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There would be no three-peat for Pete Alonso, who was taken out in the semifinals by Rodriguez, who was red hot until the final round. Soto eliminated Josè Ramirez from the Guardians and the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols before meeting Rodriguez in the finals. He surpassed J-Rod’s 18 and then some to capture the crown. He became the second-youngest player to win the trophy. The second-youngest by one day! Juan Gonzalez was 23 years and 265 days old when he won in 1993....

That image may make you laugh, but lack of sleep is no joke. Adolescents who don’t get enough rest have more learning, health, behavior and mood problems than students who get at least nine hours a night. In some cases, teens may be incorrectly diagnosed with ADHD when sleep deprivation is actually the source of their symptoms. Perpetual lack of sleep is tied to diabetes, heart disease, obesity, depression and a shortened life span in adults, underscoring the importance of establishing good sleep habits early in life....

Homeworld 3 is the latest entry in the classic Homeworld series of space strategy games, developed by Blackbird Interactive and published by Gearbox. Blackbird Interactive previously developed a prequel to the original series, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak. RELATED: Rumor: Minecraft is Getting an RTS Spin-off In a short post, Blackbird Interactive acknowledges the importance of making Homeworld 3 the best it can be, and it cites the company’s commitment to healthy and sustainable development as the reason for the delay....

Nearly one-third of annual traffic fatalities in the U.S. involve drivers under the age of 25 and this $2 million project pledges safety-related financial support, driver safety education resources and a targeted social media advertising campaign highlighting young crash survivors. “Too many young drivers die in preventable crashes every year, devastating families and communities across the U.S., and Honda continues to explore new ways to avert these tragedies,” said Bryan Hourt, chief engineer and leader of the Honda safety strategy team in North America....

Revealed during the Japan Expo in Paris by none other than Pokemon X and Y director Junichi Masuda, the latest Pokemon has officially been given the moniker of Honedge. The new creature is a Ghost/Steel type Pokemon that’s taken on the form of a very cool looking and very giant sword, but it’s the back story behind this collectible monster that’s a little unsettling. [gallery columns=“2” ids=“193772,193773,193774,193776”] According to the official press release, Honedge comes into the realm of existence when the spirit of a deceased individual possesses a sword....

Legislative Council member Alvin Yeung, who leads the pro-democracy Civic Party and its other four council members, sounded the warning in an interview with Newsweek. He made the prediction just hours before The Financial Times reported China is lining up a replacement for Lam, who has become a reviled symbol of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing administration and its subservience to the Communist Party. But Yeung also said Lam’s touted removal would not defuse the tension between protesters and authorities following months of increasingly violent mass anti-government street demonstrations....

Aguilleira reached Karachi on Tuesday night with her team to play a series of three T20 internationals before the ODI series, which would be held in Dubai. However, their regular skipper Stafanie Taylor decided not to travel to Pakistan due to security concerns. This is the first visit by a West Indian women’s team to Pakistan since 2004 when an unofficial Test and seven ODIs were played at a time when women’s cricket was still developing in the country....

To note, while this mission list will not go into the specifics of the quests, their titles may serve as minor spoilers. Additionally, the starting locations for the optional missions are noted, and those may reveal some unknown information about Horizon Forbidden West’s map. As such, players that are attempting to avoid all story and location spoilers may want to stop reading now. RELATED: Horizon Forbidden West: How to Claim Pre-Order and Deluxe Edition Items...

Over on the PlayStation Blog, Guerrilla Games Community Lead Bo de Vries shared an update on Horizon Forbidden West, showing off some of the improvements being made to Aloy’s character model. The post gives some in-depth insight into the detail of Aloy’s model down to minutia like peach fuzz on the character’s face. There are also more skeletal joints to make for a more realistic performance. RELATED: Horizon Zero Dawn Could Be Coming to Fall Guys...

Horizon Forbidden West promises to bring many improvements over its predecessor in terms of combat, travel options, and Aloy’s skill tree. Perhaps the most interesting improvements can be found in the accessibility options. As Guerrilla Games has revealed, Horizon Forbidden West will have useful features that will ensure more gamers than ever will get to journey with Aloy to the Forbidden West. RELATED: Horizon Zero Dawn: A Lore Dive Into the Oseram Tribe...

Now players have even more to sink their teeth into as The Callisto Protocol reveals more details of what players can expect. At Summer Game Fest, players were treated to a pair of trailers for the game. One of these showed off set pieces and some story beats, while the other is a full-on gameplay trailer. RELATED: Dead Space Creator Comments on Not Being Involved With the Remake The gameplay starts with the player character at what is, presumably, near the start of the game, as they are largely unarmored....

While some may pick to solely focus on the daytime other genres of horror, especially survival horrors make the most of day and night cycles so that players no longer feel safe as time painfully passes around them. These horror games by far have the best day and night cycles that players must survive through between the frights. 10 Don’t Starve Although not the most horrifying of games, this survival game challenges players to survive for as long as they can in an eerie yet artistic world....

The eight-year, $144million contract through the 2025 season includes an opt-out clause after the fifth campaign. “We’re truly excited to have Eric as part of the Padres organisation,” Padres general manager A.J. Preller said in a statement. “His resume speaks for itself. Eric has been a winner throughout his career, both as an integral part of a championship team and as a player who’s earned a tremendous reputation on and off the field....

That probably won’t happen, because eventually teams will wise up and start intentionally walking Story, who has only one unintentional free pass so far. All kidding aside, Story is the headliner of a wide-ranging trend through the first week of 2016: home runs are back in force. MORE: The most hated MLB players of the 21st century Through 86 games, there have been 196 four-baggers, a rate of 2.28 per game....

Elections for Hong Kong’s local councils have traditionally not been of great significance. But this year’s poll served as a referendum on the pro-China government led by Chief Executive Carrie Lam and the encroaching authority of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing. Energized by almost six months of mass protests against the government, more than 71 percent of eligible voters—2.94 million people—headed to the polls this weekend, up from 47 percent the last time councilors were chosen in 2015....

With protests now in their 11th week, users of a prominent online forum in the Chinese territory have called for the staging of a local version of the human chain that took place across the Baltic states on August 23, 1989. On that day, people across the republics of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania, which were then still part of the USSR, linked hands in a protest known as the “Baltic Way” in a demand for independence....

Also see: Best Black Friday Phone Deals With a phone called the Honor 7 you might think the firm has been around for longer than Apple or Samsung which are both on ‘6’ editions of handsets but the Honor 6 was the first smartphone we saw which was launched just over a year ago. Honor 7 review: Price and competition True to form, the Honor 7 is priced at a somewhat ridiculously low £249 – the same price which the Honor 6 launched at....