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California Dreaming: Acura Claims Long-Awaited Long Beach Home Win
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Getting defensive in the best possible way
The latest news, interviews, highlights and more from Minor League Baseball
Tuesday, April 21
★★★★ TOP NEWS
These guys know how to flash the leather
They may be in different stages of development — already in The Show, ascending their respective systems or just beginning their careers. But these prospects have one thing in common: They play quality defense.
★★★★ TOP PERFORMANCES
Braden Montgomery, OF, Birmingham (CWS): The extra mile
In six games, 8 of his 12 hits were of the extra-base variety
Brandon Young, RHP, Norfolk: Twirled hitless outing
Matched career high with 10 strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings
Cam Maldonado, OF, San Jose: Homered in four straight
Amassed two 2-HR games, plated 10 runs for the week
★★★★ See all the O’s affiliates in ONE road trip
For one week, the stars align perfectly for an ultra-rare opportunity. Here’s how fans can see games at five great ballparks in the Baltimore system — from Single-A all the way up to MLB — on one easy road trip.
★★★★ MUST-SEE PLAY: A slam that stays in the park
Zach Ehrhard didn’t just hit any garden-variety homer last week for Triple-A Oklahoma City. With a little luck, a little skill and a whole lot of hustle, the Dodgers prospect raced for an inside-the-park grand slam.
★★★★ STAFF PICKS
Watch out for Brainrot at a ballpark near you!
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos’ Brainrot Night at the ballpark inevitably became the subject of a viral social media video, but it’s just one of many “six seven” theme nights set for June 7 (6/7). Check out all the details.
‘Tugboat’ captains first ’26 no-hitter
Matt Wilkinson’s five perfect innings keyed a no-no by Double-A Akron (CLE) … and High-A Beloit (MIA) scored the second one of the year soon after!
Top prospect bests Cy Young runner-up
George Lombard Jr., the Yankees’ No. 1 prospect, got some bragging rights by homering off rehabbing Phillies righty Zack Wheeler in a Double-A game.
Unhittable teen sensation hits 100 mph again
Top Pirates pitching prospect Seth Hernandez, the sixth overall pick in last year’s Draft, threw five more hitless shutout innings for Single-A Bradenton.
★★★★ ONLY IN MiLB: Great reading, great payday
On the latest The Show Before the Show podcast, author Eric Vickrey discusses his book on the Dodgers’ legendary 1968 Draft class. Plus discussion of Kevin McGonigle’s extension and early prospect standouts.
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Happy birthday, Israel
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Dear Peter,
Shalom from Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish state.
It was 78 years ago today (on the Jewish calendar…we mark the anniversary on May 14 in the U.S.) that the nation of Israel was miraculously reborn. Every day since has been a struggle to survive, and I’m here in Israel as your voice of hope to people who are suffering greatly and have lost so much. We have received a generous matching gift challenge that will double your gift to help twice as many people—so please be as generous as you can when you send your gift today.
The situation is urgent. So many people have lost homes, family members, and even everything they owned in the missile attacks. I’m thinking about families like the Cohens. They buried six family members on the day their son was supposed to have his bar mitzvah. We helped them with the medical bills, buying clothing, and more, and they were so grateful. But there are so many others in urgent need.
The people of Israel are suffering greatly right now, and while they need our prayers, they also need our help. Together we are answering the command of God, “Comfort ye My people.” Together we are telling, and more importantly showing, the people of Israel that they are not alone. Please send your most generous gift today and share this with everyone you know.
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Your support of the Friends of Zion today allows us to comfort the people of Israel who have survived the terrorist attacks, minister to the families of the hostages, continue to purchase and deliver food, medicine, clothing, and other necessities of life for the poor Holocaust survivors and refugees of Ukraine, continue to operate the Friends of Zion Museum, and to meet urgent humanitarian needs among the poor Jewish people living in Israel. Thank you so much for being part of this vital worldwide prayer movement.
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John 6:44 – How God Draws Us to Christ:…
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John 6:44
(44) No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:65
(65) And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
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When we parse what Jesus says in John 6:44, 65, we learn some amazing things. First is the remarkable fact that the Father Himself initiates the relationship. The great, almighty, and omniscient God, Ruler of the universe, decides to invite or summon a particular human being into fellowship with His Son. He does not consider such a task to be beneath Him, but He takes a personal interest in each individual called into His church. He knows each of them long before they ever thought of Him (consider Psalm 139:13; Jeremiah 1:5; Romans 8:29).
Second, Jesus explicitly asserts that no one can come to Him except through the Father’s calling. While most people, even nominal Christians, believe that they can find God if they seek Him long and hard enough, the Bible disagrees. David tells us in Psalm 14:2-3: “The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there are any who understand, who seek God. They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one.” The apostle Paul repeats this in Romans 3:11, “There is none who seeks after God.” Human beings are milling about in a world of profound religious confusion—worshipping thousands of gods of their own making, seeking gods to please themselves—but to know and worship the true God, they must be granted access by the Father.
Third, our Savior uses an interesting word to picture what God does to summon us: The Father “draws” us. “Draws” is translated from the Greek word helkúö, which in its most literal sense can also mean “to drag” (see Acts 16:19; 21:30; James 2:6)—and with some of us, it may well have happened with us kicking and screaming! A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament, Third Edition (BDAG) provides a helpful nuance of this word’s meaning:
To move an object from one area to another in a pulling motion, draw, with implication that the object being moved is incapable of propelling itself or in the case of pers. [sic] is unwilling to do so voluntarily, in either case with implication of exertion on the part of the mover. . . .
This explanation reinforces the points we have already seen. When the Father initiates His calling, the individual does not have the capability to move himself into a relationship with Him, nor would he do so voluntarily, being at enmity with God (see Romans 8:7). God, therefore, must make the effort to reach out to the individual and open the way for fellowship with Him and His Son. But how does He do this?
In Hosea 11:3-4, God speaks of His treatment of Israel, “I taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by their arms; but they did not know that I healed them. I drew them with gentle cords, with bands of love, and I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck.” In a similar vein, Paul writes in Romans 11:5, “Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.” Here, the apostle uses the term “election” in a similar sense as Jesus speaks of few being chosen (Matthew 20:16; 22:14), an idea parallel to being drawn to Christ. The Father elects or selects only a few to understand the truth and have a relationship with Him and His Son, and He does this out of love by His grace. That is, His calling is a freely given gift; nothing that we are or have done compels God to draw us to Christ.
God’s calling, then, is by grace, but what does He do to call a person? John 8:43, where Jesus is arguing with some Jews, provides a clue: “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.” They were physically hearing His words, but they were incapable of spiritually comprehending His meaning. Yet, converted Christians can understand Him. Thus, part of the miracle of God’s calling is that, through His Spirit (I Corinthians 2:10-16), the Father opens the mind to spiritual understanding, and as Paul explains it, “So then faithcomes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17).
In this way, He gives us the gift of faith (Ephesians 2:8), by which we can truly believe and then act upon what He says. We can see this in the calling of Lydia, whom Paul met in Philippi: “The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul” (Acts 16:14), and she was baptized soon thereafter.
The Bible tells us that God usually chooses the lowly among earth’s people—the foolish, the weak, the base, and the despised of the world (I Corinthians 1:27-28), but our goal is to become “a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (I Peter 2:9). In other words, we have not been called to remain “just as we are.” We have a “heavenly” (Hebrews 3:1) and “a holy calling” (II Timothy 1:9), one that we must “walk worthy of” (Ephesians 4:1).
The Father has summoned, invited, us to the greatest purpose any human being can be asked to participate in: “to be conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29), to prepare to be firstfruits of His spiritual harvest (James 1:18; Revelation 14:4), to be kings and priests in His Kingdom (Revelation 1:6; 5:10), and to be the Bride of Christ (Revelation 19:7-9). As the author of Hebrews urges us, “See that you do not refuse Him who speaks” (Hebrews 12:25).
— Richard T. Ritenbaugh
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Our Awesome Calling
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Before the Foundation of the World
Conformed to Image of Jesus Christ
God Called the Weak and the Base
No one Comes to Christ unless Father Draws Him
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MLB Power Rankings + Every Team’s MVP
2026 MLB Power Rankings: Who’s The Early MVP For All 30 Teams?
By year’s end, odds are we’ll be crowning Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge as the MVPs yet again.
To this point, though, neither player has been his team’s best hitter.
Ohtani is flashing his two-way prowess with a dominant 0.50 ERA and a respectable .915 OPS, but another Dodgers teammate leads MLB in hits and batting average and is well ahead of him in every slash-line category. Judge, meanwhile, is pacing the Yankees with nine home runs, but another Bronx Bomber has the highest OPS in MLB.
So, who is every team’s early MVP? We’ll take a look as part of this week’s power rankings:
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Birds are better off because of you, RJ.
Trouble viewing this e-mail? Try our web version.Your Generosity at WorkThank you for your passion and dedication for supporting birds and the places they need. Your support helps give the birds you love a more hopeful future. Here are just some of the ways that birds are better off because of support from friends like you.
- In 2022, Albuquerque residents witnessed the drying of the federally endangered Rio Grande River, causing widespread concern over its well-being, water supply, and habitat for birds. Birds like the Snowy Egret and Belted Kingfisher utilize the Rio Grande corridor and rely on a flowing river. Alongside partners, in 2023 we brought 580 acre-feet (189,000,000 gallons) of water leased from local municipalities to help keep this key habitat alive.
- Research shows that building collisions can kill up to 1 billion birds each year in the U.S. alone. Thanks to generous people like you, momentum is growing to reduce bird-building collisions in cities and states across the country. Read on for highlights of our latest efforts to make buildings and night skies safer for birds.
- In 2023, our Great Lakes team alongside the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and partners at Detroit Zoo and University of Minnesota released four federally endangered Great Lakes Piping Plover chicks at the Cat Island Restoration Site in Lower Green Bay. This was the first year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released captive Great Lakes Piping Plovers outside of the state of Michigan—the population’s stronghold—and the first time in the state of Wisconsin. Learn more about the importance of collaborative conservation like this and how these partnerships are essential in moving a species toward recovery.
These are just a few examples of how you’re helping to create change. At a time when birds are in crisis, wins like these mean even more. We have the power to bring them about only because we have friends like you.
Thank you once again for all you do for birds, and for the commitment you’ve made to protect them, today and tomorrow.Bald Eagle. Photo: James Shuler/Audubon Photography AwardsCONNECT WITH USDONATE ADVOCATE GET TEXT UPDATES National Audubon Society
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Best division so far is one no one saw…
Tuesday, April 21
TOP NEWS
Winningest division isn’t the one we expected
Don’t look now, but all 5 NL Central squads — yes, really — are winning teams. And no, no division has ever had each club finish above .500 before.
‘Just had a feeling’: Roberts flips Miggy and Muncy in order — and they go off for 3 homers
Rea deals behind plethora of defensive gems in Cubs’ 6th straight win
Ohtani’s on-base streak reaches 52; second place on Dodgers’ list up next
Mets turn to young ace McLean to halt slide
Yankees, Red Sox set to renew rivalry for first time in ’26
X-rays negative for Acuña (hand) as Braves roll after another injury scare
Stewart’s 8th HR — and surprise steal of 3rd! — spark Reds to 4th straight win
Basallo’s game-tying and go-ahead knocks send O’s to wild win in 12 innings
Edwin Díaz (elbow) set for surgery for loose bodies; Dodgers hope for second-half return
TOP PERFORMANCES
Longest Home Run
TJ Rumfield
440 ft
8th Inning
Hardest Base Hit
Bobby Witt Jr.
114.2 mph
4th Inning
Fastest Strikeout
Edgardo Henriquez
101.3 mph
8th Inning
Decisive Play
Orioles
39.7% WPA
9th Inning
3rd multi-HR game of ’26; reached safely in all 5 plate appearances
Rookie tied for NL lead in HRs (8) and RBIs (21)
2 HRs give him 7 on season in 28 plate appearances
20-for-44 (.455) with 8 runs, 8 RBIs in 11-game hitting streak
His 2nd of 3 hits is 1,000th of career
PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ!
MUST-SEE PLAY
Elly De La Cruz flashes some leather to deny fellow countryman Junior Caminero of a hit.
STAFF PICKS
Feathered fan steals the show at Wrigley
It’s not uncommon for a team to deploy five infielders with the game on the line. Last night, the Phillies sported a fourth outfielder, but this one had feathers.
It’s all glove between these two young Dominican stars
Before the game, Elly De La Cruz and Junior Caminero were having a ball, and once the Reds shortstop robbed the Rays third baseman of a hit with an incredible play, all they could do was laugh.
107.5 mph liner had a mind of its own
Julio Rodríguez saw a line drive turn into a pinball machine moment and basically said, “nope, not today” as he danced back into position and made an acrobatic catch for the very first putout between the Mariners and Athletics.
Big leaguers don’t travel like this
It’s not uncommon to spend a lot of time on the open road in the Minors, but Major Leaguers are not as accustomed to long bus trips. A mechanical failure forced the Blue Jays into that situation, though, and they made the best of it.
J-Ram, Hoerner earn weekly honors
José Ramírez racked up the ninth weekly honor of his illustrious career after putting up an eye-popping .533 OBP over the past week, and Nico Hoerner continued to hit everything in sight for a Cubs team starting to surge.
A’s vs. Mariners on MLB Network
Nick Kurtz and the A’s are in Seattle to take on Julio Rodríguez and the Mariners at 9:30 p.m. ET (or White Sox vs. D-backs).
SCOREBOARD
DET 6
BOS 8
HOU 9
CLE 2
CIN 6
TB 1
STL 3
MIA 5
ATL 9
WSH 4
BAL 7
KC 5
PHI 1
CHC 5
LAD 12
COL 3
TOR 5
LAA 2
ATH 6
SEA 4
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May 9th: Stand With Us in London: End Trail…
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May 9th: Stand With Us in London: End Trail Hunting for Good
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On May 9th, 3.15-4:30pm, in Central London, something powerful is happening.
Wildlife lovers, campaigners, rural residents, and people from all walks of life will come together for one clear reason: to demand an end to the cruelty that continues under the false banner of “trail hunting.”
This rally, organised by the League Against Cruel Sports, is more than just a gathering. It’s a line in the sand.
Because despite the Hunting Act, foxes, deer, and hares are still being chased and killed. Not by accident. Not by mistake. But under the cover of loopholes in the Hunting Act 2004, that have been exploited for far too long.
And the public has had enough.
With Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin in attendance, this will be a moment of unity and urgency. A moment to show the government that people across this country are not fooled by the smokescreen anymore. We see what’s happening. And we want it stopped.
Protect the Wild will be there to stand in solidarity and show our unwavering support. Will you?
Closing this loopholes is not complicated. It is not controversial. It is the bare minimum.
This rally is about making that impossible to ignore.
It’s about standing together, visibly, loudly, and unapologetically, to demand what should have been done years ago: a real end to hunting.
If you’ve ever felt anger at seeing wildlife persecuted…
If you’ve ever felt frustration at the lack of accountability…
If you believe our laws should mean something…
Then stand with us.
Join us in central London on May 9th, 3.15-4:30pm. Bring your voice. Bring your determination. Bring the message that the government can no longer avoid:
Ban trail hunting. Close the loopholes. End hunting for good.
Because this isn’t just about wildlife.
It’s about justice.
RJ Hamster
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