Former Boston Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez has signed a contract to play professional baseball in Australia, at age 48.
Ramirez, who played left field for the World Series-winning Red Sox teams of 2004 and 2007 and was the dominant right-handed hitter in the major leagues, signed a one-year deal with the Sydney Blue Sox of the Australian Baseball League, according to news reports, which did not say how much he is being paid.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court may decide whether a referendum seeking to end ranked choice voting in the state makes the ballot in November – and therefore may help decide whether President Donald Trump wins a single electoral vote in Maine in November.
A trial court judge on Monday, August 24 ordered the referendum onto the general election ballot, overturning the decision of the Maine Secretary of State – a Democrat – who initially invalidated enough signatures to keep the measure off the ballot. The Secretary of State on Friday, August 28 appealed the trial court's decision to the state's highest court, according to the Bangor Daily News.
