Major League Baseball has entered the Boom/Bust Era.An unprecedented four teams won 100 games in the same season.Four clubs lost in triple figures for only the second time.Amid widespread claims the baseballs have changed, hitters shattered the home run record for the second time in three seasons. And sparked by batters going for the fences to beat suffocating shifts, strikeouts set a record for the 12th year in a row and outnumbered hits for the second straight season. With some teams out of contention even before their first pitch, average attendance has dropped four years in a row for the first time since the commissioner’s office started tracking it in 1980.“We’re going to draw 68-plus million people at the big league level,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said this week, “another 41 million in minor league baseball — they’re actually going to be up. I’ll take 110 million people going to see the sport live. That’s a really, … [Read more...] about MLB attendance drops in boom-bust era of big winners, losers
Alternative treatment saves baby in near drowning
Share Tweet Email children's health Share: Share Tweet Email Share: Share Tweet Email KTRK By Shelley Childers SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- Dylan Kim's family believes he wouldn't have survived a near drowning at their Sugar Land home without hyperbaric oxygen therapy.Eighteen-month-old Dylan Kim doesn't look or act like a typical toddler, but he is a survivor.He was found face down in the Sugar Land family's pool on March 23. After weeks on life support, doctors told his parents to prepare for his last breath."When his breathing was really shallow, it was really quiet," his mother tells Eyewitness News. "We thought this was it, and all of a sudden he kept going."SEE ALSO: Mom's warning after son's near drowningThat last breath never happened, and baby Dylan was sent home.At just 13 months, he was diagnosed with severe brain trauma from lack of oxygen and blood."This is a devastating injury," says Dr. Paul Harch.Knowing … [Read more...] about Alternative treatment saves baby in near drowning
Michigan high school football scores from Week 5
Detroit Free Press wire services Published 10:37 PM EDT Sep 27, 2019 Results from the fourth week of the 2019 Michigan high school football season. Addison 48, East Jackson 0 Akron-Fairgrove 50, Caseville 48 Almont 42, Croswell-Lexington 0 Ann Arbor Pioneer 29, Ann Arbor Skyline 14 Auburn Hills Oakland Christian 48, Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 0 Battle Creek St. Philip 41, North Adams-Jerome 0 Beal City 31, Leroy Pine River 12 Beaverton 43, Harrison 22 Belding 43, Wyoming Godwin Heights 42 Belleville 55, Wayne Memorial 0 Birmingham Groves 43, Troy Athens 10 Blissfield 36, Dundee 15 Brownstown Woodhaven 21, Allen Park 20 Burr Oak 32, Litchfield 0 Cadillac 26, Lake Odessa Lakewood 6 Calumet 47, Norway 13 Carleton Airport 14, Monroe Jefferson 0 Cedar Springs 48, Allendale 39 Cedarville 48, Brimley 6 Centreville 45, Bloomingdale 6 Charlton Heston def. Wolverine, forfeit Cheboygan 44, Benzie Central 0 Clarkston 33, Oxford 28 Clawson 35, Madison Heights Lamphere 12 Clinton … [Read more...] about Michigan high school football scores from Week 5
Afghans vote for president amid Taliban threats
Updated 9:36 pm CDT, Friday, September 27, 2019 FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. While there will be 18 names on the presidential ballot when Afghans go to the polls on Sept. 28 only five, including Ghani, have been campaigning after several suspended their campaigns believing a peace deal with the Taliban was imminent. less FILE - In this Nov. 6, 2018 file photo, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, listens during a news conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at the presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan. While ... more Photo: Massoud Hossaini, AP Photo: Massoud Hossaini, AP Image 1 of / 9 Caption Close … [Read more...] about Afghans vote for president amid Taliban threats
Inside Boston Children Hospital’s Hale Family Building
A healthy development At the center of Boston Children’s $1.2 billion expansion is the Hale Family Building. By Heather Hopp-Bruce, Patrick Garvin, and Michael Fitzgerald/Globe staff Sept. 29, 2019 Boston Children’s Hospital isn’t just adding a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility, though the Hale Family Building will be just that when it opens in the winter of 2022. But the $636 million building also serves a catalyst for a new approach to patient care. That starts with the simplest detail: a pedestrian bridge that will make it easier for parents and patients to get into the hospital from the parking garage. The new facility reorganizes cardiac care, including adding collaboration spaces so specialists can work together more easily on complicated heart conditions. Newborns who need intensive care get a floor of their own. There will also be several gardens and interior green spaces to enjoy. Here’s a look at some of the changes in the works. Level 1 After … [Read more...] about Inside Boston Children Hospital’s Hale Family Building