Tag: Candidate
Scout sieht den konvertierten Reliever als Darkhorse Cy Young Candidate
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San Francisco Giants-Rechtshänder Jordan Hicks.
Es war keine Überraschung, als die San Francisco Giants Jordan Hicks in der Offseason als Free Agent verpflichteten.
Der Rechtshänder galt als einer der besseren Relief Pitcher auf dem Markt. Der Vierjahresvertrag über 44 Millionen US-Dollar schien vernünftig.
Was jedoch eine Überraschung war, war, dass die Giants Hicks mit der Idee verpflichteten, dass er Mitglied ihrer Startformation sein würde. Vor dieser Saison hatte Hicks in seinen fünf Major-League-Saisons nur acht Starts in 212 Einsätzen
Ramaswamy first GOP presidential candidate to qualify for debate with pledge to support eventual party nominee
The signing of a Republican Party pledge that all candidates will eventually support the party’s presidential nominee is underway, with White House hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy becoming the first to agree to the language drawn up by the Republican National Committee (RNC).
First reported by the Washington Post and confirmed by Fox News, Ramaswamy, with his signature, became the first candidate to formally qualify for the Aug. 23 Republican debate hosted by Fox in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel made
Mike Pence Becomes 8th Candidate To Qualify For First GOP Presidential Debate
Former Vice President Mike Pence announced Monday that he had fulfilled the requirements to be on stage for the first Republican presidential primary debate of the 2024 campaign. Pence joins seven other candidates who have already qualified for the August 23 event in Milwaukee.
Pence’s team said the former vice president cleared the 40,000 individual donor threshold, the final requirement he needed to make the debate stage, Fox News reported. The Republican candidate had already met the 1% polling
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley breaks silence on Trump indictment
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley reacted to the most recent indictments filed against former President Donald Trump on a New Hampshire radio show on Thursday.
Haley, speaking on the Pulse of NH-News Talk radio network, said she intentionally refrained from publishing a statement about the indictments following their announcement because she was tired of the spectacle.
“Unlike the other candidates, I didn’t rush out with a statement yesterday on Trump’s indictment for one simple reason – like most Americans, I’m
German far right picks EU lead candidate, wants European anti-migrant ‘fortress’ – POLITICO
Germany’s increasingly popular far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party elected the controversial MEP Maximilian Krah as its lead candidate for next year’s European Parliament election, while vowing to challenge the EU from the inside and turn it into a “fortress” against migrants.
More than 65 percent of the about 600 AfD delegates at a party gathering on Saturday in Magdeburg, in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, voted for Krah as their lead candidate for the European Parliament election, which
WATCH: GOP presidential candidate, Trump critic Will Hurd booed off stage at Iowa event
Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Congressman Will Hurd was booed off the stage at a campaign event in Iowa on Friday after he began railing against former President Donald Trump.
The instance occurred at the end of Hurd’s speech at the Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines when he declared Trump was running for president “to stay out of prison,” rather than to “make America great again.”
“The reason Donald Trump lost the election in 2020 is
UK candidate Jim Skea elected as new leader of UN climate science body – POLITICO
The United Nations’ climate science body today chose the U.K.’s Jim Skea as its new boss.
Skea beat Brazilian climate scientist Thelma Krug to become the new chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
In a statement, Skea said he was “humbled and deeply honoured,” adding that he would focus on “three priorities” during his tenure — ensuring inclusivity, expanding the IPCC’s reach and impact, and “promoting the use of the best and most relevant science.”
The
49ers florieren mit DB als „Practice Squad Candidate“
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Greg Dortch wird am 21. November 2022 in Mexiko-Stadt von Deommodore Lenoir in der Luft angegriffen.
Es sollte ein Ungleichgewicht bei der 8:07-Marke des ersten Viertels sein, als die San Francisco 49ers kurzzeitig ihren Nr. 1-Cornerback Charvarius Ward in Mexiko-Stadt verloren.
Nachdem Ward mit einer vermutlichen Leistenverletzung gegangen war, ließ der Cheftrainer der Arizona Cardinals, Kliff Kingsbury, wissen, dass er Wards Ersatz mit seinem besten Wide Receiver De’Andre Hopkins im nächsten Spiel angreifen würde – in einem Kampf zwischen
Gouverneursdebatte von Oregon: Drazan schlägt Kotek als „ursprünglichen Defund the Police Candidate“
Die Gouverneurskandidaten von Oregon stießen am Mittwoch in einer Debatte zum Thema staatliche Finanzierung von Polizei und Strafverfolgung aneinander.
Die Kandidaten für das Amt des Gouverneurs von Oregon sind die Demokratin Tina Kotek, die Republikanerin Christine Drazan und die unabhängige Betsy Johnson.
Auf eine Frage zur Notwendigkeit der Finanzierung der Strafverfolgung zur Verbrechensbekämpfung antwortete Kotek als erster.
„Wenn die Leute 911 anrufen, müssen sie sich sicher fühlen und zur richtigen Zeit die richtige Antwort haben. Ich habe immer unsere Staatspolizei
EU candidate status could be an ‘existential’ message to Tbilisi, Georgian ambassador says – EURACTIV.com
Gaining EU candidate status would be a crucial and existential political message that today the door is open for Georgia, and there is light at the end of the tunnel, Tbilisi’s Ambassador to the EU, Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, told EURACTIV.
INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:
- Georgia regrets that it takes a war to think about enlargement as a transformative process.
- Granting EU candidate status should be done for each country in the Associated Trio but Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine could move at different speeds