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I think we really played the right way from the get-go. We jumped on them right out of the gate. – Tomas Tatar	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I figured we were going to play, we just didnt know the who, when and where. – Georgia Tech	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
If he dont kill quick, hes got problems on his hands. – Roy Jones Jr.	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It's been a weird three months. – Patrick Kane	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We were somewhat humbled. – Mark Tatum	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The health and safety protocols were designed with a challenging circumstance like the one facing The Marlins in mind. The response outlined in the joint MLB-MLBPA Operations Manual was triggered immediately upon learning of the cluster of positive cases, including contact tracing and the quarantining and testing of all of the identified close contacts. The The Marlins personnel who tested positive remain in isolation and are receiving care, in over 6,400 tests conducted since Friday, July 24th, there have been no new positives of on-field personnel from any of the other 29 Clubs. This outcome is in line with encouraging overall data since the June 27th start of testing. Through last Thursday, July 23rd, 99 of the 32,640 samples 0.3 % had been positive. – Major League Baseball	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The Angels didnt starter Andrew Heaney said. Many of The Angels didnt, including Justin Upton and Brian Goodwin, took a knee for the national anthem while As players Khris Davis and Tony Kemp raised a right fist to the air. Los Angeles opened the season in Oakland for a fourth straight year. TWO DECADES At age 40, Albert Pujols earned Albert Pujols 20th consecutive opening day start in as many years the fifth player to start the opener in 20 straight years. The others : Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Murray and Frank Robinson. Pete Rose went 0 for 3 with a walk. Pretty spectacular, isnt it ? New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. That puts it all in perspective how great New Angels manager Joe Maddon is, what New Angels manager Joe Maddon career has looked like, just to get 20 opportunities, right, youve got to be good. Weve had a lot of great conversations lately, he and I. Very happy for him and his family. I know its important to him. Hes definitely ready to rock and roll. TRAINERS ROOM Angels : New 3B Anthony Rendon missed the opener with an oblique injury. Hes been progressing, Im encouraged, New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. Athletics : LHP A.J. Puk, on the injured list with a strained shoulder, played catch. General manager David Forst said Puk would go to the clubs alternate site in San Jose when the club hits the road. Puk had cortisone and platelet rich plasma injections Monday. Its going to be at least a couple weeks of just playing catch, manager Bob Melvin said. Were a ways off before we have an update on him. WHAT A FEAT David Rinetti, As vice president of stadium operations, marked David Rinetti 40th opening day with the organization after working David Rinetti first in 1981 as a high school junior. David Rinetti received a 113-page document to get the ballpark ready in two weeks. Its pretty incredible. It was a lot of work. – David Rinetti	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The Blue Jays open the season on the road at Tampa Bay. Their first scheduled home series, against the Washington Nationals on July 29 and 30, will now also be on the road to accommodate infrastructure modifications at Sahlen Field to help it meet Major League Baseball standards and COVID-19 safety requirements. The Blue Jays first game in Buffalo will be either on July 31 against the Philadelphia Phillies or on Aug. 11 against the Miami Marlins. The team had also considered playing home games at its training facility in Dunedin, Florida, but that is among the states that are virus hot spots. Health officials in Canada and Pennsylvania were worried about the frequent travel by players throughout the U.S., one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic. General manager Ross Atkins had said his team had more than five contingency plans for a home stadium. Im excited we finally have to a place to play. Were done with that, Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. Slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. expects the Buffalo park to favor pitchers because it is a larger field than the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Its going to be different because of the way it is in Toronto compared to Buffalo, Guerrero said through an interpreter. There are no fans anyway. Were just going to go play baseball. Blue Jays players had made it clear to the front office they wanted to play in a major league park. Outfielder Randal Grichuk had described Buffalo as a worst case. This process has no doubt tested our teams resilience, but our players and staff refuse to make excuses. – Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Based on attempts to include violent, abusive and hateful messages on personalized The NBA jerseys, the personalization feature has been disabled on NBAStore.com, fanatics, the operator of our online store, isconducting a further review to establish appropriate safeguards and ensure that this feature is not used to promote violence, hate or abuse of any kind. The NBA REVERSES, ALLOWS FREEHONGKONG TO BE PRINTED ON CUSTOM GEAR FOLLOWING BACKLASH Some of the leagues critics previously pointed out amid the. – An NBA spokesperson	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I would assume Bruce [Allen] knew, because he sat 30 feet away from me... and saw me sobbing at my desk several times every week. – Emily Applegate	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Based on attempts to include violent, abusive and hateful messages on personalized NBA jerseys, the personalization feature has been disabled on NBAStore.com, fanatics, the operator of our online store, isconducting a further review to establish appropriate safeguards and ensure that this feature is not used to promote violence, hate or abuse of any kind. Hawley blasted the leagues decision. Rather than let fans order #FreeHongKong jerseys @nba kills custom gear altogether. – An NBA spokesperson	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Tuesday night. Thats kind of where were at with it right now. – Russell Westbrook	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Given sports shutdown in March because of COVID-19, this will be the first season that NFL players try to get ready on the field after conducting minicamps virtually during the offseason. We often say physical distance and football dont go together, pretty impossible to keep 6 feet apart on the field, so that causes you to look for other innovations which could possibly be a flag bearer, and we think this falls into that category. – Allen Sills	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Potential repercussions extend beyond any player seeking a thirst-quencher to his family, teammates, opponents and even the sports ability to continue. Part of the motivation for good behavior might be the same thing that drives most things in baseball wins and losses. The defending NL East champion Braves were rocked at the start of camp by the positive tests. Their setback underscored the new weight of the annual preseason mantra, If we can stay healthy.... I think we all recognize that the team that is hit the least hard by the virus, thats able to keep themselves healthy out there, is going to have the best chance to compete, Houston Astros James Click Click said. For a major leaguer, its counterintuitive : Avoid crowds. Teamwork can help players adopt an appropriately low-key lifestyle. I just make Christian Yelich get me everything, man. – Milwaukee Brewers	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We still have some areas to address. I would say were 80 % of the way there with pure public health issues, but then there are travel-related issues. – Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Why is it on there? – Barry Larkin	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Were literally just going to Yas Island right now to pull off these fights because the hardest thing to do right now is to get people into the country from other parts of the world. – Jose Aldo	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Dr. Michael Gervais, Michael Gervais, said the pandemic has created an opportunity for successful people to explore other dimensions of their lives. When people are highly skilled at any craft, theres an identity trap that waits in the wings. Its called identify foreclosure. – Michael Gervais	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Marrone tried to take full advantage of the unique opportunity, sitting at the dinner table and stirring up conversations with Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Marrone family on a regular basis. This is a time that I feel like I can make up for maybe some of the things I feel guilty about. – Jacksonville Jaguars	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Obviously, disappointing not to shoot a good one on Sunday, but it was fine, i learnt quite a bit from it, and hopefully those lessons I can put into practice this week. – Rory McIlroy	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We left that meeting with a jointly developed framework that we agreed could form the basis of an agreement and subject to conversations with our respective constituents, i summarized that framework numerous times in the meeting and sent Tony a written summary today. Consistent with our conversations yesterday, I am encouraging the clubs to move forward and I trust Tony is doing the same. – Rob Manfred	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Our appeal is that the clubs who think they shouldn't return are not punished, the opening phase is not obligatory, if a player that is obliged to return turns up tomorrow with COVID-19 and dies then people are going to say, we came back too soon. – Marcelo Crivella	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
With any interpretation or adjustment in the way the rules are being applied it always takes a couple of weeks for teams to adjust, i don't have a problem and what we saw at the weekend we only see positives in that, we just need to adjust to it. – Warren Gatland	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Players are getting bigger and more physical every year so there's not that much space on the rugby field, you create space by getting quick ball( and) refereeing the offside line strongly. – Warren Gatland	Found on Reuters 4 years ago

I think we really played the right way from the get-go. We jumped on them right out of the gate.

– Tomas Tatar

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I figured we were going to play, we just didnt know the who, when and where.

– Georgia Tech

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

If he dont kill quick, hes got problems on his hands.

– Roy Jones Jr.

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It's been a weird three months.

– Patrick Kane

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We were somewhat humbled.

– Mark Tatum

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The health and safety protocols were designed with a challenging circumstance like the one facing The Marlins in mind. The response outlined in the joint MLB-MLBPA Operations Manual was triggered immediately upon learning of the cluster of positive cases, including contact tracing and the quarantining and testing of all of the identified close contacts. The The Marlins personnel who tested positive remain in isolation and are receiving care, in over 6,400 tests conducted since Friday, July 24th, there have been no new positives of on-field personnel from any of the other 29 Clubs. This outcome is in line with encouraging overall data since the June 27th start of testing. Through last Thursday, July 23rd, 99 of the 32,640 samples 0.3 % had been positive.

– Major League Baseball

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The Angels didnt starter Andrew Heaney said. Many of The Angels didnt, including Justin Upton and Brian Goodwin, took a knee for the national anthem while As players Khris Davis and Tony Kemp raised a right fist to the air. Los Angeles opened the season in Oakland for a fourth straight year. TWO DECADES At age 40, Albert Pujols earned Albert Pujols 20th consecutive opening day start in as many years the fifth player to start the opener in 20 straight years. The others : Pete Rose, Carl Yastrzemski, Eddie Murray and Frank Robinson. Pete Rose went 0 for 3 with a walk. Pretty spectacular, isnt it ? New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. That puts it all in perspective how great New Angels manager Joe Maddon is, what New Angels manager Joe Maddon career has looked like, just to get 20 opportunities, right, youve got to be good. Weve had a lot of great conversations lately, he and I. Very happy for him and his family. I know its important to him. Hes definitely ready to rock and roll. TRAINERS ROOM Angels : New 3B Anthony Rendon missed the opener with an oblique injury. Hes been progressing, Im encouraged, New Angels manager Joe Maddon said. Athletics : LHP A.J. Puk, on the injured list with a strained shoulder, played catch. General manager David Forst said Puk would go to the clubs alternate site in San Jose when the club hits the road. Puk had cortisone and platelet rich plasma injections Monday. Its going to be at least a couple weeks of just playing catch, manager Bob Melvin said. Were a ways off before we have an update on him. WHAT A FEAT David Rinetti, As vice president of stadium operations, marked David Rinetti 40th opening day with the organization after working David Rinetti first in 1981 as a high school junior. David Rinetti received a 113-page document to get the ballpark ready in two weeks. Its pretty incredible. It was a lot of work.

– David Rinetti

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The Blue Jays open the season on the road at Tampa Bay. Their first scheduled home series, against the Washington Nationals on July 29 and 30, will now also be on the road to accommodate infrastructure modifications at Sahlen Field to help it meet Major League Baseball standards and COVID-19 safety requirements. The Blue Jays first game in Buffalo will be either on July 31 against the Philadelphia Phillies or on Aug. 11 against the Miami Marlins. The team had also considered playing home games at its training facility in Dunedin, Florida, but that is among the states that are virus hot spots. Health officials in Canada and Pennsylvania were worried about the frequent travel by players throughout the U.S., one of the countries hit hardest by the pandemic. General manager Ross Atkins had said his team had more than five contingency plans for a home stadium. Im excited we finally have to a place to play. Were done with that, Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said. Slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. expects the Buffalo park to favor pitchers because it is a larger field than the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Its going to be different because of the way it is in Toronto compared to Buffalo, Guerrero said through an interpreter. There are no fans anyway. Were just going to go play baseball. Blue Jays players had made it clear to the front office they wanted to play in a major league park. Outfielder Randal Grichuk had described Buffalo as a worst case. This process has no doubt tested our teams resilience, but our players and staff refuse to make excuses.

– Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Based on attempts to include violent, abusive and hateful messages on personalized The NBA jerseys, the personalization feature has been disabled on NBAStore.com, fanatics, the operator of our online store, isconducting a further review to establish appropriate safeguards and ensure that this feature is not used to promote violence, hate or abuse of any kind. The NBA REVERSES, ALLOWS FREEHONGKONG TO BE PRINTED ON CUSTOM GEAR FOLLOWING BACKLASH Some of the leagues critics previously pointed out amid the.

– An NBA spokesperson

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I would assume Bruce [Allen] knew, because he sat 30 feet away from me... and saw me sobbing at my desk several times every week.

– Emily Applegate

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Based on attempts to include violent, abusive and hateful messages on personalized NBA jerseys, the personalization feature has been disabled on NBAStore.com, fanatics, the operator of our online store, isconducting a further review to establish appropriate safeguards and ensure that this feature is not used to promote violence, hate or abuse of any kind. Hawley blasted the leagues decision. Rather than let fans order #FreeHongKong jerseys @nba kills custom gear altogether.

– An NBA spokesperson

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Nuggets coach Michael Malone said Tuesday night. Thats kind of where were at with it right now.

– Russell Westbrook

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Given sports shutdown in March because of COVID-19, this will be the first season that NFL players try to get ready on the field after conducting minicamps virtually during the offseason. We often say physical distance and football dont go together, pretty impossible to keep 6 feet apart on the field, so that causes you to look for other innovations which could possibly be a flag bearer, and we think this falls into that category.

– Allen Sills

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Potential repercussions extend beyond any player seeking a thirst-quencher to his family, teammates, opponents and even the sports ability to continue. Part of the motivation for good behavior might be the same thing that drives most things in baseball wins and losses. The defending NL East champion Braves were rocked at the start of camp by the positive tests. Their setback underscored the new weight of the annual preseason mantra, If we can stay healthy.... I think we all recognize that the team that is hit the least hard by the virus, thats able to keep themselves healthy out there, is going to have the best chance to compete, Houston Astros James Click Click said. For a major leaguer, its counterintuitive : Avoid crowds. Teamwork can help players adopt an appropriately low-key lifestyle. I just make Christian Yelich get me everything, man.

– Milwaukee Brewers

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We still have some areas to address. I would say were 80 % of the way there with pure public health issues, but then there are travel-related issues.

– Blue Jays President Mark Shapiro

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Why is it on there?

– Barry Larkin

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Were literally just going to Yas Island right now to pull off these fights because the hardest thing to do right now is to get people into the country from other parts of the world.

– Jose Aldo

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Dr. Michael Gervais, Michael Gervais, said the pandemic has created an opportunity for successful people to explore other dimensions of their lives. When people are highly skilled at any craft, theres an identity trap that waits in the wings. Its called identify foreclosure.

– Michael Gervais

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Marrone tried to take full advantage of the unique opportunity, sitting at the dinner table and stirring up conversations with Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Marrone family on a regular basis. This is a time that I feel like I can make up for maybe some of the things I feel guilty about.

– Jacksonville Jaguars

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Obviously, disappointing not to shoot a good one on Sunday, but it was fine, i learnt quite a bit from it, and hopefully those lessons I can put into practice this week.

– Rory McIlroy

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We left that meeting with a jointly developed framework that we agreed could form the basis of an agreement and subject to conversations with our respective constituents, i summarized that framework numerous times in the meeting and sent Tony a written summary today. Consistent with our conversations yesterday, I am encouraging the clubs to move forward and I trust Tony is doing the same.

– Rob Manfred

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Our appeal is that the clubs who think they shouldn't return are not punished, the opening phase is not obligatory, if a player that is obliged to return turns up tomorrow with COVID-19 and dies then people are going to say, we came back too soon.

– Marcelo Crivella

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

With any interpretation or adjustment in the way the rules are being applied it always takes a couple of weeks for teams to adjust, i don't have a problem and what we saw at the weekend we only see positives in that, we just need to adjust to it.

– Warren Gatland

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Players are getting bigger and more physical every year so there's not that much space on the rugby field, you create space by getting quick ball( and) refereeing the offside line strongly.

– Warren Gatland

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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