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Tom Krasovic: Xander Bogaerts' diligence, fundamentals bode well for Padres

SAN DIEGO — The Boston Red Sox were out of playoff contention, playing out the string this past September, when a veteran scout showed up several hours before first pitch and noticed their All-Star shortstop, Xander Bogaerts, a longtime favorite of this scout's.

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Russians find asylum lifeline to US, but at a high price

The pastor of a San Diego-area church promises to arrange entry to the United States for Russian-speaking asylum-seekers through connections with U.S. officials and unnamed “opportunists” who guarantee customers' safety in Mexico

The Independent UK

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Free Speech and Private Censors," by Prof. Larry Alexander (San Diego)

A short piece just published at 2 Journal of Free Speech Law 17 (2022), as part of the "Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech" symposium; the Abstract: In this piece I contrast societal conditions in which free speech can flourish with those in which it is threatened by private censors. I…

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San Diego, L.A. ban plastic foam

San Diego and Los Angeles join hundreds of municipalities nationwide that are phasing out polystyrene

Salon

6 people accused of taking orders from Mexican Mafia face kidnapping, gun and drug charges in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — A three-month investigation in southeastern San Diego resulted in charges against five men and a woman who authorities say planned violent crimes, sold drugs and stored guns in a house at the direction of the Mexican Mafia prison gang, officials announced Tuesday.

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Swag, gift card or ‘Hamilton’ tix? This San Diego startup is reinventing worker rewards

Money is such an awkward topic. Most people who get a $250 gift card from their boss aren’t rushing to brag to coworkers or post pictures of the money on social media.

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Thee Sacred Souls reflects on the band's heady year: 'Sometimes it's hard to just take it all in'

How heady a year has 2022 been for Thee Sacred Souls, the young San Diego band reverently breathing new life into the sweetest soul music of the 1960s?

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Bill Madden: It’s contract madness from MLB owners at winter meetings in ‘age of irrationality’

NEW YORK — Sometime around the midpoint of the baseball owners’ nearly two billion dollar spending spree at the winter meetings in San Diego this week, Billy Eppler got off the phone in the Mets war room and announced to his troops that the earth had just shifted.

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The U.S. will bring the star power to World Baseball Classic

SAN DIEGO — The World Baseball Classic has been played four times, a classic attraction in baseball-loving countries except one. Finally, a cast of megastars — MVPs and Gold Glove winners, and the like — have signed up to represent the United States.

Los Angeles Times

Jackass star Bam Margera ‘on a ventilator in hospital with pneumonia’

Margera is currently undergoing treatment in the ICU of a San Diego hospital, according to US media reports

The Independent UK

Jackass star Bam Margera rushed to hospital and put on a ventilator

Jackass star Bam Margera is said to be battling pneumonia and has been put on a ventilator after being taken to a hospital in San Diego earlier this week

Daily Mirror

Editorial: ‘Parents first’ conservatives mostly lost, but their school board bids should be a wake-up call

In dozens of school board races statewide, conservative candidates ran on a “parents first” platform that seeks to ban the teaching of America’s history of racism, referred to as “critical race theory,” and rein in government control over education. They had limited success on the Nov. 8 ballot, with scattered…

Los Angeles Times

How Zoom has helped Major Baseball adjust to free agency since the pandemic

SAN DIEGO — It was Tuesday afternoon, just about halfway through Major League Baseball's first in-person winter meetings in three years, and Andrew Friedman wasn't sure how to assess the three-day affair.

Los Angeles Times

Ben Frederickson: After beating Astros in bold strike for Contreras, Cardinals should pivot to starter

SAN DIEGO — Great job, Cardinals.

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Dylan Hernandez: Dodgers' puzzling offseason strategy can be justified by signing Shohei Ohtani next year

SAN DIEGO — Back in the city where their season ended, the Dodgers resorted to familiar behavior this week. Like their hitters in October, their executives froze in the batter's box at baseball's winter meetings.

Tribune News Service

Padres get free agent shortstop Xander Bogaerts

SAN DIEGO — The third try was the charm.

Sports Illustrated

Xander Bogaerts Deal Makes It Clear the Padres Are Now the Red Sox

After a decade in Boston, the 30-year-old shortstop accepted a reported 11-year, $280 million deal with San Diego.

The Independent UK

AP source: Bogaerts to Padres for 11 years, $280 million

The San Diego Padres and Xander Bogaerts have agreed to a blockbuster $280 million, 11-year contract, adding the All-Star slugger to an already deep lineup

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Billy Eppler plans to ‘stay working’ after adding four new pitchers at Winter Meetings

SAN DIEGO — The Mets are leaving the Winter Meetings with four new pitchers but have yet to find a center fielder or address the lack of power in the lineup.

Boston Herald

Red Sox to sign Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida to historic contract worth $105 million

SAN DIEGO — It’s not the move Red Sox fans have been waiting for, but for the first time in years they made a franchise-altering free-agent signing that will completely change the way they look on the field.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Phillies dominated the winter meetings, and showed they plan on more Red Octobers

SAN DIEGO — As Dave Dombrowski packed his garment bag Wednesday and checked out of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, he might have considered borrowing a line from Michael Corleone near the end of The Godfather.

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Mets ink veteran pitcher Jose Quintana to two-year deal, land lefty Brooks Raley in trade

SAN DIEGO — The Mets promised to remain active in the starting pitching market and they made good on their promise Wednesday morning, agreeing with veteran left-hander Jose Quintana on a two-year, $26 million contract, pending a physical.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sources: Cardinals finalizing five-year deal with All-Star catcher Willson Contreras

SAN DIEGO — The catcher who wanted a chance to sell the Cardinals on his ability to follow Yadier Molina behind the plate at Busch Stadium will get that chance.

Tribune News Service

If Dansby Swanson leaves, Braves must answer this question

SAN DIEGO — If Dansby Swanson and the Braves can’t come to a contract agreement this offseason, the team’s shortstop situation still would not be resolved. The Braves would face a major question.

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No charges filed in San Diego State gang rape case, District Attorney’s Office says

SAN DIEGO — Former Buffalo Bills punter and standout San Diego State University football player Matt Araiza will not be charged in connection with the reported gang rape of a 17-year-old girl at an off-campus party last year, officials announced Wednesday.

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