Sterling, Cohen, Caray are among Hall of Fame's Frick Award finalists

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Sterling, Cohen, Caray are among Hall of Fame's Frick Award finalists

2024-10-02 07:52 Last Updated At：08:00

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — John Sterling, Gary Cohen and Skip Caray are among the finalists for the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting.

Caray, Jacques Doucet, Tom Hamilton, Duane Kuiper and Ernie Johnson Sr. are holdovers from the 10-man ballot last year, when Boston Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione earned the honor.

Sterling, Caray, Rene Cardenas and Dave Sims were new this year after not appearing on last year's ballot, the Hall said Tuesday.

Joe Buck, Ken Korach and Dan Shulman were on last year but were dropped.

This is the third of four consecutive elections that will consider broadcasters whose careers extend into the wild card era, which began in 1995. The pre-wild card era will be considered in 2026 voting for the award presented during the Hall of Fame's 2027 induction weekend.

The winner will be announced Dec. 11 at the winter meetings in Dallas and honored during the Hall's July 26 awards presentation, a day ahead induction ceremonies.

A broadcaster must have 10 continuous years of experience with a network or team to be considered, and the ballot was picked by a subcommittee of past winners that includes Castiglione, Marty Brennaman and Eric Nadel along with broadcast historians David J. Halberstam and Curt Smith.

Voters are 13 past winners — Brennaman, Castiglione, Costas, Ken Harrelson, Pat Hughes, Jaime Jarrín, Tony Kubek, Denny Matthews, Al Michaels, Jon Miller, Nadel, Bob Uecker and Dave Van Horne — plus historians Halberstam, Smith and former Dallas Morning News writer Barry Horn.

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Typhoon headed to Taiwan injures dozens, with thousands evacuated

2024-10-02 20:26 Last Updated At：20:30

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan killed one person and injured dozens of others over the past few days and led to the evacuation of thousands from low-lying or mountainous areas.

At least 70 people were injured and one person died due to weather conditions attributed to Typhoon Krathon, Taiwan’s fire department said Wednesday.

One elderly man died after falling off a ladder while pruning tree branches in the eastern city of Hualien. Two others were missing.

The typhoon, packing maximum sustained winds of 173 kph (108 mph) and gusts of 209 kph (130 mph), was expected to make landfall early Thursday on Taiwan’s densely populated west coast, according to the Central Weather Administration.

Typhoons rarely hit Taiwan’s west coast, affecting instead the mountainous, eastern side of the island.

At least 128 centimeters (4.2 feet) of rain has fallen in coastal Taitung county in the past four days and 43 centimeters (17 inches) in the major port city of Kaohsiung ahead of the typhoon.

Authorities shut schools and government offices across the island and canceled all domestic flights.

In Hualien county, more than 3,000 people were evacuated from townships vulnerable to landslides. Almost 200 people in the southwestern city of Tainan and more than 800 residents of the southern Pingtung county were also evacuated.

Kaohsiung, a city of 2.7 million people expected to be directly hit by the typhoon, evacuated more than 2,500 of its residents from areas prone to mudslides and landslides. Military personnel helped evacuees into trucks which took them to temporary shelters.

Most stores and restaurants in the city remained closed for a second consecutive day. Shoppers emptied supermarket shelves of essentials including bread, meat and instant noodles.

Streets and markets were eerily empty. An industrial harbor south of the city was at a standstill.

Kaohsiung’s international airport looked deserted, with all flights canceled. Chan Ka Who, who had traveled there from Malaysia on vacation, said he was trying to return home but was stuck in Kaohsiung because all flights were grounded.

On Wednesday evening, the typhoon was centered about 110 kilometers (68 miles) southwest of Kaohsiung and was moving northeastward at around 8 kph (5 mph). It has been weakening and will continue to do so after landfall, the weather administration said.

Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai earlier warned residents against approaching areas prone to flooding and landslides near rivers, the sea and the mountains. He likened Krathon’s intensity to that of Typhoon Thelma, which in 1977 badly damaged Kaohsiung and caused 37 deaths.

Almost 40,000 troops were on standby to help with rescue efforts.

In Pingtung county, residents near a flooded harbor piled up sandbags at their doors to prevent water from getting in. People waded through streets flooded up to their ankles.

The typhoon on Monday lashed the northern Philippine islands, where four people were killed and at least 5,000 were displaced, officials said.