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sports Diabierna 14 OctOber 2022

Judge wins Baseball Digest player of

year; Alcantara top arm

NEW YORK (AP) — Aar- place votes in balloting by a the majors in runs (133), on-
on Judge was chosen ma- 22-member panel of baseball base percentage (.425), slug-
jor league player of the writers and broadcasters that ging percentage (.686), OPS
year by Baseball Digest included several former play- (1.111), extra-base hits (90)
and eBay after setting an ers, managers and executives. and total bases (391). He tied
American League record Mets slugger Pete Alonso for
with 62 home runs. The other four first-place most RBIs with 131 and fin-
votes went to Ohtani for an- ished second in the AL bat-
The New York Yankees slug- other remarkable season on ting race with a .311 average
ger beat out two-way star the mound and at the plate. to Minnesota’s Luis Arraez
Shohei Ohtani of the Los St. Louis Cardinals first base- (.316).
Angeles Angels, last year’s man Paul Goldschmidt fin-
winner and the reigning AL ished third. In the 54-year history of
MVP. Baseball Digest’s player of
Judge broke the AL mark of the year award, the only oth-
Miami Marlins ace Sandy Al- 61 home runs established er Yankees to win were pitch-
cantara was picked as pitcher by Yankees outfielder Roger er Ron Guidry (1978) and
of the year and New York Maris in 1961, helping New shortstop Derek Jeter (2006).
Mets closer Edwin Díaz York to the AL East title.
was voted the top reliever in Judge can become a free
awards announced Thursday. A four-time All-Star and the agent after the World Series.
2017 AL Rookie of the Year,
Judge received 18 first- the 30-year-old Judge also led

Man United fans complain about ticket reduction at Chelsea

MANCHESTER, England Fulham Council requesting fight for this in future.”
(AP) — A group of Man- it issue a new safety certifi-
chester United supporters cate to permit all the fans to In the legal letter to the coun-
have complained to a local attend the match. cil, issued by Lochlinn Park-
government in London af- er, the fans argue “there is no
ter more than 600 fans had “United fans, and football rational reason to reduce the
their tickets canceled for supporters in general, have ticket allocation for away fans
the upcoming Premier had their fill of being on at a 5:30 p.m. kick off when it
League match against the receiving end of unfair is accepted that there would
Chelsea because of polic- and irrational decisions by be a full ticket allocation at
ing concerns. councils and the police who a fixture beginning no later
seem to consider us to be a forward by a day because of the situation. than 4:45 p.m.”
Fans learned last week of the public order problem rather Chelsea’s involvement in the
decision to reduce the num- than ordinary people freely Champions League on Oct. “While we are very disap- The Hammersmith and Ful-
bers from 2,994 to 2,370, de- enjoying a day out,” the fan 25. pointed by this outcome and ham Council said the deci-
spite tickets having already group, known as MUST, said believe it is unjustified, it is sion to restrict the number
been purchased for the match Thursday. “Tickets had been London’s Metropolitan Po- clear it is a final decision,” of away fans from the match
at Stamford Bridge on Oct. sold for this game and fans lice say the 5:30 p.m. start the club wrote. “Over recent came after advice from the
22. are being treated like second time has heightened the risk years, we have made signifi- police.
class citizens.” rating of the game. cant progress in protecting
Lawyers working on behalf away ticket allocations for A Chelsea fan group was also
of the Manchester United The game was originally United wrote to supporters our fans and we can assure critical of the delay and the
Supporters’ Trust have sent scheduled to be played on last week to inform them of you that we will continue to change of time for the match.
a letter to Hammersmith and Oct. 23 but had to be brought

Maradona ‘Hand of God’ World Cup ball to be auctioned

The ball used when Di- before the World Cup in Qa- ball, the only one used in the “This ball is part of interna- referee shirt he wore for the
ego Maradona scored tar kicks off. quarterfinal, for his brilliant tional football history,” Nass- quarterfinal, Graham Budd
his “Hand of God” goal second goal four minutes er said in a statement from Auctions said, and another
against England at the The goal that gave Argen- later. The Argentina great Graham Budd Auctions. “It shirt that Maradona signed
1986 World Cup has been tina a 1-0 lead in the quar- ran 68 meters from his own feels like the right time to be for his “eternal friend” at a
put up for auction by the terfinal against England in half and weaved his way past sharing it with the world.” reunion years after the game.
Tunisian referee who was Mexico City has become part half the England team before
in charge of the game and of World Cup legend. Mara- slipping the ball past Shil- The shirt worn by Maradona
missed soccer’s most fa- dona jumped as if to head the ton. That goal was voted the in that game against England
mous handball. ball but instead punched it World Cup Goal of the Cen- was sold for $9.3 million at
past goalkeeper Peter Shilton. tury in 2002. an auction in May, which was
Graham Budd Auctions said England players protested to at the time the highest price
Thursday that they expect Nasser but the goal stood. Argentina won the game 2-1 ever paid at auction for a
the 36-year-old Adidas ball, Maradona quipped afterward and went on to lift the World piece of sports memorabilia.
which referee Ali Bin Nasser that it was scored “a little with Cup, and the tournament The record was beaten by a
owns, to fetch between $2.7 the head of Maradona and a launched Maradona as one 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
million and $3.3 million little with the hand of God,” of the game’s greatest players. baseball card, which sold for
when it goes up for sale in leading to its iconic name. Maradona died in 2020 at the $12.6 million in August.
Britain on Nov. 16, four days Maradona used the same age of 60. Nasser will also auction the