Albert Pujols is open to switching to coaching. Ultimately. Just not yet.

The retired hitter arrived at St. Louis Cardinals spring training camp Thursday to visit former teammates, and while he believes he will take on coaching or another role in Major League Baseball, he doesn’t want to give a timeline.

“Listen, 23 years and 24 years, it’s difficult to follow a February-October schedule,” said Pujols, who retired in October after 22 years split primarily between the Cardinals and the Los Angeles Angels went. “Now I have the freedom to have my own schedule. I am grateful for that.”

Pujols spent a week as a special assistant with the Angels in Arizona shortly after camp opened, but the dalliance was just that. He’s embracing retirement after a career that ended in 703 homers, fourth on the career list.

The almost certain future Hall of Famer probably wouldn’t have to bother trying too hard for work when the time comes. He’s in no hurry though. There is too much golf to be able to visit many members of his family. He even made an appearance in the NBA Celebrity Game last month as part of the league’s All-Star Weekend.

Pujols stressed that he would not “put a stamp” on when the time was right to return to the game in a larger capacity.

“If it happens next year, it’s great,” he said. “Knowing myself I think I’ll let that moment come and I’ll revisit it if it’s something I think works, I definitely will.”

HARPER HOPEFUL

Phildelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper thinks he could be ready once the All-Star break begins as he recovers from off-season Tommy John surgery.

The two-time National League MVP said Thursday the team has committed mid-July as a potential target date for Harper’s return.

Harper spent most of last season as Philadelphia’s designated hitter after initially injuring his right elbow in April. He underwent surgery in November shortly after helping the Phillies to the World Series for the first time since 2009.

Harper, 30, intends to serve as the designated hitter whenever he’s back in the lineup. Returning to right field can take significantly longer.

“Obviously I want to play outfield,” Harper said. “I want to get back out there and be in the right field in front of the fans, do my stuff and hear it from all the teams (fans) in the league too.”

RETURN FOR ROUND

The New York Yankees will have to wait a little longer to see their investment in Carlos Rodón pay off.

General manager Brian Cashman said the veteran left-handed pitcher will start the season on the injury list due to a left forearm strain. Rodón will not throw for 7-10 days, killing any chance that he will be ready on opening day.

The Yankees signed Rodón to a six-year, $162 million deal during the offseason after Rodón put together back-to-back All-Star seasons, first with the Chicago White Sox in 2021 and then with the San Francisco Giants this past summer.

GREENE GETS OPENING DAY FOR RED

Hunter Greene will be the opening day of the Cincinnati Reds.

The 23-year-old gets the nod as he begins his second season with the majors.

“It means the world. Given the history in Cincinnati, it’s a great honor,” said Greene, who went 5-13 in 24 starts in his rookie season. “It’s a great honor with the talent we have, Nick, Graham, Cessa (Luis). Knowing the history and the potential, we need to bring the team back (after 100 losses). It’s a baseball town. We want to win as much as the fans to bring that atmosphere back to the city.”

Greene threw 7 1/3 no-hit innings against Pittsburgh and lost in May, and he led the National League in legal homers before missing 43 games with a right shoulder strain.

WACHA, HADER PREPARATION FOR PADRES

San Diego starter Michael Wacha pitched three innings against Cleveland and gave up two unearned runs. Wacha, who signed with San Diego just last month, wasn’t concerned that he needed time to get up to speed.

“This is my 10th spring workout, I kinda figured it out,” Wacha said after his outing. “Obviously there have been some tweaks here and there over the years, but even (before I signed) I continued with that.”

He gave up three hits and knocked out two, and the runs were undeserved.

Wacha, 31, was 11-2 with a 3.32 ERA in 23 starts for Boston last season.

Helper Josh Hader followed Wacha to the hill. The hard-throwing left-hander begins his first full season in San Diego after being acquired from Milwaukee.

Hader threw multiple sliders on his second outing, giving up two hits and a walk but no runs. He threw a wild throw and knocked one out.

“One of my goals was to get a lot of reps with this slider,” Hader said.

He said he threw more fastballs on his first outing, so this time he emphasized his slider. “Try to get them on strikes and look at the reactions from the thugs and see if I want to work on that more.

“Overall there was more good than bad.”

HILL IMPRESSIVE LIKE 43 WEBSTUBS

There appears to be plenty of life left in Rich Hill’s left arm on the eve of his 43rd birthday.

The 17-year veteran allowed Pittsburgh a run and two hits in a 10-7 loss to Detroit on Thursday. Hill, who turns 43 on Saturday, mixed speeds and arm angles to throw the Tigers off balance.

Hill’s fastball reached a top speed of 89 mph. His series of breaking balls dipped to 68 mph. In the second, he caught Detroit’s Justyn-Henry Malloy on three pitches and then fanned out Kerry Carpenter on a slider that clocked just 68.8 mph on the radar gun.

The Pirates signed Hill for $8 million. One-year deal with hopes he’ll provide for a side riddled with young players, particularly in the starting rotation, both on the mound and in the clubhouse.

SOTO ON THE RETURN

Phillies reliever Gregory Soto threw 24 pitches over an inning during a simulated game the day after he reported for spring practice. Soto’s arrival from the Dominican Republic was delayed due to visa issues.

The two-time All-Star was acquired from the Detroit Tigers in a five-player deal in January.

“I knew I was coming to a new team and I wanted to familiarize myself with the new staff and new teammates,” Soto said through an interpreter. “So the longer I was in the DR, the less time I had here.”

Soto has been able to train at the Phillies Academy in the Dominican Republic, which is about an hour from his home.

The visa delay prevented Soto from playing this month’s World Baseball Classic.

“Right now it hurts a bit,” Soto said. “But I know that’s my priority.”

BOONE GOES YARD

Aaron Boone still got it.

The New York Yankees skipper celebrated his 50th birthday by doing some batting practice, a round that included a shot over the left field fence at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Boone, who hit 126 home runs during a 12-year major league career and ended the 2003 AL Championship Series with a walk-off home run against Boston’s Tim Wakefield in the 11th inning in Game 7, dropped his bat after the Ball had left his bat Batter Giancarlo Stanton roared his approval just outside the batting cage.

FOLLOW THE Bouncing BALL

Baltimore Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has put an emphasis on team bonding, and one of the activities ended with pitcher Dean Kremer’s victory at the clubhouse table tennis tournament.

“We have a few things,” Hyde said. “We’re hosting a darts tournament. We’ll have some basketball stuff during March Madness. See who has the best jumper on the team. It’s the same every day (at Spring Training). Just try to keep it light.”

Kremer defeated first baseman Ryan O’Hearn in a best-of-three matchup. Kremer departed Thursday to join Team Israel in Miami, Fla. for the World Baseball Classic.

Hyde jokingly said the ping-pong tournament was the reason Kremer didn’t report to Team Israel.

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Albert Pujols is open to switching to coaching. Ultimately. Just not yet.

The retired hitter arrived at St. Louis Cardinals spring training camp Thursday to visit former teammates, and while he believes he will take on coaching or another role in Major League Baseball, he doesn’t want to give a timeline.

“Listen, 23 years and 24 years, it’s difficult to follow a February-October schedule,” said Pujols, who retired in October after 22 years split primarily between the Cardinals and the Los Angeles Angels went. “Now I have the freedom to have my own schedule. I am grateful for that.”

Pujols spent a week as a special assistant with the Angels in Arizona shortly after camp opened, but the dalliance was just that. He’s embracing retirement after a career that ended in 703 homers, fourth on the career list.

The almost certain future Hall of Famer probably wouldn’t have to bother trying too hard for work when the time comes. He’s in no hurry though. There is too much golf to be able to visit many members of his family. He even made an appearance in the NBA Celebrity Game last month as part of the league’s All-Star Weekend.

Pujols stressed that he would not “put a stamp” on when the time was right to return to the game in a larger capacity.

“If it happens next year, it’s great,” he said. “Knowing myself I think I’ll let that moment come and I’ll revisit it if it’s something I think works, I definitely will.”

HARPER HOPEFUL

Phildelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper thinks he could be ready once the All-Star break begins as he recovers from off-season Tommy John surgery.

The two-time National League MVP said Thursday the team has committed mid-July as a potential target date for Harper’s return.

Harper spent most of last season as Philadelphia’s designated hitter after initially injuring his right elbow in April. He underwent surgery in November shortly after helping the Phillies to the World Series for the first time since 2009.

Harper, 30, intends to serve as the designated hitter whenever he’s back in the lineup. Returning to right field can take significantly longer.

“Obviously I want to play outfield,” Harper said. “I want to get back out there and be in the right field in front of the fans, do my stuff and hear it from all the teams (fans) in the league too.”

RETURN FOR ROUND

The New York Yankees will have to wait a little longer to see their investment in Carlos Rodón pay off.

General manager Brian Cashman said the veteran left-handed pitcher will start the season on the injury list due to a left forearm strain. Rodón will not throw for 7-10 days, killing any chance that he will be ready on opening day.

The Yankees signed Rodón to a six-year, $162 million deal during the offseason after Rodón put together back-to-back All-Star seasons, first with the Chicago White Sox in 2021 and then with the San Francisco Giants this past summer.

HILL IMPRESSIVE LIKE 43 WEBSTUBS

There appears to be plenty of life left in Rich Hill’s left arm on the eve of his 43rd birthday.

The 17-year veteran allowed Pittsburgh a run and two hits in a 10-7 loss to Detroit on Thursday. Hill, who turns 43 on Saturday, mixed speeds and arm angles to throw the Tigers off balance.

Hill’s fastball reached a top speed of 89 mph. His series of breaking balls dipped to 68 mph. In the second, he caught Detroit’s Justyn-Henry Malloy on three pitches and then fanned out Kerry Carpenter on a slider that clocked just 68.8 mph on the radar gun.

The Pirates signed Hill for $8 million. One-year deal with hopes he’ll provide for a side riddled with young players, particularly in the starting rotation, both on the mound and in the clubhouse.

SOTO ON THE RETURN

Phillies reliever Gregory Soto threw 24 pitches over an inning during a simulated game the day after he reported for spring practice. Soto’s arrival from the Dominican Republic was delayed due to visa issues.

The two-time All-Star was acquired from the Detroit Tigers in a five-player deal in January.

“I knew I was coming to a new team and I wanted to familiarize myself with the new staff and new teammates,” Soto said through an interpreter. “So the longer I was in the DR, the less time I had here.”

Soto has been able to train at the Phillies Academy in the Dominican Republic, which is about an hour from his home.

The visa delay prevented Soto from playing this month’s World Baseball Classic.

“Right now it hurts a bit,” Soto said. “But I know that’s my priority.”

BOONE GOES YARD

Aaron Boone still got it.

The New York Yankees skipper celebrated his 50th birthday by doing some batting practice, a round that included a shot over the left field fence at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Boone, who hit 126 home runs during a 12-year major league career and ended the 2003 AL Championship Series with a walk-off home run against Boston’s Tim Wakefield in the 11th inning in Game 7, dropped his bat after the Ball had left his bat Batter Giancarlo Stanton roared his approval just outside the batting cage.

FOLLOW THE Bouncing BALL

Baltimore Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has put an emphasis on team bonding, and one of the activities ended with pitcher Dean Kremer’s victory at the clubhouse table tennis tournament.

“We have a few things,” Hyde said. “We’re hosting a darts tournament. We’ll have some basketball stuff during March Madness. See who has the best jumper on the team. It’s the same every day (at Spring Training). Just try to keep it light.”

Kremer defeated first baseman Ryan O’Hearn in a best-of-three matchup. Kremer departed Thursday to join Team Israel in Miami, Fla. for the World Baseball Classic.

Hyde jokingly said the ping-pong tournament was the reason Kremer didn’t report to Team Israel.

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You are never too old to start with what you love.

Retired couple Steven and Millie Tani first stumbled upon cosplay three years ago when they needed a costume for a Halloween event. The couple, who have been married for 27 years, haven’t stopped since.

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From Mary Poppins and Chimney Sweep Bert to Captain America and Agent Carter, the couple, who live in Southern California, travel the state attending various events and conventions dressed up as their favorite characters.

Cosplay, a portmanteau made up of the words “costume” and “game,” shows people dressing up as their favorite characters – who can be anything from anime to video game characters.

Here they are at Stan Lee’s Comic Con in LA:

The couple, who refused to reveal their ages but added that they were “both in their 60s”, first learned to cosplay from their daughter, who is a 10 year old veteran cosplayer – but never would have thought that they would end up cosplaying themselves over and over again.

They changed their minds after their first cosplay event.

The couple’s very first cosplay outfit was the adorable older couple Carl and Ellie from Pixar’s Oscar-winning Up.

“Since we kind of look like Carl and Ellie, we decided to try something simple,” the couple told Mashable. “We got a great response from guests … and that’s how our cosplay career began.”

Her daughter also suggested creating a Facebook page dedicated to her cosplay adventures.

The couple say it takes up to two months to make a costume. They try to use items they already have, but sometimes go to thrift stores for additional items or look for supplies online on sites like Ebay and Etsy.

The costumes are sewn by Millie, who describes herself as the “average seamstress with simple outfits”.

Steven and Millie add that when they started they were surprised by the attention they received.

“We are basically both very shy and introverted people. When people started taking photos of us in our cosplays, we were first surprised by the attention we received, ”they said.

“We [also] weren’t sure how people would react to us as an older Asian couple … but many made us feel welcome and … we were more comfortable and made more friends. “

And the couple are showing no signs of slowing down.

“We will continue this cosplay adventure as long as our health lasts,” they said in an email to Mashable.

“We don’t want to sit around in rocking chairs, but rather enjoy our golden years and enjoy life to the full. It’s almost a 24/7 love work to develop new cosplays, so hopefully we can squeeze one in another 10 years. “

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Doug Dow, owner of Doug’s Top Hat Chimney Sweep, brushed the walls of a fireplace in the country club area last week. Dow is a retired Lincoln firefighter.

With a running vacuum cleaner Doug Dow, owner of Doug’s Top Hat Chimney Sweep, cleaned the walls of a fireplace in the country club area last week.

Doug Dow’s chimney sweep brush is the busiest this time of year.

The retired Lincoln firefighter works full-time cleaning chimneys and regularly does five jobs a day at Doug’s Top Hat Chimney Sweep.

“I’m trying to slow down, but I’m out of luck,” said the 66-year-old.

Lincoln firefighters Bob Reynolds and Derald Murrell founded the company in 1978, and Dow joined 10 years later.

He ran Top Hat Chimney Sweeps with Lincoln firefighter Greg Contreras for several years, but now they both run separate businesses called Top Hat.

When Dow was working as a firefighter driving oil rigs out of Station 9 in Bethany, he did six or seven sweeping jobs a day on his days off.

Doug Dow

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Driving rigs made him feel like a racing driver, he said. As a chimney sweep, he feels like a family dentist.

“It’s like brushing your teeth,” said Dow. “You brush out the inside of the chimney and clean all the soot in there.”

He never guarantees that there won’t be a problem after cleaning a chimney, but his goal is to mitigate a problem by reducing the combustible material inside that could start a fire, he said.

Over the weekend, a dirty wood stove lit a fire and caused $ 10,000 damage to a Martell home, Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner said.

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The coronavirus husband who tore off his oxygen mask after hearing his wife died of the disease in another ward: Bill, 90, died just days after Mary, his 63-year-old wife

• Mary Dartnall, 90, stopped responding and went to the hospital in Southampton
• After initially things seemed to be better, Ms. Dartnall died a few days later
• Bill Dartnall took off his oxygen mask after learning of his wife’s death
• How to help people affected by Covid-19

By Henry Martin for Mailonline

Released: 4:50 AM EDT, April 29, 2020 | Updated: 11:09 AM EDT, April 29, 2020

A retiree with coronavirus died on the same day as his 63-year-old wife after she was refused treatment when he learned of her death.

Bill Dartnall, 90, took off his oxygen mask after learning of the death of his wife Mary, 81, who had also tested positive for the virus.

Mr Dartnall worked as a chimney sweep in Southampton for over 40 years and was also a noted beekeeper with his wife.

After Ms. Dartnall fell ill, she stopped responding and was taken to Southampton General Hospital, where she tested positive for Covid-19.

A few days later, her husband suffered a stroke and was admitted to the same hospital where he was found to have the virus.

The couple who lived in Millbrook were both treated for something called Covid-19 pneumonia.

Bill and Mary Dartnall at the hospital on March 17th before landing on the coronavirus ward

Bill and Mary Dartnall on their wedding day in November 1956. It was a devastating double tragedy for the couple’s two daughters, Rosemary and Ann

After initially improving, Ms. Dartnall deteriorated for the worse and died a few days after she was admitted.

When her husband was given the news, he refused any further oxygen and died five hours later.

It was a devastating double tragedy for the couple’s two daughters, Rosemary and Ann.

Rosemary said, “When he was told that Mom had died, he tried to pull the mask off his face and made it clear that he no longer wanted oxygen.

When Mr. Dartnall was given the news, he refused any further oxygen and died five hours later

Mr and Mrs Dartnell in their garden. According to the NHS England, patients have the right to refuse treatment

“Dad refused to wear the mask – we don’t know exactly why, but he didn’t want to continue.

“He continued to receive care and passed away peacefully in his sleep a few hours later.

“Dad probably wouldn’t have wanted to live without mum. They were very much a couple and it’s hard to imagine either of them without the other. ‘

According to the NHS England, patients have the right to refuse treatment.

The website states, “If you refuse treatment, your decision must be respected, even if it is believed that refusing treatment would result in your death.”

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You are never too old to do what you love.

Retired couple Steven and Millie Tani first stumbled upon cosplaying three years ago when they needed a costume for a Halloween event. The couple, who have been married for 27 years, have not stopped since then.

From Mary Poppins and Chimney Sweep Bert to Captain America and Agent Carter, the couple, who live in Southern California, travel the state attending various events and conventions dressed up as their favorite characters.

Cosplay, a portmanteau of the words “costume” and “play,” sees people dressing up as their favorite characters – from anime to video game characters.

Here they are at Stan Lee’s Comic Con in LA:

The couple, who refused to reveal their ages but added that they were “both in their 60s”, first learned cosplaying through their daughter, who is a 10-year-old cosplayer – but never thought she would end up would repeatedly cosplay themselves.

They changed their minds after their first cosplay event.

The couple’s very first cosplay outfit was the adorable elderly couple Carl and Ellie from Pixar’s Oscar-winning Up.

“Since we kind of look like Carl and Ellie, we decided to try something simple,” the couple told Mashable. “We got a wonderful reaction from the guests … and that’s how our cosplayer career began.”

Her daughter also suggested creating a Facebook page dedicated to her cosplaying adventures.

The couple say it takes them up to two months to make a costume. They try to use items they already have but sometimes go to thrift stores to buy additional items or look for supplies online on sites like Ebay and Etsy.

The costumes are sewn by Millie, who considers herself the “average seamstress who can make simple outfits”.

Steven and Millie add that when they started they were surprised by the attention they got.

“We’re both basically very shy and introverted. When people started photographing us in our cosplays, we were first amazed at the attention we got,” they said.

“We [also] I wasn’t sure how people would react to us as an older Asian couple … but many greeted us and … we were more comfortable and made more new friends. “

And the couple are showing no signs of slowing down.

“We will continue this cosplay adventure as long as our health is preserved,” they said in an email to Mashable.

“We don’t want to sit around in rocking chairs because we want to enjoy our golden years and enjoy life to the fullest. It’s almost a 24-hour love work to develop new cosplays, so hopefully we can squeeze into another one.” ten years.”

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