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• Matt Harvey pitches seven innings to lead Angels to victory over Royals

  28-04-2019 23:21
  
  Los Angeles Angels’ Mike Trout slides into third base during the third inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, April 28, 2019. Trout was safe at third with a stolen base. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
  Kansas City Royals’ Alex Gordon slides into third base during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, April 28, 2019. Gordon advanced to third base on
  
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• Coachella and Stagecoach festivals’ Every One campaign proves to be a success with fans

  28-04-2019 23:06
  
  Attending massive festivals with as many as 126,000 attendees over a three-day weekend can be overwhelming for some, which was one of the reasons why event producers at Goldenvoice launched the Every One campaign during its Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festivals in Indio earlier this month. It carried it over into the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club over the weekend as well.
  The main goal of the Every One campaign is to promote safety, support and inclusiveness at
  
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• Some bills are silly, and some are just dumb

  28-04-2019 23:00
  
  Every session of the California Legislature generates some bills that can only be labeled as silly — that is, they defy common sense.
  One example this year is a bill that would abolish paper receipts at retail businesses, thereby requiring customers to supply their email addresses so merchants can send them electronic records of their purchases.
  The rationale for the legislation, Assembly Bill 161 by Assemblyman Phil Ting, a San Francisco Democrat, is to reduce paper waste that may contain
  
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• These photos show what it was like at the second annual Back to the Beach festival in Huntington Beach

  28-04-2019 22:36
  
  A weekend of ska tunes and chill ocean vibes returned to Huntington State Beach with the second annual Back to the Beach Festival.
  The April 27-28 show was headlined by Blink-182 along along with Goldfinger, Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto, The Aquabats!, Save Ferris, The English Beat and The Drowns on Saturday plus The Used along with The Story So Far, Anthony Green, The Wonder Years, Less Than Jake, Story Of The Year, Teenage Wrist and Lowlives on Sunday.
  Set on the sand right by the wate
  
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• Photos: Tea Party Patriots rally in Laguna Beach

  28-04-2019 22:34
  
  The Tea Party Patriots hosted a Tax Day rally in Laguna Beach to stop socialism and choose freedom on Monday, April 15.
  Members of the Tea Party Patriots wave at a newly-painted police car during their Stop Socialism Choose Freedom Tea Party Rallyin Laguna Beach, CA, on Monday, April 15, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Marcia Streech shows her displeasure with socialism during the Tea Party Patriots’ Stop Socialism Choose Freedom Tea Party Rallyin Laguna Beach,
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Guy Fieri works the crowds at his food tent

  28-04-2019 21:16
  
  Part meat, part meet-and-greet, Guy Fieri’s barbecue tent was back for a second season at the 2019 Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
  The spiked-haired TV chef called his eponymous Stagecoach Smokehouse “bigger, badder and more out of control” than its debut last year.
  That meant fist bumps, celebrity guests doing cooking demos, and other random treats for people who were willing to give up their spots on the lawn for the Mane Stage long enough
  
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• Let’s give the FPPC the power to fight illegal spending

  28-04-2019 21:00
  
  In recent years, California taxpayers throughout California have registered numerous complaints about government entities using taxpayer dollars for political advocacy, a practice that is illegal under both state and federal law. Because progress in stopping these violations has been slow, taxpayers will be pleased to hear that the Fair Political Practices Commission sent a request to the California Legislature that it “consider legislation amending the Political Reform Act to authorize th
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Neon Carnival after party makes its country debut

  28-04-2019 20:30
  
  The party didn’t stop at Stagecoach Country Music Festival, Saturday, April 27. Neon Carnival made its Stagecoach debut in celebration of their 10-year anniversary a few miles away from the festival. The event also helped celebrate the release of “Pokemon Detective Pikachu” movie.
  Instagram influencers and reality TV stars, including Colton Underwood from “The Bachelor,” came out to party in their denim, fringe and cowboy boots at the invite-only event. Attractions
  
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• Angels drop slumping Justin Bour to No. 8 spot

  28-04-2019 20:20
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Justin Bour’s slump has grown to the point that he was knocked from the middle of the Angels’ lineup to the bottom.
  Bour, who had been in the No. 3 spot for 16 of his 18 previous starts, was batting eighth on Sunday afternoon, a reflection of his .176 average.
  Brian Goodwin and Tommy La Stella each moved up, Goodwin to third and La Stella to sixth.
  “It’s really just a matter of performance,” Manager Brad Ausmus said. “Those other two l
  
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• I will spend my life fighting against the death penalty and I’m proud to have Newsom with me

  28-04-2019 19:00
  
  For as long as I can remember I have been against the death penalty.
  Killing someone because they had taken someone else’s life seemed so hypocritical and medieval.
  I remember talking to my dear friend Victoria Buzzo at a holiday party thrown by my sister Laura about my feelings around the death penalty and if they would change if someone I loved was murdered. I hoped I would still oppose it.
  Then on Oct. 12, 2011, I found out both Laura and Victoria were murdered along with three of their
  
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• Santa Anita consensus picks for Sunday April 28

  28-04-2019 17:43
  
  The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Sunday April 28 at Santa Anita.
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• God help America: an anthem for our time

  28-04-2019 17:00
  
  Et tu, Kate Smith?
  Kate who?
  Smith, Kate Smith, the big woman with the bigger voice who, in 1938, Irving Berlin gifted with “God Bless America”, our country’s other national anthem.
  Kate Smith, the woman who raised hundreds of millions of dollars to help crush Hitler and Hirohito, who made Abbott & Costello stars, the woman who put the African-American expatriate and civil rights pioneer Josephine Baker on network television at the height of the McCarthy era and helped insp
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: What happened on Saturday at the festival

  28-04-2019 15:36
  
  The Stagecoach Country Music Festival had its second day at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Saturday and there was plenty of heart on display.
  One of the biggest things that happened during the day was a special song and dance in the afternoon in the Honkytonk Dance Hall to honor the victims and the survivors of the Route 91 and Borderline shootings. Honey County performed a special version of the song “Country Strong” while 150 line dancers performed a routine created by Stagecoach
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Sam Hunt closes out the second night with a big ‘ol dance party

  28-04-2019 11:20
  
  By the time day two headliner Sam Hunt hit the stage at the 13th annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival, the fans were ready to dance at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
  During an interview ahead of the festival, Hunt said he hadn’t played a show in about six months but was ready to get back out to party with his fans at the festival. For a first-time headliner, Hunt’s performance was solid. He came out hard with “Leave the Night On” and transitioned into “House Par
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Photos of the performers and their fans on Saturday

  28-04-2019 07:58
  
  We’re back at the 2019 Stagecoach Country Music Festival for a second day of fun and music in the sun. Sam Hunt headlines Saturday night, but before he goes on we expect to see Lanco, Cam, Luke Combs and more.
  Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Mark Matejka performs before one of the largest crowds ever seen at the Palomino Stage at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/S
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Go inside the festival’s hidden tiki bar and its speakeasy

  28-04-2019 07:53
  
  Off the beaten path from the country music, Budweiser and dusty fields of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival is something very different — but it’s the kind of place where you have to know a guy who knows a guy.
  PDTiki is hidden from plain sight on the Empire Polo Club grounds and serves a variety of tropical concoctions. (If you’re looking for it, the hint we’ll give you is to look for the volcano peeking out among the white tents).
  The Tropic Tonic cocktail featuring
  
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• Tanner Brubaker, UC Irvine baseball hold off Cal State Fullerton

  28-04-2019 07:41
  
  FULLERTON – UC Irvine owes a debt to San Clemente High School for sending the program Andre Pallante and Tanner Brubaker.
  Pallante, who beat Cal State Fullerton Friday night 7-3 with a strong seven-inning effort, watched his high school teammate Brubaker do likewise Saturday in a 7-4 win over Cal State Fullerton at Goodwin Field.
  Brubaker, who didn’t become a pitcher until he started college ball, allowed just three hits in six innings before leaving after two unearned runs scored in
  
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• University’s Aditya Gupta turns his pain into joy, captures Ojai tournament title

  28-04-2019 07:32
  
  University’s Aditya Gupta turned his pain into joy at the 119th Ojai tennis tournament Saturday night.
  A year after missing the prestigious tournament because of shin splints, the Penn-bound senior captured the tournament by rallying for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory against Wally Thayne of Newbury Park in the final under the lights at Libbey Park.
  “It feels pretty great especially not being able to play last year,” the top-seeded Gupta said in a phone interview after the victory. &l
  
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• Minjee Lee overcomes triple bogey at LA Open

  28-04-2019 06:22
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Minjee Lee overcame a triple bogey Saturday to take the lead into the final round of the Hugel-Air Premia LA Open.
  Lee shot a 4-under 67 to reach 11-under 202 at Wilshire Country Club. She birdied the first two holes before dropping the three strokes on the par-4 third after her second shot clipped a tree branch and her 50-yard third went over the green.
  The 22-year-old Australian rallied with birdies on Nos. 5, 6, 10, 14 and 17 — all par 4s — for a one-strok
  
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• Dodgers rally against Pirates, then dodge a bullet in home win

  28-04-2019 06:20
  
  LOS ANGELES – Pedro Baez, a pitcher still trapped in a third baseman’s body after all these years, lumbered off the Dodger Stadium mound with no regard for the sounds around him Saturday night. A standing ovation washed over him just the same as the boos always did: with resolute indifference.
  Baez inherited a bases-loaded, nobody-out situation in the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates. His margin for error was razor thin. Three batters later, the Dodgers’ 3-1 win was
  
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• Regional police agencies step up patrols after Poway synagogue attack

  28-04-2019 06:09
  
  The Los Angeles Police Department and other agencies in Southern California were monitoring Saturday’s deadly shooting at a synagogue in San Diego County and some planned to conduct high-visibility patrols around houses of worship in their areas, officials said.
  “We’re closing monitoring the synagogue shooting in Poway and communicating with our local, state and federal partners,” the Los Angeles Police Department tweeted. “At this time there’s no nexus to Los
  
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• LAFC Stadium project revitalizes area around Exposition Park

  28-04-2019 06:07
  
  During Clayton Pearce’s senior year at Manual Arts High School, the grounds of the nearby Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena felt like an abandoned lot.
  By the time the now 26-year-old Pearce graduated from Fresno State in 2017 with a sports entertainment and facility management degree, the parcel of land, which abuts Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. and Figueroa St., had morphed into a robust construction site where for the first time since 1962 an open-air stadium would be erected in the city.
  
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• Iman Marshall leads three Trojans picked on last day of NFL Draft

  28-04-2019 05:43
  
  Southern California cornerback Iman Marshall talks to the media during USC Pro Day, Wednesday, March 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. The Pro Day is intended to showcase talent to NFL scouts for the upcoming draft. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
  Southern California cornerback Iman Marshall runs through a drill during USC Pro Day, Wednesday, March 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. The Pro Day is intended to showcase talent to NFL scouts for the upcoming draft. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)SoundThe gallery will resume inse
  
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• All-County cornerback Elias Ricks plans to withdraw from Mater Dei

  28-04-2019 05:39
  
  Mater Dei’s Elias Ricks in Santa Ana on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 is one of the top five players at Mater Dei. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG)
  Mater Dei’s Elias Ricks can’t reach this pass to Poly’s Jalen Hall that he caught for a touchdown at the end of the second quarter at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Long Beach on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. (Photo by Scott Varley, Press-Telegram/SCNG)SoundThe gallery will resume insecondsMater Dei defensive back Elias
  
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• Hermosa Beach honors legends of surfing past at its Surfer’s Walk of Fame

  28-04-2019 04:07
  
  Hermosa Beach Surfer Walk of Fame inductees Liz Benavidez, Ron Garner and Pat Ryan pose for pictures with Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi, left, Mayor Pro Ten Mary Campbell, John Joseph and Janni Lange, Park and Rec Commissioner after an annual ceremony as part of Spyder Surf Fest in Hermosa Beach on Saturday, April 27, 2019.(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
  Mayor Pro Team Mary Campbell presents Lisa Benavidez with a plaque as she is inducted into the Surfers Walk of Fame during an an
  
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• Analysis: Again, Rams succeed in exploiting value of draft’s middle rounds

  28-04-2019 03:51
  
  THOUSAND OAKS — Here they were again, wading through the middle rounds, scraping up value wherever they could find it. An All-American safety with a slow 40 time. An All-Pac-12 nose tackle with iffy measurables. An offensive lineman who struggled through injury. An athletic linebacker who’d once been expelled.
  Over the first two drafts of Coach Sean McVay’s tenure, when a series of big trades left them barren of picks, this value shopping approach to the draft had become the Ra
  
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• Executive privilege and the fight over subpoenas

  28-04-2019 03:44
  
  The battle between Congress and President Trump over subpoenas for tax returns and testimony is far more complicated than it looks on TV. It’s not a slam dunk on either side of the court.
  After special counsel Robert Mueller closed up shop with no charges against the president, the hopes of the bloodthirsty shifted to Capitol Hill, where Democrats hold the majority, the gavels and the subpoena power in the House of Representatives.
  The chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. R
  
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• Along the Coast: Martin A. Brower’s real estate insights for May 2019

  28-04-2019 03:40
  
  BILLIONAIRE ROW
  It’s hard to believe that 30 years ago the asking price for the first new homes on the Newport Coast was $1 million, with few buyers. Last year, the top 28 sale prices for homes along the Orange County coast ranged from $11.8 million to $35.8 million. Four were more than $20 million and four topped $30 million. The median sales price for the 28 highest was $18 million, according to Land Advisors Organization in Irvine.
  Where specifically are these homes? All of the top 28 s
  
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• Up Close: Leadership in Heels founder Scharrell Jackson’s drive to the top

  28-04-2019 03:19
  
  Leadership in Heels founder Scharrell Jackson. (Photography by Leonard Ortiz)
  If we want to be both happy and successful, let’s start getting real – with each other and with ourselves.
  That’s what Scharrell Jackson wants women to accomplish with her long-running speaker series for women founded in 2015, Leadership in Heels. Featuring a panel format of local female executives, civic leaders and entrepreneurs, she sees each program as an opportunity to “authentically pivot
  
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• Clippers’ brand of basketball creates fans throughout the NBA

  28-04-2019 03:17
  
  PLAYA VISTA — The Clippers have become full-fledged members of the mutual admiration society.
  During exit interviews with beat reporters Saturday at the team’s practice facility, Clippers guard Patrick Beverley spoke about how much he appreciated the team’s fans, who stayed put Friday at Staples Center until the end to express their gratitude for a season well played.
  “It was incredible, man,” Beverley said. “No one left early because we were losing, (they) st
  
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• CIF-SS boys volleyball polls: Final 2019

  28-04-2019 02:59
  
  The final CIF-SS boys volleyball polls for 2019, released Friday, April 26.
  As selected by the CIF-SS Boys Volleyball Advisory Committee
  DIVISION 1
  1 Newport Harbor
  2 Mira Costa
  3 Corona del Mar
  4 Redondo Union
  5 Loyola
  6 Santa Barbara
  7 Huntington Beach
  8 San Clemente
  9 Servite
  10 Tesoro
  DIVISION 2
  1 Saddleback Valley Christian
  2 Esperanza
  3 Beckman
  4 Alemany
  5 West Ranch
  6 Burroughs
  7 Orange Lutheran
  8 San Marcos
  9 Dana Hills
  10 Oak Park
  DIVISION 3
  1 Murrieta Valley
  2 Capistrano Valley
  3 Penin
  
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• Orange County scores and player stats for Saturday (4-27-19)

  28-04-2019 02:37
  
  Scores and stats for the Orange County games on Saturday, April 27.
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• Clippers intend to carry this season’s winning culture forward

  28-04-2019 02:32
  
  PLAYA VISTA — Still processing the season that just was, a handful of Clippers spoke Saturday from a raw, in-between space some 13 hours after their series-ending loss to the Golden State Warriors.
  Both proud of what they’d accomplished and disappointed it was over, they relished their part on a team so special it had opposing coaches expressing admiration and fans on their feet after Friday’s 129-110 loss. The Clippers also thought aloud a bit about the future, saying they exp
  
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• Orange County baseball/softball highlights for Saturday, April 27

  28-04-2019 02:06
  
  Highlights and top performers from the Orange County baseball and softball games on Saturday, April 27.
  BASEBALL
  Saturday’s baseball scoreboard
  The CIF Southern Section tournament hasn’t even started yet, but No. 3 JSerra has already won the unofficial state championship. The Lions beat Archbishop Mitty of San Jose 6-3 in the title game of the Boras Classic on Saturday at the University of San Diego. The invitational tournament brings together 16 of the elite teams in Southern Califo
  
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• Goodwill of Orange County taps into world of esports

  28-04-2019 02:03
  
  During a time in which charitable organizations find themselves competing with each other for traditional funding sources, Goodwill of Orange County is tapping into a burgeoning world of competition.
  Esports.
  Goodwill on Saturday, April 27, kicked off its inaugural Charity Invitational Esports Fundraiser, an endeavor organizers believe will expose the nonprofit to a rapidly expanding audience.
  Benjamin Rogan, left, of Newcastle upon the Tyne in the United Kingdom, known by his professional gamer
  
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• San Clemente doctor charged with murder in wife’s 2016 death

  28-04-2019 01:42
  
  SANTA ANA  — A San Clemente doctor suspected of killing his wife more than two years ago was charged with murder Friday.
  Eric Scott Sills, who turned 54 on Saturday, is accused in the Nov. 13, 2016, death of his 45-year-old wife, Susann Stephanie Arsuaga Sills, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Jail records show Sills was arrested Thursday and was being held on $1 million bail.
  There was no immediate information on the woman’s cause of death, a possible
  
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• Granada Hills Charter High School wins its seventh national Academic Decathlon title

  28-04-2019 01:20
  
  LOS ANGELES – Granada Hills Charter High School has done it again, winning the school’s seventh national Academic Decathlon this weekend in Bloomington, Minnesota.
  The results were announced Saturday morning, and live-streamed on the internet.
  School officials announced that a big celebration rally will be held on campus Monday, featuring “multiple live performances including cheerleaders, bagpipers and special guests.”
  “We’re so excited fo
  
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• Alexander: These Clippers were an example worth following

  28-04-2019 01:10
  
  If you are a high school or youth basketball coach in Southern California – or anywhere, really  – you probably owe a debt of gratitude to Doc Rivers and his Clippers players.
  Thank you cards, care of the Clippers’ offices, would work. Maybe even an edible bouquet, if you’re particularly ambitious.
  The team, coach and organization deserve your gratitude because of the lessons you can pass on to your own players after the Clippers’ improbable 2018-19 journey. Th
  
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• Stagecoach 2019: Here’s how festival guests tried to beat the sweltering heat

  28-04-2019 01:01
  
  People sat in the shade of fences, wrapped wet bandanas around their necks and double fisted water bottles for the first day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, as temperatures rocketed into the triple digits.
  The National Weather Service said the official high for Indio was 100 but people at the festival grounds reported seeing temperatures spike to as high as 105, via phone app displays. Saturday’s temperatures were supposed to reach 99 and Sunday was supposed to be 97, according t
  
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• UCLA football’s Caleb Wilson becomes NFL draft’s ‘Mr. Irrelevant’

  28-04-2019 00:52
  
  The NFL draft’s “Mr. Irrelevant” is UCLA’s most relevant pick this year.
  Tight end Caleb Wilson was UCLA’s only selection in the 2019 draft, waiting until the very last pick, No. 254 overall, to hear his name called Saturday. The Arizona Cardinals selected the former UCLA star one day after trading former UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen to the Miami Dolphins.
  UCLA’s wait until the seventh round for its first draft pick was the program’s longest since 2009, w
  
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• Angels relievers getting used to the Salt Lake shuttle

  28-04-2019 00:37
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — After Luke Bard worked two innings in Friday night’s game, he had an idea what that could mean.
  When he saw Brad Ausmus after the game, he joked: “I’m hiding from you for the rest of the night.”
  Bard didn’t need to be worried that his manager might have bad news for him. This time, he avoided the post-game trip to the minors that has followed so often this month after a reliever had an extended workload.
  Twice, Bard has already gone down to
  
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