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Irish Examiner
2 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
The Galway No.1 shirt and kickout requires stability and certainty, quickly
If Shane Walsh has not shaken off the shoulder injury picked up at Páirc Esler last Sunday, well then Galway boss Pádraic Joyce has an enforced change to make. There's no injury on the goalkeeping front and yet it is easy to make the argument of how there's an enforced need to once again review their No.1 shirt. That No.1 shirt has been unsure of its owner all summer. Connor Gleeson finished the League, Conor Flaherty started in New York for his championship debut. Gleeson returned for the Connacht semi-final on home soil and remained between the sticks all the way up to and including the season-saving stalemate away to Derry. The following is what happened at Celtic Park on the first day of this month that contributed to Gleeson taking residence on the bench in the four weeks since. Derry pressed on his restart from the off. His restart creaked under the pressure. Galway failed to retain five of his opening seven kickouts. From the five they lost, including two mid-range kicks, Derry raised three orange flags and one white. Less than halfway through the opening half and the Galway kickout had already been taken for 0-7. The beginning of the second period was challenging too. Derry claimed two of the first four Galway kickouts and mined 1-1 in the process. And while a maroon 1-1 off the Galway restart later in the half had a neutralising effect, management saw enough, including a Gleeson free punted out over the sideline that ended in a Derry point, to give Flaherty his second championship start for the subsequent group fixture against Armagh. The question now is: Did management see enough in Páirc Esler last Sunday to return Flaherty to the stand and Gleeson to the starting line-up? In the second half against Down, the hosts won nine of Flaherty's first 11 restarts. They were 10/18 in total for that second period. The hosts found a second-half 0-4 off Flaherty's restart. A green flag save and three wides prevented Down finding another 1-3 from that same source. 'We gave away three or four in-a-row again and just didn't go to our kickout routine that we should have gone to when the pressure was on. Put a few over the sideline. Disappointed with that,' Joyce said after the preliminary quarter-final win. Twice in the second-half, Joyce called Gleeson down from the stand to warm-up. He clarified post-match that such was the strength of the wind Flaherty was kicking into, Gleeson's greater distance meant he was considered for introduction. On top of warming up Gleeson, the Galway management on more than one occasion went behind Flaherty's goal to pass in comment and information to the under-pressure No.1. At this stage of championship, argued James Horan, a management needs to be building up their goalkeeper, not having him see his rival for the jersey warming up and down the sideline. 'One thing you got to give 'keepers is confidence and assurance. If it's doubt and going game-to-game changes, that doesn't help anyone,' the former Mayo boss said on the Irish Examiner Gaelic football podcast this week. 'Plus, at this stage, your defence for your kickout strategy, they time their runs depending on the keeper that is there. One keeper might have a shorter run-up, might have a quicker or lower trajectory, or whatever it is. So all those things could be a little bit off if you are chopping and changing your 'keeper. You back one and you go with it, unless something goes horribly wrong.' The stick or twist dilemma in front of Joyce has to be got right. And not just for their Sam Maguire ambitions next month. It has to be got right for this Sunday. Opponents Meath, lest anyone forget, spoiled 13 of Stephen Cluxton's 19 first-half kickouts in the Leinster semi-final shock. For those who immediately make the counterargument that Cluxton was kicking into the wind, consider that when Cork goalkeeper Micheál Aodh Martin was kicking with the wind in the second half of the Cork-Meath Sam Maguire opener, the Royals won seven of Cork's 14 restarts and engineered 0-5 off that possession. The Galway No.1 shirt, the same as the Galway kickout, requires stability and certainty, and quickly.
Chicago Tribune
18-06-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
New train station is a first for NWI, state, seen as gateway to Michigan City's future
The new train station at 11th Street in downtown Michigan City is 'a gateway to our city's future that will serve generations to come,' Mayor Angie Nelson Deuitch said at Wednesday's grand opening. The station and parking garage are the final piece of the Double Track NWI project. 'When someone asks what is TOD, just bring them here, and they'll recognize it right away,' said Michal Noland, general manager and president of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District, which operates the South Shore Line. With the Double Track NWI project completed, the South Shore now operates an express train that can get riders from Michigan City to Millennium Station in downtown Chicago in just 67 minutes, Noland said. 'The whole skyline in Michigan City is going to be changed because of this,' Nelson Deuitch said. Attached to the new station is a mixed-use development still under construction. 'We pride ourselves on doing very complex mixed-use' developments, said David Flaherty, CEO and principal at Flaherty & Collins. The Michigan City project is the large developer's first transit-oriented development project in Indiana and its eighth overall. The $101 million investment is expected to result in $700,000 in real estate taxes and have an overall economic impact of $150 million over five years for Michigan City and the surrounding area, Flaherty said. The mixed-use project will have 220 residential units along with residential and retail spaces. The 547-space parking garage will be shared between South Shore passengers, residents and shoppers. Flaherty anticipates 300 people 'with good disposable' income moving to Michigan City, literally sharing the wealth as they patronize local businesses after returning home from high-paying jobs in Chicago. 'We will be attracting young professionals and baby boomers to this location,' he said. 'We want you to live in Indiana, spend all your money here.' 'It's walkable, it's bikeable, it's connected,' Flaherty said. He expects the Michigan City project to have a ripple effect on other stops with transit development districts along the South Shore's traditional route. For Flaherty & Collins, having the 11th Street train station incorporated into the parking garage is a first, Flaherty said. The station gives a strong nod to the railroad's history, starting with the historic terra cotta façade that was saved from the station that formerly stood on that spot. The façade was saved when the old building was razed and repurposed for the new structure. Inside are two large pictures that were black and white when they were created a century ago, but colorized to be displayed inside the station. Another display gives the history of the railroad, from 1901, when the Chicago and Indiana Air Line Railway, which would later become part of the South Shore Line, was incorporated, to today. A model South Shore train runs along a track overhead inside the station. Another one will be added later, Noland said. 'We really want this train station to be welcoming to the entire community,' he said. 'At core, this is an economic development project,' Noland said. 'It's the vision. It's what so many people envisioned when we sought funding.' Northwest Indiana Regional Development Authority President and CEO Sherri Ziller is pleased with the development. 'This marks the end of a long, very long project for the RDA,' she said. 'Today, we can literally see that vision becoming a reality.' 'The point was really to unlock Michigan City's potential,' Ziller said. 'Michigan City, they've really been leading the charge. They've embraced the doubletrack project since Day 1,' she said. U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan applauded the collaboration that led to the station's construction and the completion of the Double Track NWI project. 'This is an example of where the struggle is behind us. This is an example of where, in a bipartisan way, we all came together,' he said. 'We can achieve anything' when partisan disputes are set aside, Mrvan said. 'Let this be an example, a ripple effect for Northwest Indiana,' he said. The Double Track NWI project was completed on time and under budget, Noland said. Mrvan thanked organized labor for their efforts to make that happen. Former U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky and State Rep. Hal Slager used decades of political capital on this, Mrvan said. 'This train is not only something we can celebrate, but it's a catalyst,' he said. 'It's going to create jobs. It's going to create safer neighborhoods here in Michigan City.' 'I couldn't be more proud of the region than I am today,' Ziller said.
14-06-2025
- Sport
Stephenson hits a grand slam in 6-run fifth as Reds rout Tigers 11-1
DETROIT -- Tyler Stephenson hit a grand slam in a six-run fifth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Detroit Tigers 11-1 on Saturday. Elly De La Cruz, Spencer Steer and Matt McLain also homered for the Reds, who had been outscored 22-7 in the last two games. The American League-leading Tigers are 4-2 in their last six games but have given up double-digit runs in each loss. Brady Singer (7-4) got the win, giving up one run on four hits in six innings. He walked three while striking out four. Jack Flaherty (5-7) allowed seven runs on five hits — including three homers — and five walks in 4 2/3 innings. De La Cruz led off the fourth with a 110 mph line drive into the right-field stands for his second homer in as many days. The Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the inning on Wenceel Pérez's RBI single, but the Reds answered with six runs in a 10-batter fifth. Jake Fraley started the inning with a single, took second on TJ Friedl's one-out walk and scored on Gavin Lux's single. Flaherty then walked De La Cruz, loading the bases, and Stephenson hit his next pitch for his second career grand slam. Flaherty retired the next batter, but Steer ended Flaherty's game with another homer. McLain hit a three-run homer off John Brebbia in the eighth, and the Reds added a run off Tigers catcher Jake Rogers in the ninth. Both teams got run-saving defensive plays in the third inning. In the top of the inning, Tigers 1B Colt Keith made a bare-handed stop after Gavin Lux's hard grounder deflected off the bag and recorded the final out with runners on first and second. In the bottom of the inning, De La Cruz took Jake Fraley's throw from right and threw out Javier Báez at the plate as he tried to score on Trey Sweeney's double. Flaherty has allowed a team-high 14 homers in his 14 starts — an average of 1.7 per nine innings. The teams finish their series on Sunday, with Tigers RHP Sawyer Gipson-Long (0-0, 4.32) facing LHP Wade Miley (1-0, 9.00).
San Francisco Chronicle
14-06-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Stephenson hits a grand slam in 6-run fifth as Reds rout Tigers 11-1
DETROIT (AP) — Tyler Stephenson hit a grand slam in a six-run fifth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Detroit Tigers 11-1 on Saturday. Elly De La Cruz, Spencer Steer and Matt McLain also homered for the Reds, who had been outscored 22-7 in the last two games. The American League-leading Tigers are 4-2 in their last six games but have given up double-digit runs in each loss. Brady Singer (7-4) got the win, giving up one run on four hits in six innings. He walked three while striking out four. Jack Flaherty (5-7) allowed seven runs on five hits — including three homers — and five walks in 4 2/3 innings. De La Cruz led off the fourth with a 110 mph line drive into the right-field stands for his second homer in as many days. The Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the inning on Wenceel Pérez's RBI single, but the Reds answered with six runs in a 10-batter fifth. Jake Fraley started the inning with a single, took second on TJ Friedl's one-out walk and scored on Gavin Lux's single. Flaherty then walked De La Cruz, loading the bases, and Stephenson hit his next pitch for his second career grand slam. Flaherty retired the next batter, but Steer ended Flaherty's game with another homer. McLain hit a three-run homer off John Brebbia in the eighth, and the Reds added a run off Tigers catcher Jake Rogers in the ninth. Key moments Both teams got run-saving defensive plays in the third inning. In the top of the inning, Tigers 1B Colt Keith made a bare-handed stop after Gavin Lux's hard grounder deflected off the bag and recorded the final out with runners on first and second. In the bottom of the inning, De La Cruz took Jake Fraley's throw from right and threw out Javier Báez at the plate as he tried to score on Trey Sweeney's double. Key stat Flaherty has allowed a team-high 14 homers in his 14 starts — an average of 1.7 per nine innings. Up next The teams finish their series on Sunday, with Tigers RHP Sawyer Gipson-Long (0-0, 4.32) facing LHP Wade Miley (1-0, 9.00). ___
Hamilton Spectator
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Stephenson hits a grand slam in 6-run fifth as Reds rout Tigers 11-1
DETROIT (AP) — Tyler Stephenson hit a grand slam in a six-run fifth inning and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Detroit Tigers 11-1 on Saturday. Elly De La Cruz, Spencer Steer and Matt McLain also homered for the Reds, who had been outscored 22-7 in the last two games. The American League-leading Tigers are 4-2 in their last six games but have given up double-digit runs in each loss. Brady Singer (7-4) got the win, giving up one run on four hits in six innings. He walked three while striking out four. Jack Flaherty (5-7) allowed seven runs on five hits — including three homers — and five walks in 4 2/3 innings. De La Cruz led off the fourth with a 110 mph line drive into the right-field stands for his second homer in as many days. The Tigers tied the game in the bottom of the inning on Wenceel Pérez's RBI single, but the Reds answered with six runs in a 10-batter fifth. Jake Fraley started the inning with a single, took second on TJ Friedl's one-out walk and scored on Gavin Lux's single. Flaherty then walked De La Cruz, loading the bases, and Stephenson hit his next pitch for his second career grand slam. Flaherty retired the next batter, but Steer ended Flaherty's game with another homer. McLain hit a three-run homer off John Brebbia in the eighth, and the Reds added a run off Tigers catcher Jake Rogers in the ninth. Key moments Both teams got run-saving defensive plays in the third inning. In the top of the inning, Tigers 1B Colt Keith made a bare-handed stop after Gavin Lux's hard grounder deflected off the bag and recorded the final out with runners on first and second. In the bottom of the inning, De La Cruz took Jake Fraley's throw from right and threw out Javier Báez at the plate as he tried to score on Trey Sweeney's double. Key stat Flaherty has allowed a team-high 14 homers in his 14 starts — an average of 1.7 per nine innings. Up next The teams finish their series on Sunday, with Tigers RHP Sawyer Gipson-Long (0-0, 4.32) facing LHP Wade Miley (1-0, 9.00). ___ AP MLB:
