Clubhouse

The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a history-making degree of regular season success under Andrew Friedman, and especially since 2019.Unfortunately, the most brutal part of baseball is that no amount of consecutive 100-win seasons absolve you from the nationwide blame game when things go wrong in the Autumn chill of a five-game sample size.Dodgers returnee Miguel Rojas hasn't lived and died with the team in LA; he was a well-established Marlin for eight seasons, bookended by one-year tenures in California in 2014 and 2023. But his outside perspective could help entering this year's legacy-defining playoff run, just as it did in loosening up the clubhouse as this surprising season dragged on.Rojas, per longtime Dodger Max Muncy, has represented "fresh eyes" in LA's quest to leave last season's playoff upset against San Diego far in the rear view. He and David Peralta, according to Fabian Ardaya's latest with The Athletic, have helped spearhead a tradition of acknowledging individual series MVPs and sharing shots of tequila in the wake of series wins (which,  » Read More

SEATTLE — Jerry Dipoto heard the concerns coming out of the Seattle Mariners’ clubhouse after the team was eliminated from playoff contention on the final weekend of the regular season.And while he acknowledged the comments made by Cal Raleigh, J.P. Crawford and others, the president of baseball operations for the Mariners doesn’t necessarily believe going out and signing high-profile free agents is the answer to make Seattle better than the other clubs in the AL West.“I don’t know that the solutions to our problems are big-name players. I’m not sure that we have big problems,” Dipoto said Tuesday, two days after the Mariners wrapped up an 88-win season that left Seattle two games shy of a playoff spot. “Would I like to have big-name players? Sure, I think we all would.”The conclusion to the Mariners’ season was a messy finish filled with missed opportunities and boiled-over frustration that emerged in the final days after the team fell short of a second straight trip to the postseason.Seattle went 12-17 over its final 29 games and 7-9 over its last 16 games,  » Read More

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Boys and Girls Club has been a staple in many communities throughout Central Florida, especially in the Pine Hills community.  What You Need To Know At the Walt Disney World Clubhouse of The Boys and Girls Club, their main goal is to put kids in a positive environment Malik Mapps, the team director of the facility, says it's a place that provides safety and a place to be off the streets Mapps already knows the work is important, but would love to see even more from city leaders — especially in the Pine Hills area At the Walt Disney World Clubhouse of The Boys and Girls Club, officials say their main goal is to put kids in a positive environment and keep them off the streets and out of trouble.  "The kids love to be here because there is always somebody that’s their favorite person that’s going to be here," said Clubhouse team director Malik Mapps. "Places like this provide safety and a place to be off the streets." The facility has areas for kids of all ages,  » Read More

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Mister K's Clubhouse is a one-of-a-kind. The show is Omaha's only live-action, educational preschool series. OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Mister K's Clubhouse is a one-of-a-kind. The show is Omaha's only live-action, educational preschool series.Kerron Stark, who stars as Mister K, created the show with kids one to seven years old in mind."A lot of shows, there is just no education at all, it's all just entertainment," he explained. "We prioritize the educational messages we teach through the entertainment, through the songs, through the puppets, the dances, the stories."The cast also features local kids including 12-year-old Lindsey."You get to meet a lot of new people," she said of her experience. Lindsey has been a cast member for two years."The whole shebang is fun," she added.Mister K's Clubhouse debuted in 2021 - though the idea came to Kerron three years prior."One thing I like about our show is it's completely self-made. There was no funding or no 'yes' from anyone.  » Read More

SAN FRANCISCO — In the win column, the 2023 regular season was technically a step back for the Dodgers.Going into the playoffs, their path to a World Series seems as muddled as it has been in years.In many ways, this season’s squad pales in comparison to the de facto super teams of campaigns past; facing more questions about its pitching staff, lineup depth and championship credentials than is typical for the franchise this time of year.Yet, to many in the clubhouse, around the organization and throughout the fan base, this year’s Dodgers have been as joyful, as endearing, and as triumphant as any in recent memory.“It’s been quite an accomplishment, with a lot of positives and a lot of growth,” manager Dave Roberts said. “Just seeing how this group came together from the outset of the season … there’s been so many great moments.”The latest one came Sunday afternoon, when the Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-2 at Oracle Park to clinch a 100-win season — the club’s third in a row (a feat accomplished only six times previously in MLB history) and fourth straight in a full-length season (something that had never before been done).  » Read More

Sports October 1, 2023 / 4:05 PM / AP ANAHEIM -- Shohei Ohtani navigated through the bags and boxes strewn across the Los Angeles Angels' clubhouse after their season finale, exchanging hugs and memorabilia signatures with his teammates while they all packed up for the winter.Everybody in the building knew this might be Ohtani's final game day with this team after six unprecedented years, and the uncertainty over their beloved two-way superstar looms above every other question hanging over the Halos.Brandon Drury homered twice, doubled and drove in three runs, and the Angels wrapped up their eighth consecutive losing season with a 7-3 victory over the major league-worst Oakland Athletics on Sunday.Ohtani was in the Angels' dugout all weekend, cheering on his teammates for their final two games less than two weeks after having surgery on his pitching elbow. Ohtani can become a free agent after the World Series, and the Halos haven't made the playoffs or finished higher than third in the AL West during his tenure in Anaheim.  » Read More

Photo courtesy of Corpus Christi Hooks Sugar Land Space Cowboys pitcher Spencer Arrighetti was named the Minor League Pitcher of the Year by the Houston Astros organization. The former Louisiana Ragin Cajun was taken in the sixth round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Astros and has worked his way to the Triple A clubhouse. In 2023, Arrighetti made 15 appearances with 13 starts, going 2-5 with a 4.64 ERA while striking out 62 and a .217 batting average against. He posted a 1.93 ERA in home appearances at Constellation Field, giving up just nine runs. Between Double A Chorpus Christi and Sugar Land, the right handed pitcher made 21 appearances with a 9-7 overall record. He had a career high in innings and struck out 141 batters. He finished second in wins among the minor league organizations, third in strikeouts, innings, and average against, fourth in WHIP and sixth in ERA. Arrighetti is currently ranked as a top prospect in the Astros organization, so it’s only a matter of time until he is suiting up in the orange and navy for the two-time World Champions.  » Read More

SAN FRANCISCO - Gabe Kapler broke his silence Saturday after he was let go as San Francisco Giants' manager. Posting a photo to Instagram, Kapler wrote that he was looking forward to the next adventure, and wanted to give a statement "a little differently." "I miss the players, the coaches, all the clubhouse staff, everyone else that I've come to know so well already, and I'm like 15 minutes off my bike in Levi's Plaza," wrote Kapler. "I may not have been expressive enough in how much I care for everyone in this organization." Kapler was fired Friday, days before the team's disappointing 2023 season comes to a close, the team announced through social media. "Every day, walking into that clubhouse and watching everyone under that roof get after it in the weight room, music blasting, then fiercely pursue their jobs, was something special that so few get to experience," continued Kapler. "I know I was lucky to be manager of the San Francisco Giants." The team is 78-81 this year and fell to fourth place in the NL West due to an anemic performance in the second half of the season.  » Read More

It was at Delhi’s Roshanara Club on a winter day in December 1928 when, after much deliberations, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) took shape. In the next three years, the club, founded in 1922, hosted what was to be the first unofficial Test match between India and England. It has also hosted several first-class matches and Ranji trophies over the years. The cricket ground and the clubhouse. (HT Archive) On Friday, around 5am, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) with ostensibly a 500-strong team of officials, sealed the club and took its possession. The seemingly ignominious turn of events for what used to be the home of cricket in India was triggered by the lease for Roshanana expiring, the officials said. The land on which Roshanara Club was set up involved two leases, each covering half of the area. The first lease was issued in 1922 and the second in 1928 by the then government department while India was still under British rule. The earliest leases were for 30 years and were renewed in 1952 and 1958,  » Read More