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Mar 19 2023
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World Champion Astros Lose Leadoff Man Jose Altuve With Fractured Hand
Even the World Champion Houston Astros aren’t immune from the injury wave rampaging through the ranks of players who skipped spring training for the World Baseball Classic. Star second baseman José Altuve is the latest to suffer a serious injury during the past week, joining Edwin Diaz of the New York Mets and Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Altuve, playing for Venezuela, suffered
ForbesMar 19 2023
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Astros’ Jose Altuve needs surgery on thumb fractured in WBC game
MIAMI — Just three days after closer Edwin Díaz suffered a torn patella tendon in Puerto Rico’s postgame celebration, the World Baseball Classic altered another all-star’s regular season plans when Jose Altuve was hit by a pitch Saturday night in Venezuela’s loss to the United States. Altuve suffered a fractured right thumb and will require surgery in the coming days, according to the Astros.
Washington PostMar 19 2023
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Astros' Jose Altuve gets hit by pitch during World Baseball Classic: 'It didn't look good'
Houston Astros star Jose Altuve left Saturday night’s World Baseball Classic game after he took a pitch to the hand and the team fears he possibly broke his thumb. Altuve, who was playing for Venezuela, suffered the injury in the 9-7 loss to the United States. Daniel Bard threw the pitch that hit Altuve in the fifth inning. The sinker was clocked at 95.9 mph. "The Astros will provide an update
Fox News DigitalMar 19 2023
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Astros' Jose Altuve gets hit by pitch during World Baseball Classic, suffers broken thumb
Houston Astros star Jose Altuve left Saturday night’s World Baseball Classic game after he took a pitch to the hand and the team fears he possibly broke his thumb. The team said Sunday he broke his right thumb. Altuve, who was playing for Venezuela, suffered the injury in the 9-7 loss to the United States. Daniel Bard threw the pitch that hit Altuve in the fifth inning. The sinker was clocked
Fox News DigitalJun 05 2022
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U.S. will allow two companies to ship Venezuelan oil to Europe
Italian oil company Eni SpA and Spain’s Repsol SA could begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as soon as next month to make up for Russian crude, five people familiar with the matter said, resuming oil-for-debt swaps halted two years ago when Washington stepped up sanctions on Venezuela.
The volume of oil Eni and Repsol are expected to receive is not large, one of the people said, and
ReutersMar 19 2023
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Arenado hit by pitch one night after Altuve breaks thumb
MIAMI — Nolan Arenado left Team USA's semifinal game against Cuba on Sunday in the fifth inning after he was hit on the hand by a pitch. X-rays on Arenado's hand came back negative, but it comes one night after Jose Altuve left a quarterfinal between the U.S. and Venezuela with a broken right thumb. Arenado, the St. Louis Cardinals third baseman, grimaced then flexed and unflexed his right
KSLMar 19 2023
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Astros’ Jose Altuve out with broken thumb
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Twelve days before beginning their title defense, the defending World Series champion Astros sustained a seismic loss. Superstar second baseman Jose Altuve fractured his right thumb during Team Venezuela’s quarterfinal loss in the World Baseball Classic on Saturday night and will undergo surgery “in the coming days,” general manager Dana Brown said. Tests at the Astros
San Francisco ChronicleJul 08 2022
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Crist, Fried back protections for Venezuelans
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidates are calling for President Joe Biden to extend temporary protected status for Venezuelans in the U.S.
In a conference call Thursday, Congressman Charlie Crist said conditions haven't improved in a "violent, socialist" Venezuela since Biden first issued a temporary-protected status executive order for Venezuelans in March 2021.
"We should
CBS News (Online)Mar 22 2023
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Kristi Noem bars local governments from working with 'evil foreign governments,' including China and Russia
Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) signed a bill into law on Wednesday that bars state and local governments from contracting with "evil foreign governments." The law codifies an existing executive order from Noem, which prohibited state agencies from executing contracts with a list of foreign entities. SB 189 bans state and local governments from working with "foreign parent entit[ies]" from China, Cuba
Washington ExaminerMar 07 2023
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Yankees cut raking slugger in latest trimming roster
TAMPA — Andres Chaparro doesn’t get any love in the Yankees’ prospects rankings. The husky corner infielder from Venezuela never has been in MLB Pipeline or Baseball America’s top 30 despite putting up impressive power numbers in 2022. Chaparro is on Aaron Boone’s radar. The Yankees skipper took notice when Chaparro belted 20 homers in 71 games last season, including 19 in 64 with Double-A
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