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Boston Red Sox’s Josh Winckowski: ‘Honestly, my personality, I’ll probably be pretty frustrated for a long time’
BOSTON — Crimson Sox 23-year-old righty Josh Winckowski wasn’t happy with how his main league debut went.
“Form of actually dangerous in the event you ask me,” he mentioned. “I’m gonna have to throw much more strikes than that.”
Winckowski — the highest prospect Boston acquired within the Andrew Benintendi commerce — lasted simply 3 innings in a 4-2 loss to the Orioles within the second sport of a doubleheader Saturday.
He allowed 4 runs on six hits, together with a three-run homer to Rougned Odor, and three walks. He struck out 4. All 4 runs he allowed got here through the third inning.
“Truthfully, my persona, I’ll in all probability be fairly pissed off for a very long time,” Winckowski mentioned. “Like I mentioned, it’s nonetheless a extremely superior second. However that sport might have, ought to have gone lots completely different.”
Winckowski — who has averaged just one.7 walks per 9 innings in seven begins at Triple-A Worcester this season — struggled along with his command. He threw 62 pitches (36 strikes), 58% strikes.
“I truthfully wasn’t too nervous. The balls had been somewhat completely different,” Winckowski mentioned. “Actually within the first inning, the sinker simply saved taking off down on me greater than I’m used to. However then after that, form of simply began guiding the ball. I didn’t really feel like I might let it rip. But it surely occurs.”
How did the balls really feel completely different?
“I’ve by no means described the ball like this nevertheless it oddly felt like damp at this time,” Winckowski mentioned. “It was form of bizarre. I don’t know. I used to be like looking for dry spots on my jersey fairly typically, which is one thing I normally don’t battle with. But it surely’s a part of the training expertise.”
His fastball topped out at 96.5 mph. His 29 two-seam fastballs averaged 94.7 mph and his 16 four-seam fastballs averaged 93.9 mph, per Baseball Savant.
He additionally combined in 16 sliders (three swings-and-misses) and one changeup. He recorded seven swings-and-misses in all.
The Crimson Sox optioned him again to Worcester after the sport, as anticipated. It was solely a spot begin.
“Stuff like this all the time makes you’re employed tougher and form of look into some issues,” Winckowski mentioned. “I believe the slider is inconsistent. Some I actually like after which some I believe are simply actually dangerous. However yeah, it will likely be good to get again to Triple A and simply keep in a routine and simply preserve engaged on issues.”
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No two trials are the same — and it appears that’ll be true for the high-profile Karen Read case as well.
Prosecutors have been working to keep several defense witnesses off the stand in the upcoming retrial over the killing of her boyfriend, Boston Police Officer John O’Keefe.
“It’s not surprising to me to at all that, with new lawyers on the case and fresh looks at the evidence, that they’re making a determination as to which pieces of evidence they think they have real chance of excluding,” NBC10 Boston legal analyst Michael Coyne said.
The witnesses whom the prosecution moved to exclude from the case are a doctor whose expertise includes dog bites, a forensic expert who challenged the now infamous Google search, “hos long to die in the snow,” as well as two accident reconstruction experts whose testimony under cut the state’s version of how O’Keefe died.
Prosecutors in the Karen Read trial spent the day in court trying to discredit the expertise of the defense’s dog bite expert, Dr. Marie Russell, so she can’t testify in the retrial.
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Judge Beverly Cannone will decide if the witnesses testify. She allowed them at the first trial and Coyne said it could create problems if she says no for the next trial.
“It does put her in a difficult point to be able to now reverse herself, and I don’t think that’s likely to happen,” he said.
Special Assistant District Attorney Hank Brennan is now leading the state’s case, and he plans to cut down the number of witnesses while bringing a different style than the original lead prosecutor, Adam Lally.
“Hank’s approach is like an everyman’s approach,” said Coyne, who knows the experienced defense lawyer. “He’s understated. He’s very quick on his feet. I think he’ll be well received by the jury.”
Read’s team remains intact, but she said Tuesday outside one of the witness hearings that they’re taking a second look, too.
“We’re going to re-tool everything. Maybe something will stay similar but we’re gonna shuffle a lot of things around,” she said.
Much of this preparation could be moot if the state’s Supreme Judicial Court decides to throw out two of the charges against Read.
The Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office says one of Karen Read’s key arguments has been “debunked” in a legal filing seeking to prevent testimony from a defense witness in the upcoming retrial.
BOSTON – It’s a peculiar sight in downtown Boston: Giant pink people peering into restaurant windows and hanging out in alleyways.
These sculptures that are making their debut in the United States are called “Monsieur Rose” or “Mr. Pink” in English. It’s a new art installation designed to catch your attention and lift your spirits.
“These characters transform the streets into playful places and our daily travels into delightful, colorful journeys,” a website for the exhibit says.
“Cute-ism” art
Their collective name in French roughly translates to “cute-ism” from artist Philippe Katerine. The inflatable sculptures are part of this year’s Winteractive art walk.
Winteractive is the same event that brought floating clown heads to the city last year. The Downtown Boston Alliance says the reaction encouraged them to up the ante this year.
Changing people’s days
Michael Nichols with the Downtown Boston Alliance says the organization is exploring “different ways of using our downtown to have fun.”
“It is the darkest, drabbest time of year in Boston. It’s gray … just cold and bitter,” he said. “And pops of pink color, bubblegum pink dotting the downtown in now six different locations is changing people’s day.”
Mr. Pink is only the beginning of the experience – new installations will be added to the collection every day for the next week. On Thursday morning there was another eye-catching sight: A display that appeared to show a satellite or small spacecraft that had crashed onto the hood of a car.
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