomplice. The widow of the former Canadiens center died of colon cancer on Thursday. She was 86 years old.

Her death comes just over three years after that of her husband, who died at the age of 84 from complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

With her, the last bastion of the quartet that Maurice and Henri formed with their spouses Lucille and Lise disappears.

But her memories live on in the minds of her family members and the thousands of people who knew her.

A life together

Lise and Henri have spent most of their lives together. They had met at the age of six through their sisters in the Bordeaux neighborhood of north Montreal.

The lady told me the story during the unveiling of two murals honoring her spouse in the entrance hall of the Place Bell in Laval.

“We were always together,” she said.

“He came to visit me at home. I thought he was handsome. He didn’t talk much, but I did!

“When I was 13 and 14, I was playing hockey with him and his circle of friends when a player was missing.

“We were young and so it happened that we parted ways from time to time. We left each other, we moved on. But I never thought that one day we would get married.

Henry’s three goals

But Henry didn’t see it that way. Marrying his beautiful Lise was one of his three goals in life.

The other two played for the Canadiens with his brother Maurice and owned a tavern. Not only did he get there, but the adventure certainly lasted a long time.

The marriage between Lise and Henri produced five children: Michèle (Jean Parenteau), Gilles (Noëlla Poirier), Denis (Lise Therriault), Marie-France (Yves-Albert Desjardins) and Nathalie (Daniel Goulet). Their descendants gave them ten grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Our sincerest condolences go out to the entire family.

On Thursday, Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber is expected to announce some long-awaited news: MLS’ 30th team will be based in San Diego, California.

Garber will join the new team’s owners and the Mayor of San Diego in attending a press conference at Snapdragon Stadium, the club’s future home, to celebrate the occasion. It will be the latest in a dizzying streak of expansion for the league as the league has tripled in size since 2004.

The team’s owner pays a staggering sum to get into the league, a $500 million expansion fee. That’s $175 million more than Charlotte FC owner David Tepper paid for an MLS franchise in 2019 and 67 times what Real Salt Lake paid to enter the league in 2005 (7, $5 million). The league is in the first year of a $2.5 billion media rights partnership with Apple, further evidence of its financial growth.

Here’s the basic history and framework of San Diego’s successful bid, along with some helpful context. If you haven’t kept an eye on the expansion offer over the past year or so, this will help you catch up.

Who Owns the San Diego MLS Team?

The yet-to-be-named club is co-owned by Egyptian billionaire and former politician Mohamed Mansour and the Kumeyaay Nation’s Sycuan Band. Mansour leads the Mansour Group, a global conglomerate valued at approximately $7 billion engaged in automotive distribution, capital management and technology. He is a British citizen living in London and is the Senior Treasurer of the British Conservative Party. His uncle was a member of the Egyptian team that took part in the 1934 World Cup in Italy.

Mansour, who has an estimated net worth of $3.6 billion according to Forbes, is also involved in other football projects. Through Man Capital, the investment arm of Mansour Group, he holds a stake in Danish Superliga club Nordsjaelland and since 2021 he also owns the football academy “Right to Dream” based in Ghana. The academy has produced around 20 players in professional football across Europe. A number of alumni have ended up in MLS over the years, including New England Revolution’s Emmanuel Boateng and veteran midfielder David Accam. It is widely believed that the San Diego MLS franchise will also open another Residential Academy branch in San Diego.

Mansour studied in the US at North Carolina State and Auburn University in the 1960s and 1970s and established lasting business relationships that eventually made him a very wealthy man. His company is one of the world’s largest distributors of General Motors automobiles and has at various times worked with other global giants, including McDonald’s and Marlboro.

Mansour’s MLS project could be a step towards something bigger. In December, with the sale of Manchester United dominating the news, the Daily Mirror reported its interest in buying a British football club. Mansour’s son Loutfy was part of a failed takeover attempt for Chelsea that ended up in the hands of American businessman Todd Boehly and his partners.

The Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation is a tribe of Missionary Indians who have lived in the San Diego area for thousands of years. They were driven out by Spanish missionaries in the mid-18th century, and when the US government forcibly evicted large numbers of Native Americans from their ancestral homelands in the mid-19th century, their population had increased almost tenfold, to about 3,000. The land the tribe currently occupies, a one square mile reservation in the Dehesa Valley of San Diego, was returned to them in 1875.

In recent years, the Sycuan Band has become a player in the gaming and entertainment industry. In 2001, they formed the Sycuan Tribal Development Corporation, which includes the Sycuan Casino, the Singing Hills Golf Resort, and the US Grant Hotel, which are among the oldest hotels in San Diego. Through their casino, the Sycuan Band was also involved in promoting martial arts and boxing.

The tribe first expressed interest in acquiring an MLS club in 2021 and worked with the league to find a suitable capital partner, resulting in the Monsour Group.

The San Diego-based MLS company also has a number of minority partners. Brad Termini, a local developer, is also reportedly among them.

What will the team be called?

The club will reportedly start without a name or crest at first.

However, there is a tantalizing clue as to the franchise’s possible identity: The “FCSanDiego.com” domain name was bought by the Mansour Group in 2020 and its registry was updated earlier this month.

FC San Diego. Who could have guessed. If the club adopts this name, it will become the tenth “soccer club” in the MLS.

Where will the team play?

Many MLS expansion concessions were given to teams who had to build their own stadium. This is not the case in San Diego as the club will be a tenant of an existing facility.

The San Diego-based MLS franchise will play their home games at Snapdragon Stadium on the campus of San Diego State University. Completed in 2022, the 35,000-seat venue is home to the NWSL’s San Diego Wave and the San Diego State Aztecs football team. The San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby also plays their games at the Snapdragon. The venue will host several international football matches this summer, including a Mexico national team game in June and a CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final a month later.

Unlike most modern MLS stadiums, Snapdragon is almost completely uncovered, a throwback to the days when MLS clubs played in college and NFL football stadiums. This design has proven to be a problem at times – during the first-ever San Diego State Football game at the Snapdragon in September 2022, the temperature in the stadium reached 100°F and about 200 fans required medical attention for various heat-related illnesses. 20 of them had to be hospitalized. Taking to social media, fans of the San Diego Wave have also expressed frustration at the lack of shade.

Sources briefed on the talks between the league and the San Diego owners have told The Athletic in recent months that building a partial canopy around the stadium is a potential must for the league to be granted a franchise from the league’s perspective. The cost of this work ranged from $50 million to $125 million, one of those sources said. The same sources say the league’s tone has softened on these demands, largely due to the now standardized nature of the league’s fixture list. Most matches start in the evening, which generally means less impact from the sun. However, the franchise still has some work to do on Snapdragon — namely, building an upgraded visitor locker room.

They also need to build a training facility, with an MLS activist, who was granted anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, suggested to The Athletic that the club ended up investing around $100m in the venture could get stuck.

A lease was finalized between the MLS club and SDSU Monday night, according to Mark Zeigler of the San Diego Union Tribune. The university has tried to be flexible on lease terms and has expressed an interest in acquiring an equity interest in the franchise as part of the payment agreement, but that option was rejected by MLS, sources briefed on the talks surrounding the agreement said.

Incidentally, Snapdragon was built on a site that may once have been earmarked for an MLS stadium. In 2018, an attempt to build a soccer-specific stadium on the site and attract an MLS franchise was defeated in a public referendum.

What is happening to San Diego Loyal?

MLS clubs like Nashville SC and FC Cincinnati were direct offshoots of the USL franchises. That’s not the case with San Diego’s MLS franchise, which will have no affiliation with San Diego Loyal, the USL championship club that has been the city’s home since 2019.

Loyal, who play at Torero Stadium on the University of San Diego campus, have a large local following and their games regularly sell out. They reportedly held talks with the MLS ownership group but came to nothing. The club was co-founded and is currently managed by US legend Landon Donovan, who has spent most of his career in Major League Soccer.

“We have become aware of an independent ownership group that intends to form its own club in San Diego,” the club’s chairman and owner, Andrew Vassiliadis, said in a public statement last week. “We have an unwavering commitment to the vision of growing football in this city and we want to make that clear. Landon Donovan, the entire San Diego Loyal team, and I are dedicated to this mission and will continue to work tirelessly to achieve it. Our passion for football and for our community will never fade. San Diego, we are one with you. Our love for this city runs deep. This is our home and we are proud to be part of this rich and diverse fabric.”

San Diego is also home to a third professional men’s team, NISA’s Albion San Diego. This club has existed since 2015, but only started playing professionally last year.

Notably, the city is also home to the most decorated professional indoor soccer team in American history, the San Diego Sockers. The club has won 16 indoor championships since it began playing indoor sports in 1978. They remain a cult favorite in town.

How will the team fill their roster with players?

Historically, MLS clubs have taken a variety of approaches when building their first squad.

First and foremost, expansion teams have their chance to pick five players from other MLS rosters via the league’s expansion draft. Other clubs in the league can protect about a dozen of their players, with the rest left to choose from. In 2022, for example, St. Louis City SC, the league’s most recent addition, chose Orlando City forward Niko Gioacchini, Inter Miami midfielder Indiana Vassilev, New England Revolution centre-back Jonathan Bell, FC Cincinnati left-back John Nelson and New York Red Bulls forward Jake La Cava in the extension draft. Teams often develop trades right after the draft. La Cava, for example, was quickly traded to Inter Miami last year for $150,000 in allotment funds. Sometimes selected players never play a competitive minute for their new team.

Clubs that have made the leap from the USL to the MLS through expansion have often brought a handful of players with them from their minor leagues, a moot point at San Diego, which was being formed from the ground up. The MLS collegiate SuperDraft has also proven to be a valuable tool for expansion franchises in recent years. And then there’s the international market – some expansion franchises like Inter Miami and NYCFC have stocked their first rosters with big-name acquisitions from abroad: Frank Lampard, David Villa and Gonzalo Higuain to name a few.

What is the history of professional football in San Diego?

San Diego’s first professional team was the San Diego Toros, formed in 1968. The franchise was a founding member of the newly formed North American Soccer League and came close to winning the league’s first championship game, but fell short later in the year. The NASL returned to the city in 1976 with the San Diego Jaws, named after the movie Jaws. Playing at San Diego State, they went bad and later that year relocated and became the Las Vegas Quicksilvers. Amazingly, the Quicksilvers, playing in a sweltering 100-degree heat in a city that had no football history to speak of, couldn’t last much longer. The franchise moved back to San Diego and became the San Diego Sockers in 1978.

From 1978 to 1984, the Sockers were consistently competitive, reaching the league finals several times in a game while playing at Jack Murphy Stadium. However, by the end of the season, the club was the last entrant in the league. Think about it: in the mid-’70s, the NASL darlings New York Cosmos attracted more viewers in a single game than the Sockers attended in an entire season.

For years, the Sockers were the city’s only connection to professional football through indoor sports. That changed with San Diego Loyal, and the city’s MLS club is on course to become its first top-flight outdoor team since the early ’80s.

What’s next for the MLS expansion?

MLS has long said it will pause after Team 30 and explore the idea of ​​further expansion. The league could expand into a number of other markets in the future — Garber has cited Phoenix, Sacramento (which once looked like a replacement store), Detroit and Tampa Bay as potential expansion markets.

Las Vegas, widely considered a contender for San Diego, was once considered a gateway destination as well. Earlier in the year, however, Garber spoke of the difficulties that came with that offer and the difficulties that came with it.

“When you’re in a place like Las Vegas, we need to have an indoor stadium,” Garber told The Athletic. “And that’s extremely expensive. But I can’t imagine not having a team in Las Vegas one day.”

The Vegas bid was spearheaded by Bill Foley, who also owns the NHL’s Las Vegas Golden Knights. Foley eventually bought Premier League side Bournemouth for far less than they would have paid to get into the MLS.

“Unfortunately, MLS requires the construction of a stadium and stadiums in the US currently cost $600-700 million,” Foley told the BBC. “The franchise fee itself, I think, is ($500 million). So you’re in for a billion dollars before you even have a team. I thought Bournemouth really was a bargain. I’m buying a Premier League team, they already have a stadium, they already have players and I can improve it. i can do better So I don’t think we’re getting involved in MLS. I just don’t care that much.”

Wherever MLS goes next, one thing is certain: as long as there are people paying half a billion dollars (or more) for a franchise, the league will continue to grow.

“Other leagues have 30+ teams,” Garber said. “MLS is structured very differently than any other professional football league in the world. I see no reason why we couldn’t have more teams at the right time in the future if we are able to accommodate that in terms of the schedule, players and ecosystem of MLS.”

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Since January 25, Sépaq Anticosti has had a new director. This is Éric Harnois, already well known in the game reserve world. With his experience, skills and ability to quickly decipher the needs of hunting enthusiasts there is no doubt that he will be a great asset to the organization.

He held the position of director of the Mastigouche Game Reserve for 12 years. He knew how to develop this area in such a way that it received a very high level of visitors compared to the other reserves in the network.

“It’s a big challenge for me after my time at Mastigouche and as I progress professionally, it’s a bit like the peak of my career,” explains the director in this first interview with the journal since his tenure.

“What interests me is to develop even further this unique area that defines Sépaq Anticosti and to continue the excellent work of my predecessors. Of course, I also include the development of the Parc national d’Anticosti in my approach.”

Last February he discovered the island of Anticosti for the first time.

“Honestly, I’ve discovered a more beautiful setting, far beyond what I expected. You really have to see it to believe it. You often see pictures, but that’s nothing compared to seeing the whole thing in real life. It’s a huge area to explore.”

Mild winter, early spring

For all hunting enthusiasts, the question always remains the same: how are the deer doing after the winter?

“I could see the vastness of the area as we walked to the Bell River pavilion. We drove 600 kilometers and only saw part of it.

“During our trip we saw several hundred deer that were very active and we thought they were in excellent health. They had no trouble getting around. They jumped happily.

“The winter wasn’t harsh, even the islanders tell us that the winter wasn’t harsh. Snowfall levels were less than usual.

“Besides, spring was pretty early. We were told that it was exceptional to cover such a distance in early May. Usually you have to wait until the end of May. In the eastern part of the island there was no snow at all.

Although this is his first experience in this field, Éric Harnois can count on the experience of the members of his team.

“I don’t know the deer behavior as well as the people who live on the island,” he said. Several said they were surprised that the males’ antlers had already started to grow. This is another encouraging sign for hunters.”

Looking at the photos he sent us, we could see that spring was approaching and the image of the Vauréal falls was as puffy as ever.

Improve accessibility

“Personally, I have a long-term vision to make this environment even more accessible,” says the director. For this reason we have increased the number of holiday cabins. Also, in certain pavilions, such as Rivière Chaloupe, we will install solar or other systems to reduce our environmental footprint by reducing the turnover of the generators.

The director invites people who would like to travel to the island to inquire at Sépaq Anticosti about the remaining opportunities for hunting and vacations, whether within the European or American plan. For more information: sepaq.com/sepaq-anticosti.

New salmon offer

From this morning at 9am you can try your luck and book a salmon fishing trip at two new facilities in the Sépaq network. These are the Rivière-Madeleine river in the Chic-Chocs wildlife reserve in Gaspésie and the Chaloupe river in Anticosti. In the Madeleine River it is possible to book day fishing. For more information on availability and pricing, please contact Sépaq specialists at 1-800-665-6527.

Alianza Lima’s victory over Deportivo Municipal has already left its mark on the protagonists of the controversy. According to what has become known in the last few hours, the linesman Victor Raez, who did not penalize the offside in Carlos Zambrano’s second goal, will not referee any more League 1 games until further notice. This was announced by the newspaper Líbero through the journalist Gustavo Peralta.

In addition to his failing goal to make it 2-1, Raéz’s performance at the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium was also questioned by other dubious attacks from advanced positions. Because of this, they decided to suspend it indefinitely.

The news was published shortly after the statement by Carmen Retuerto, President of the National Referees Commission (Conar). The former referee recently pointed out that several referees had already received “some quite serious” attention calls due to the various errors that had occurred at the inaugural tournament in recent weeks.

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It was Carlos Zambrano’s goal for offside

About 84 minutes into the game, referee Edwin Ordóñez awarded the team a free-kick for a foul on Aldair Rodríguez. Hernán Barcos connected the cross into the box before Zambrano headed in. The replay clearly shows that the “pirate” was ahead at the time of the pass, which is why the action should have been cancelled.

Other referees are sanctioned in League 1

As Peralta added, the linesman who disallowed a legitimate goal by ADT against Deportivo Binacional on matchday two, as well as FIFA referee Augusto Menéndez, who disallowed Alianza Atlético’s game against Deportivo Binacional, were also fined. Academic. In the last case, the referee was “frozen” not only with his distance for the binational vs. Sporting Cristal but also internationally.

Here are today’s daily SP streamer rankings.

Each day of the 2023 baseball season, I look at today’s and tomorrow’s list of scheduled starting players and rank their matchups for your fantasy baseball streams.

There’s a lot in it and you can hang out with me on Twitch.tv/pitcherlist to talk about the specific ranks I hit every weekday morning from 10am to 12pm ET. If you have any questions about these ranks, please ask them during the morning Twitch AMA. These are my office hours as I generally do not respond to comments on the site.

There are four tiers of this 12-team player leaderboard:

Auto start – Just do it. Don’t think about it too much, start with the man. This includes “if I have them in the roster, I’ll start them” pitchers.

Probably start – I’ll probably start with those weapons, although I’m aware the risk is greater than we’d like. It’s either an uphill battle for a good pitcher who isn’t an elite player, or a weak lineup for an unpredictable arm. In my view, these pitchers have a 50% or better chance of performing well.

Questionable start – Think of this stage like this: “I don’t want to start these pitchers in a vacuum, but you could make it worse.” Streamers in this stage aren’t pitchers I target, just when you need one badly. To be on the safe side when streaming, just launch the Likely to Launch Streamer feature.

Don’t start – The reward is not worth the risk. Do not do it. Seriously, these pitchers have very little or sometimes no chance of success.

Obviously, there will be situations where pitchers should move between teams specific to your situation, and these new ranks should be a little more helpful than last year’s straight table.

Please keep in mind that streaming is far from a perfect game. In fact, I would consider it a success if it works more than half the time. These matchup leaderboards and streamer picks will vary wildly from actual results throughout the year, so please excuse the scathing comments and tweets. I’m just trying to help!

Be sure to read the comments if you’re wondering why I favor certain pitchers over others – I won’t go into all of them and hope I can answer your questions.

There’s also a second table for tomorrow’s starting pitcher matches so everyone can jump in on their evening picks. Please note, however, these matchups are subject to change will It can happen that I have the wrong pitcher. Thank you for your future understanding.

Finally, my streaming tips of the day, and please keep them in mind I am forced to choose a streamer every day. The highlighted in Green are the second-tier streaming choice that day and I’d take them anywhere. those in Yellow are in tier three and should be fine if you’re looking for something on a specific day, but I only recommend streaming if you need it. Finally, they are Red These are the ones I really don’t want to start (after all, they’re marked “Don’t Start”), but I have no choice. Don’t stream these guys until you’re really desperate. A streaming pick is defined as “lined up in 20% or fewer leagues,” which makes the point that I’d be happy if more than 50% of those worked. I could complete the whole squad under 30/40% but that’s not fun. Instead, you can use the leaderboard to identify who those favorites would be.

(opener) – Indicates that a pitcher will open that day and the listed pitcher follows the opener.

As I compile my ranking, I thought it would be helpful to present a table ranking our offenses (in alphabetical order):

Nick’s Loose Team Offensive Ranking (updated 05/08)

I’m sure it will change throughout the year + there are differences between teams vs LHP or RHP, but it works as a general table for all of you to keep in mind.

Alright, let’s get started.

This year, with our new daily fantasy baseball projections from PLV, I will be competing against PL Bot to choose the best streaming option each day.

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Nick’s streamer record 2023: 24-22

My choice yesterday: Taijuan Walker @ SFG

PL Bot’s streamer record 2023: 23-23

PL Bot’s pick yesterday: Ryne Nelson @ OAK

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With the new formatting of the notes, I’ve made the streaming picks of the day Underlined and italicized.

Today’s starting pitcher rankings

Automatic start

Shane McClanahan @ NYM – AGA. Don’t worry about his last launch.

Julio Urías @ STL – He competes for the AGA label and has been great lately. The Cardinals are heating up, but you’re still starting, Julio.

Dylan Cease vs. CLE – He had a redeeming start against the Astros when he reset the corner and switched to the four-seater/slider. As long as one of the hooks and the heater is working, Cease will rise.

Probable launches

Eury Pérez vs. WSN – He can give his strong debut a matchup against the Nationals. However, he’s not an ace straight away and regardless of the encounters, we usually see some turbulence among young players.

Logan Allen @ CHW – Speaking of turmoil, Allen has been through quite a bit over the past few weeks. However, the White Sox have a pretty easy decision here, even if the cap is as high as we’d like.

Questionable beginnings

Tyler Wells vs LAA – He’s only 18 years old… against the pirates. The Angels are a tougher squad and Wells will need to get the best out of his squad to come out unscathed.

Tyler Anderson @ BAL – Change has returned and Camden is a delight. However, the cap is nowhere near what it will be in 2022.

Nestor Cortes @ TOR – The slider has been missing all year and is causing Cortes a great deal of confusion. The Jays are as dangerous as they can get so it’s a game of safety and I’m hoping to get some encouragement in that for the next week.

Update: Taj Bradley @ NYM – He’s coming back up and there’s been a lot of talk about his underperforming in the minors. Let’s see if this was all practice and not Bradley’s true skill. Pick it up as an optional extra anywhere it’s not hidden, and use your gut to decide whether or not to launch it. I personally would play it safe.

Trevor Williams @ MIA – He’s my reluctant streaming pick of the day, as I understand it’s possible for Williams to get six frames against an 18th-century Miami team (without Jazz).

Does not start

Jose Berrios vs. NYY – He’s the big undulator with a terrible bottom. I really don’t want to deal with it, but if you have to, then you have to.

Adam Wainwright vs LAD – Waino could be fixed now that the Cardinals appear to have resolved their catch/play decision issues, but the Dodgers are tough and the cap is so hard to hit.

Tylor Megill vs TBR – Megill hasn’t looked his best since the injury in 2022 and is now getting the Rays. No thank you.

Today’s starting pitcher rankings

Tomorrow’s starting pitcher rankings

Automatic start

Shane McClanahan vs. MIL – AGA. Don’t worry about his last launch.

Zac Gallen @ PIT – AGA. The Pirates?!

Joe Ryan @ LAA – AGA. If you haven’t heard Fast’s one-on-one interview with Joe Ryan, you must now. So good.

Sandy Alcantara @ SFG – AGA. He still has the label for now and remember – his last game had 3 ER in the eighth inning.

Probable launches

Bryce Miller @ ATL – There aren’t many slam dunks in League Two on Friday, which makes me terribly aggressive with Miller in that game. It’s a bit risky (that’s all…?) since the secondaries haven’t quite come through yet, but I know we all do. You got that Bryce.

Marcus Stroman @ PHI – He just stumbled and it’s not the first time he’s had to jump up. start the guy

Anthony DeSclafani vs MIA – The last two starts were characterized by a lack of precision. Hopefully Tony Disco has had enough of this to capitalize on a Miami Marlins start.

James Paxton @ SDP – His four-seater dominated within the zone on his debut of the season and I’d bet the 96-mile heater will carry him again, especially if either the corner or the cutter can take a step up.

Reid Detmers vs MIN – It’s hard to figure out what to do with Detmers. His last launch helped save the WHIP and I still have hope he figures out his two-strike four-seamers.

Blake Snell vs BOS – It’s been pretty crazy with Snell’s repertoire, but it’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, and the Red Sox are a fickle team.

Martín Pérez vs COL – It is Rockie Road for one of the better toby arms out there.

Tony Gonsolin @ STL – I’ve been discussing this since the Cardinals are hot and Gonsolin doesn’t have the 2022 elite sliver. Still, his speed has increased, and pitching for the Dodgers is always a plus.

Questionable beginnings

Bryce Elder vs SEA – He’s fine? I hate buying under-90mph heaters when I’ve got just one more pitch in the tank and the Mariners could get to Elder quick.

Brandon Bielak vs. OAK – It’s athletics and Bielak just got through. Fine.

Zack Greinke @ CHW – Yes, it’s a bad third division on Friday. Maybe Greinke is 5+ strong?

Cal Quantrill @ NYM – The Mets are dangerous… and can be, you know, the Mets. Quantrill always has a chance of six frames, although the WHIP and strikeouts may not be what you want.

Johan Oviedo vs. ARI – He is a cherry bomb

Yusei Kikuchi vs BAL – He is a cherry bomb

Michael Kopech vs. KCR – He is a cherry bomb

Does not start

Carlos Carrasco vs CLE – It is a Still sick The situation for Carrasco and I would wait and see as his ceiling is not too high.

Matthew Boyd @ WSN – We hold Boyd back until the slider noises regain full form.

Kyle Gibson @ TOR – He is a cherry bomb with a fight aimed at destruction.

Jake Irvin vs DET – You see the Tigers and wonder, but Irvin just doesn’t do enough to justify a stream.

Clarke Schmidt @ CIN – I’ve lost quite a bit of faith in Schmidt and I hate throwing guys at Cincy.

Ken Waldichuk @ HOU – Waldichuk runs far too often and it’s the Astros.

Ranger Suárez vs. CHC – He’s not fully stretched out and needs a little more time to get comfortable + cubs are solid.

Adrian Houser @ TBR – Houser Schmouser.

Steven Matz vs. LAD – Matz will likely be the one to be kicked out of the rotation to bring Liberatore back into the five-man squad.

Ben Lively vs NYY – Never Raggedy Anne.

Karl Kauffmann? @TEX – He could play for the Rockies after having a less than 20% strikeout rate with the Minors. Noooo.

Tomorrow’s starting pitcher rankings

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ROCHESTER | Jason Day has been through some dark times over the past few years. Intoxicated by the hunger for victory and the thirst for world domination from 2014 to 2018, he almost gave up and ended his career not too long ago. His win in Texas last weekend confirmed he made the right choice. The goal of continuing to keep up with the world elite.

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He hadn’t won since the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2018 in Quail Hollow, North Carolina. Almost five years later, to the day, he was able to celebrate victory again. The 35-year-old Australian could imagine her without knowing that one day she would come.

Since May 2018, the athlete, who was then boasting 12 professional titles in his career, has overcome personal hardship and suffered from injuries.

His adoring mother, who always supported him during his youth marked by his father’s absence, encouraged him to excel. She breathed her last in early spring 2022 after a long battle with cancer.

Survive tournaments

Day, slowed down by severe back pain, tried to keep up the pace during this time. Indeed, until he decided to listen to his body rather than keep pushing the machine. For the second time in his career, he considered stopping it all.

“I tried to get through the weeks of competition. I didn’t play the practice rounds on Monday and Tuesday. “I competed in the Pro-Am on Wednesday and then tried to last through the first two laps,” said the athlete, who was trying to hit the minimum as part of his contractual arrangements.

“If I resisted the axe, I said to myself, ‘All the better,’ otherwise my formula wasn’t entirely successful,” he continued. This is my mental state.

“I had not only psychological, but also physical stress. I had serious doubts about my ability to ever be in top form and win again.

With the help of health professionals and the physical and mental preparation, Day has progressed over the years. His hard work, patience and resilience were rewarded with his triumph at the Byron Nelson Classic last weekend.

Manage expectations

Yesterday, in a press conference days after his win at the start of the PGA of America Championship, Day opened up about his setbacks over the past few years and said he didn’t want to project himself too far. A sign of experience and maturity. He stays in the present moment because in the past he always got carried away and expected great things.

“I’m trying to cool the engine down a bit as I’m going to be in a big tournament this week. I need to revise my expectations. I need to see the bigger picture and continue the work of the past two years. It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

Tired since arriving in Rochester, he stopped participating in the practice laps on the east course from Oak Hill. He preferred to rest to be mentally ready for the exam.

After winning the Wanamaker Trophy on the fairways of the impressive Whistling Straits course, which he dominated in 2015, the friendly Australian arrived in Rochester with a record of six top 10 finishes in his last ten games.

A jump of 20 ranks

His win at TPC Craig Ranch put him 20th in the world rankings. His good performances in 2023 also credited him with almost a hundred positions when he finished 112th level at the end of 2022.

“I’ve been happy with my game since last fall. I am setting the right assumptions on my long journey, having experienced great difficulties. Those were probably the most difficult years of my career.

“To see at the end of the tunnel that I’ve been working on the right things, that I’ve found consistency and self-confidence, that’s very good.

“It’s nice to know that I can still play well and compete at the professional level. I want to continue and if I manage to get back to the top of the world rankings, I hope to stay there longer.”

105e PGA OF AMERICA CHAMPIONSHIP

• Trip : Oak Hill Country Club, east course
• Architects: Donald Ross (1925)
• Renovation : Andrew Green (2019)
• Defending Champion: JustinThomas
• Total budget ($2.7 million for the champion): $15M
• courtyards: 7394
• Normal: 70
• This is how often the winner of the Masters went on to win the second major of the season: 1953 (Ben Hogan), 1960 (Arnold Palmer), 1972 (Jack Nicklaus), 2002 (Tiger Woods), 2015 (Jordan Spieth)
• Only golfer to finish in the top 20 in each of the last four Grand Slam tournaments: Xander Schauele
• Longest active streak to reach finals: 12 by Francesco Molinari
• Last champion to overtake the competition from start to finish: Brooks Koepka (2019)
• Longest lap streak under 70: 9 (Dustin Johnson from 2018 to 2020)

8:33 a.m

• Jon Rahm
• Matt Fitzpatrick
• CameronSmith

1:25 p.m

• Cameron Young
• Tommy Fleetwood
• Hideki Matsuyama

2015

Last edition where victory eluded the Americans who have dominated since 2016. Australia’s Jason Day then took the trophy in Whistling Straits. The longest American streak dates back to 1989 when a tenth consecutive American won the Wanamaker.

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Woody Austin was penalized for pocketing too many clubs in Round 2 of the 2013 Championship here at Oak Hill. He missed the cleaver by two shots.

XANDER SHOVELS

29 years | UNITED STATES

• Presence: 7e
• Best result: 10e (2020)
• Top 10 of this season: 8th
• Bird Watching Rate on Par 4: 19.67% (22nde)
• Rate to save par around the green: 65.3% (27the)

JOHN RAHM

28 years | Spain

• Presence: 7e
• Best result: 4e (2018)
• Wins this season: 4
• Bird Watching Rate on Par 4: 24.18% (1stum)
• avg approaching 175 to 200 yards: 29.4 feet (3e)

BROOKS KOEPKA

33 years | UNITED STATES

• Presence: 11e
• Best result: Winner 2018 and 2019
• Top 10 of this season: 4 (9 tournaments)
• Best Laps in the PGA Championship: 63 (2 times)

PATRICK CANTLAY

31 years | UNITED STATES

• Participation: 7e
• Best result: 3e (2019)
• Top 10 of this season: 6
• Bird Watching Rate on Par 4: 23.38% (3rde)
• Average points in the championship: 70.86

Rochester Express

DJ SIGNS A FUNNY MOMENT

There are pearls like this at press conferences for golfers. Yesterday Dustin Johnson posted one that caused writers to laugh and left us speechless afterwards. DJ opened up about his slow start to the season and vaguely explained that he picked up a back injury over the winter. A colleague tried to find out the reason by listing two possibilities: a painful swing or picking up a child in his arms.

With a smile, DJ revealed a third option without naming: “Let’s say I picked up a slightly bigger kid.”

From this it can be concluded that it is a child who is more like 34 years old and who is very active on social networks with seductive outfits: her wife Paulina Gretzky!

Although he hasn’t always been the most interesting in front of the press in recent years, Johnson has always shown plenty of class. He didn’t break his habit yesterday.

Shoes force Casey to retreat

They were 18 representatives of LIV Golf on the official championship board. You are 16 now and starting this morning. Following Martin Kaymer’s retirement last week, Paul Casey also retired with a toe and knee injury.

The Englishman has been trying out new boots for some time which would have aggravated his injury. He is missing the tournament for the second year in a row as back pain forced him to stay on the sidelines in Tulsa last year. In 2021 and 2022 he had landed in the top 5.

The 45-year-old golfer received an invitation from the competition committee for his performance in the championship, which was his 20th appearance.

A ROAD TRIP TO ROCHESTER?

Tickets are still available for all four rounds of the championship. Oak Hill is just a 5.5 hour drive from Montreal and offers you the opportunity to experience the very best in world golf at work on a spectacular golf course. For those interested, tickets range from $195 to $210. The 20 and 401 in Canada takes us to the Thousand Islands border crossing and offers great views of the river. Continue on Interstate 81 to Interstate 90 in Syracuse. The show is worth that “machine” ride, as the ancestors said.

Lima Alliance vs. Melgar will be the party opening the date 16 Inaugural Tournament 2023. The Blue and Whites will visit Arequipa to continue their winning streak, leaving them the absolute leaders and an 8-point lead over their closest rivals, Universitario de Deportes. Precisely this advantage would allow the Confidants to be crowned the winner of this first part of League 1 as long as they add 3 units and lose the meringues or draw Caesar Vallejo.

With the aim of securing the opening tournament once and for all with three dates to go, according to the coach Guillermo Salas prepares its top 11 players who will jump onto the field of the UNSA Monumental Stadium. Despite the fact that they will play Libertad for the Copa Libertadores next week, “Chicho” will hold nothing back and field his usual starters, including Pablo Sabbag, Christian Cueva, Bryan Reyna and others. One of the big absentees will be goalkeeper Angelo Campos, who still hasn’t recovered from his injury.

Lima Alliance vs. Melgar: possible intimate formation

• Lima Alliance: Franco Saravia; Gino Peruzzi, Pablo Míguez, Yordi Vílchez, Ricardo Lagos; Josepmir Ballon, Jairo Concha, Christian Cueva; Gabriel Costa, Bryan Reyna and Pablo Sabbag.

YOU CAN SEE: Can the visiting fans do the classic Universitario vs. Bündnis im Monumental for the women’s league?

Lima Alliance vs. Melgar: when do you play?

The match Lima Alliance vs Melgar for date 16 of the inaugural tournament will be played this Friday, May 19 from 18:30 at the Monumenta de la UNSA stadium.

Lima Alliance vs. Melgar: Which Channel Should I Watch?

The game this Friday, May 19 between Lima Alliance vs Melgar for the inaugural 2023 tournament will be broadcast from the Liga 1 Max signal via DirecTV.