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Indys Zagurski keeps steamrolling through IL
Subscribe to MiLB.TV You can ask Mike Zagurski to come out of the bullpen and strike out the side. Just don't ask him what's been working so well for him this lately. "I'm not sure," he said. "I made a few mechanical adjustments, but nothing big. For some reason, I'm getting a lot more swinngs and misses than ever before. I don't know where they're ...
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Cats Schimpf slugging homers amid slump
Catch a Fisher Cats game Ryan Schimpf is hitting just .154 over his past seven games, but lucky for him, not all batting averages are created equal. The Toronto third-base prospect hit a pair of home runs Monday in Double-A New Hampshire's 7-3 win over Portland, lifting his OPS over that seven-game span to .928. Schimpf is just 4-for-26 in that stretch, but all four hits have been home ...
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BayBears Broxton burns after late season start
Catch a BayBears game Two-strike breaking balls have long given Mobile center fielder Keon Broxton fits, so it was with pleasure the 23-year-old exacted some revenge Monday. The 2009 third-round Draft pick busted out of a slump with a pair of home runs and four RBIs in a 4-2 win over Pensacola. Both home runs came off two-strike sliders hung by Blue Wahoos' starter Josh Smith. "The ...
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Ynoa seems to be hitting his stride for Savannah
Take in a Sand Gnats game Savannah's Gabriel Ynoa had maintained strong strikeout and walk numbers throughout his seven starts coming into Monday's outing, but hadn't quite been to put it all together and be able to avoid being touched up for a few hits and runs consistently. He'd done it in his first start of the season, a five-inning one-hit effort against Rome. And ...
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Chasers Pound Padres Relievers in 11-8 Win
- The Omaha Storm Chasers (22-20) used a season-high four home runs, including three off of Tucson Padres (23-21) relievers, to take a series-opening shootout by a score of 11-8. The Storm Chasers battled back with eight runs in their final three frames after trailing 7-3 entering the sixth inning, the largest comeback win of the 2013 season for Omaha. Catcher Adam Moore got the scoring started ...
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Are you stressing out your brain
But can cramming also be bad for the brain? Neurologists are trying to find out as part of functional brain imaging, capturing scans of brains while people are doing different activities, the new frontier in the world of brain ...
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Lough Plays Hero With Walk-Off Winner
Outfielder David Lough has totaled 29 hits during his 14-game hitting streak (.483 batting average during the season-high streak for the Storm Chasers). (Mark Kuhlmann/Omaha Storm ...
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State medical examiners office 37 killed in Oklahoma tornado death toll expected to rise
May 20 Oklahoman staff tornadoes/storms gallery View photos of the May 20, 2013, tornado and severe weather damage 41 ...
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Students plant acts of kindness garden
Cameron Freeman was killed by drunk driver just before his 22nd birthday. His mother, Shelley Freeman, forgave the man responsible and urged others to do seven acts of kindness in memory of ...
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Warren Buffett serves first S’mores Blizzard
Buffett visited a Dairy Queen in Ralston Monday evening to serve up the restaurant chain's new S'mores Blizzard flavor that will be available nationwide June 1. Then he enjoyed the ice cream for the ...
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Officials 6 killed in OKC tornado
A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of city on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...
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Study questions police firefighters pension fund
A study conducted by the Platte Institute for Economic Research claims many government pension plans, including Omaha's police and fire, use inflated return rates of 8 ...
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As Alcantara sharp again in one-hitter
Athletics' top prospects Raul Alcantara dominated after a bumpy first inning, matching Mike Hauschild pitch for pitch in a duel that, for much of Monday afternoon, featured just one hit from either dugout. Alcantara allowed one hit over six innings before Brent Powers and Ryan Dull combined on three hitless frames to help the Class A Beloit Snappers edge Hauschild and the Quad Cities ...
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Massive tornado slams Oklahoma City area
A powerful tornado blasted an area outside of Oklahoma City on Monday, ripping roofs off buildings, leveling homes and leaving a massive band of destruction in its ...
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Rangers Sardinas Mets Vaughn honored
Cory Vaughn , Binghamton (.400/.444/.600, 6 G, 10-for-25, 2 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 5 R, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 SB) The son of longtime Major Leaguer Greg Vaughn, Cory ranked second in the Florida State League with 23 homers last season. Though he's bashed only five so far this year, the San Diego State product is hitting better than ever with a .307/.392/.500 line in his first 31 Double-A games. Vaughn ...
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D-backs Bradley tops pitching honorees
Archie Bradley , Mobile (2-0, 0.75 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 12 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 HR, 1 HBP, 5 BB, 14 K) Bradley's performance this season isn't exactly a surprise -- he's ...
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Council Bluffs physician accused of sexual abuse
Methodist Physicians Clinic learned earlier this morning of the arrest of Dennis Jones, M.D., pediatrician at Methodist Physicians Clinic-Council Bluffs on undisclosed ...
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Hazmat team investigates suspicious letter addressed to US senator
The personwho spotted the letter identified several things that made it suspicious and called local authorities as he is trained to do, the spokesperson ...
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Warren Buffett gives young entrepreneurs 10 shares
Meeting Warren Buffett is exciting, but 10-year-old Matthew Meyer says winning $5,000 and 10 shares of stock in Buffett's company made Monday the best day of his ...
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Tornado tears through Oklahoma City suburbs
"The motion on this storm is sickening," says a storm chaser The tornado is estimated to be at least two miles wide 2 people are confirmed dead after a tornado tears through Shawnee, Oklahoma "500,000 square miles under the gun for severe weather," a meteorologist ...
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Omaha police exploring possible link in two double homicides
By Katie Schubert OMAHA (Reuters) - Investigators in Omaha are looking at whether the murders discovered last week of a doctor and his wife are connected to the unsolved 2008 murders of a young boy and his family's housekeeper, police said on Monday. Dr. Roger Brumback and his wife, Mary, both 65, were found murdered last Tuesday in their west Omaha home. Brumback was a professor at ...
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Merchandise sales third highest ever
Get MiLB.com's iPhone app ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Minor League Baseball™ announced today that its national Licensing Program, consisting of the 160 clubs in the domestic-based leagues that charge admission to their games, generated an estimated $54 million in sales of licensed merchandise last year. The 2012 figure is a 3.3% increase over 2011 and ranks as the third largest yearly ...
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Omaha task force investigates 4 slayings 5 years apart
OMAHA, Neb. - Authorities in Omaha have launched a task force to investigate any connection between last week's killings of a Creighton University professor and his wife and the 2008 slayings of an 11-year boy and his family housekeeper.Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said Monday that the public should report any suspicious activity as authorities investigate the deaths of Dr. Roger ...
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Task force to probe homicides possible connection to cold case
Omaha's police chief says a task force has been created to investigate the Brumback homicide investigation and any possible connection to a 2008 cold ...
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Omaha job seeker direction Keep focused during slow economy growth
employment are beginning to appear in Nebraska, it clearly is not enough to change the impact, which Nebraska residents have felt during this downward spiral of the economy. There must be further increase to the economy before real change will make any positive changes to Nebraska residents. However, what changes did take place were in career sectors of Healthcare and Social Care by a raise of ...
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Nebraska residents wary of crude oil pipeline
The Keystone pipeline is highly controversial because it has the potential to provide major benefits to the US and Nebraskan economy, while also posing as a potentially devastating risk, while state leaders recently conceded they have little say in whether it is built in the state.
The Keystone pipeline is a massive 2,100 mile long crude oil pipeline that has been under construction for several years and is intended to transport crude oil from Alberta, Canada to Illinois and Oklahoma, as well as the Gulf Coast. It will pass through the state of Nebraska as part of a 291-mile expansion to provide Cushing in Oklahoma with crude oil. Cushing is a major regional oil hub. Read more
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