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Yahoo
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
So a salmon fell from the sky before the Mariners' 4th of July game
Usually on the Fourth of July, we're sending fireworks into the sky. But on the morning of the Fourth of July this year, the sky sent a preemptive strike towards the earth – more specifically T-Mobile Park, the home of the Seattle Mariners. In the hours before the Mariners took on the Pittsburgh Pirates in a July 4 afternoon game, something fell from the sky right behind a ROOT Sports crew member: a salmon. Advertisement Where did it come from? According to Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs, who was on the Seattle Sports radio call with Angie Mentink and Gary Hill Jr., it fell out of the grasp of a falcon that was being pursued by an eagle. T-Mobile Park, as you may know, is only a few blocks east of the Puget Sound's Elliott Bay, which is a great place to go fishing if you're a bird of prey. 'The salmon almost landed on this poor guy's head,' Rizzs relayed during the second inning. '… And then seagulls came in and went after the eagle. There was a little battle going up there above the ballpark.' A few minutes later, Mentink shared video on social media of the suddenly-appearing fish at the ballpark, though the angles don't allow us to rule out the possibility that it was really just a strong toss from one of the fishmongers at Pike Place Market. Alright, how many other pop culture, Seattle-specific or America-related references should we get in here? I'm efforting something related to the Monty Python fish-slapping dance, though I think I need to keep workshopping it. Advertisement Oh, OK – we should definitely relate it to another eagle incident from Mariners history, when noted Canadian pitcher James Paxton found himself the landing spot for an eagle during opening day festivities in Minnesota. That just provides a good chance to point out that while eagles are something of an American icon, apparently they're actually more prevalent north of the border. At this point, maybe we need to start a new Fish & Fowl category here at If nothing else, it will give a good spot to post recaps of the Mariners' Salmon Run races.
CTV News
13-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
IEA says it stands ready to tap emergency oil stocks, OPEC sees no need
The oil drilling rig Polar Pioneer is towed toward a dock in Elliott Bay in Seattle. The rig is the first of two drilling rigs Royal Dutch Shell is outfitting for Arctic oil exploration on May 14, 2015. (AP / Elaine Thompson) The west's energy watchdog said on Friday it was ready to release oil stocks should the market experience shortages following Israel's attack on Iran, drawing criticism from rival OPEC which said the statement would only create fear in the market. The International Energy Agency, representing oil consumers, and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, representing some of the world's top oil producers, have in recent years clashed on global oil demand trajectories and the pace of the energy transition. The IEA's head Fatih Birol said that while the oil market was well supplied, the agency would be ready to act if needed, adding that the agency's oil security system held US1.2 billion barrels of oil in strategic and emergency reserves. OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais criticized Birol's statement, saying it 'raises false alarms and projects a sense of market fear through repeating the unnecessary need to potentially use oil emergency stocks.' He said there were no developments in supply or market dynamics that 'warrant unnecessary measures.' Oil prices jumped sharply after Israel launched a barrage of strikes across Iran on Friday, saying it had attacked nuclear facilities and missile factories and killed a swathe of military commanders in what could be a prolonged operation to prevent Tehran building an atomic weapon. Oil prices were trading seven per cent higher, their biggest daily spike since 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. The United States and its allies, in coordination with the IEA, last tapped emergency oil stocks in early 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a decision that OPEC heavily criticized at the time. While Israel has stopped short of targeting Iran's energy facilities, market participants are wary the situation may escalate further leading to damage to energy infrastructure in Iran or its neighbors, as well as a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. In September 2019, Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen launched a drone attack on Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing plant, knocking 5.7 million bpd of Saudi oil production offline and sending the oil market into a frenzy. Iran's diplomatic relations with its Gulf neighbors Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have improved significantly since that attack, though there are still some concerns in the region of a repeat of the Abqaiq scenario. 'Oil has already spiked ... and its ultimate landing point will likely hinge on whether Iran revives the 2019 playbook and targets tankers, pipelines, and key energy facilities across the region,' RBC Capital Markets analyst Helima Croft said in a note following the Israeli attack. (Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru and Ahmad Ghaddar in London, Editing by Louise Heavens and Susan Fenton)
