Major League Baseball is booming. And they better not mess it up. Several years ago, MLB and Commissioner Rob Manfred enacted changes meant to speed up the game through better pace of play, keeping the same amount of action in baseball while decreasing the time each game took to finish. The pitch clock immediately shortened game times, and more importantly, made them feel faster. Physically larger bases were introduced to encourage more stolen base attempts, which worked immediately. In 2022, the last season before the larger bases, there were 3,297 stolen base attempts leaguewide. In 2023, there were a whopping 4,369. Nearly 1,100 more attempts in just one year. ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Banning extreme infield shifts meant fewer traditional hits, especially for left-handed hitters, were taken away by infielders playing out of position. And for 2026, the automated balls and strikes system was added to eliminate egregiously missed calls. That’s been a rousing success as well.SMALL MARKET MLB TEAMS ARE OUTPERFORMING BIG PAYROLLS, UNDERMINING OWNERS’ PUSH TO CANCEL 2027 SEASONAnd despite the offseason hand-wringing, baseball’s in a better spot than it’s been in decades. Attendance is up. World Series ratings in 2025…

Get ready to see some ground and pound on the South Lawn.Ahead of the majorly anticipated White House UFC fight to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump welcomed several of the UFC’s biggest stars to the Oval Office for a preview of the upcoming fight card.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Flanked by Ilia Topuria, Justin Gaethje, Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane, Trump outlined plans to transform the White House grounds into a premier fight venue for a June 14 event that coincides with Flag Day and his birthday.”June 14, we’re having a big fight,” Trump said, showing renderings of the fight stage.”It’s never going to happen again; it’s never happened before. It’s all of the best fighters, the best four fighters standing behind me, all four champions, and it’s going to happen right in front of the White House. This will be the greatest show on Earth.”The card is expected to be headlined by a lightweight clash between reigning champion Ilia Topuria and interim titleholder Justin Gaethje, while a heavyweight bout between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane is also planned. Trump praised the group’s grit.”There are no people tougher…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Kentucky man admitted Tuesday to brutally killing his grandmother in an unprovoked attack, pleading guilty but mentally ill in court.Wyatt Testerman, 19, entered the plea to murder, which allows access to mental health treatment while in prison under state law.He entered the plea without an agreement from prosecutors, and Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney Rob Sanders said his office will seek the maximum sentence of life in prison, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.Prosecutors said Testerman recorded a video of the October 2024 attack on his 74-year-old grandmother, Cheri Oliver, inside her home.MISSISSIPPI MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING MOTHER, ALLEGEDLY FLUSHING HER FLESH DOWN TOILET AFTER DISMEMBERMENT The video allegedly shows Testerman setting up a phone to record before shoving Oliver to the floor and beating her.At one point, he stopped to check her pulse and said, “How the [expletive] is she still breathing?”According to court filings, Testerman struck Oliver more than 40 times, including with a metal cup, and stomped on her about a dozen times.NEW VIDEO SHOWS BIZARRE BEHAVIOR OF OHIO TEEN WHO INTENTIONALLY KILLED BOYFRIEND: ‘SHOCKING LACK OF REMORSE’ Police found Oliver unconscious in a pool of blood. She later died from…

Kirk Mayberry of KM Designs has returned with another piece for the Boker Plus lineup which, like the universe itself, is always expanding. The Corvus honors its noble name with sensible EDC proportions and a stylish monochrome style. Does the name of a knife inspire design, or does the way a knife looks bring it a name to match? The answer undoubtedly varies from knife to knife, and while we don’t know the specifics behind Mayberry’s Corvus design, the 2.76-inch wharncliffe blade looks pretty beak-like, doesn’t it? Regardless, it can do more than peck, with a straight edge that will slice finely, and one that is launched into the working position via a flipper tab on the spine. In a word of EDCs with 3-inch plus blades, the Corvus offers a compact alternative The wharncliffe’s two-tone finish – comprised of satin flats and a darkwash on the primary edge bevel and swedge – gives the Nitro-V blade a tuxedo-like style. And yes, if you’ve got your Blade Steel Score Card handy, you can give the nitrogen-enhanced, user-friendly stainless another point, as it is the formula of choice here on the Corvus. Nitro-V is still a ways off from the world…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An illegal immigrant is facing 30 charges in connection to a decade-long serial rape case in Marion County, Indiana, after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) DNA collection cracked the case, authorities said.Leonel Catalan-Torreblanca is facing 30 charges, which include level one felonies that carry potential sentences of up to 50 years in prison under Indiana’s old penal code, Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears said during a news conference Wednesday.The series of sexual assaults spanned more than a decade, with the first reported incident in March 2013 and the most recent in January 2024.Officials said for years, local and federal investigators knew the crimes were connected because DNA profiles from the scenes linked to one another in the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), but they lacked a match to a known offender.ICE ARRESTS ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ACCUSED OF BRUTAL TIRE IRON ATTACK, SEXUAL ASSAULT OF TEXAS WOMAN Catalan-Torreblanca had previously avoided the database because his only prior criminal history was a misdemeanor DUI arrest, which does not require a DNA swab, according to authorities.The breakthrough came recently when an ICE collection allowed Catalan-Torreblanca’s DNA profile to be entered into CODIS, triggering a…

The Air Force’s program to replace the B-52H Stratofortress’s 1960s-era engines cleared its critical design review, the service announced May 4, setting the stage for Boeing to begin modifying the first two aircraft into the B-52J configuration later this year.The Commercial Engine Replacement Program will swap the bomber’s eight Pratt & Whitney TF33 turbofans for Rolls-Royce F130 engines on each of the 76 B-52Hs in the active fleet. As the original TF33s from the early 1960s continue to wear down and spare parts become increasingly scarce, the Air Force says the engines will be “unsustainable” beyond 2030. The new engines offer better fuel efficiency, longer range, lower sustainment costs and additional electrical power for modern weapons and sensors.The Air Force launched CERP in 2018 and selected the F130 in 2021 after a three-way competition that also included GE Aviation and Pratt & Whitney. The F130, built in Indianapolis, is derived from Rolls-Royce’s BR725, the engine that powers the Gulfstream G650 business jet and has accumulated more than one million flying hours since entering service in 2012. The upgrade underpins the Air Force’s plan to shrink its bomber force to two types, the B-52J and the B-21 Raider, with the B-1B…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge in New York has ordered the release of a purported suicide note written by Jeffrey Epstein to his then-cellmate, Nicholas Tartaglione, siding with The New York Times in a request to unseal the document.The note had been filed under seal as part of Tartaglione’s case, in which the former police officer was convicted of multiple murders.HOWARD LUTNICK FORCED TO FACE JEFFREY EPSTEIN TIES DURING HOUSE OVERSIGHT HEARING U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas ruled the document should be made public, finding no sufficient reason to keep it sealed. In the handwritten note, Epstein appears to reference past investigations and expresses frustration, writing in part, “They investigated me for months – found nothing!!!” and “Time to say goodbye.” Portions of the note are difficult to read.This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Read the full article here

France on Wednesday deployed its carrier strike group to the Red Sea as part of planning for a potential mission to secure the Strait of Hormuz, urging Washington and Tehran to consider the proposal given the global economic impact of their competing blockades.Fresh exchanges of fire on Monday underscored the stakes as the U.S. and Iran struggle for control of the narrow waterway, a vital artery for global energy and trade, shaking a fragile four-week-old truce and reinforcing rival maritime blockades.“The reason why we must make a renewed effort today is simply that the blockade of Hormuz continues, the damage to the world’s economy is therefore becoming more and more pronounced, and the risk of a prolongation of hostilities is too serious for us to accept it,” a French presidency official told reporters in a briefing after the army announced the strike group’s deployment.Franco-British proposal in planning France and Britain have been working on a proposal for several weeks that aims to lay the groundwork for safe transit through the Strait once the situation stabilises or the conflict is resolved. It would need coordination with Iran and a dozen countries have indicated a willingness to take part in the mission…

This article was originally published by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream.  We live at a time when deception is running rampant. Iran is not telling the truth about what is going on in the Strait of Hormuz. Neither is the Pentagon. On Monday, a few commercial vessels were able to get through the Strait. On Tuesday, that number dropped to zero. That isn’t progress. In fact, that is the opposite of progress. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is the greatest threat to the global economy that I have seen in my entire lifetime. If it is not reopened soon, it will be an unprecedented catastrophe for the entire world. Somewhere around 2,000 commercial vessels are currently trapped in the Persian Gulf. The sailors on those commercial vessels are running out of food and fresh water. Sadly, 10 sailors have already died. The Trump administration would love to get those commercial vessels out of the Persian Gulf, but the Iranians are not cooperating. Instead, the Iranians are telling us that the strikes that they have conducted already this week are just the beginning. But despite all of the military action that we have…

Allow me to start things off by wishing the iconic Sopranos episode, “Pine Barrens,” a very happy 25th birthday.On May 6, 2001, Chrissy and Paulie went from being a couple of made men to “just two a–holes stranded in the woods.”Many people cite the season three masterpiece as their all-time favorite Sopranos episode, but I’ve always found it to be a bit overrated.So, what better way to celebrate one of the most revered hours of television ever than to go through what are, in my humble opinion, four of the most overrated TV episodes of all time.’LOST’ LEADS NOSTALGIA TV POPULARITY FOR AUDIENCES SEEKING ‘INNOCENT TIME’: EXPERTSThe term “overrated” is subjective, obviously, and every episode on this list is an episode I really enjoy from some of my favorite TV shows ever, but they are also episodes that I think get held up on a pedestal a bit more than they should.I’ll stop with the rambling so we can get this show on the road.4. “Dinner Party,” The Office One thing that almost all of the episodes have on this list is that they are very self-contained, and maybe it’s just a personal preference, but I’m not a huge fan…