Texas A&M Rout Lamar 25-5
The Aggies showcased their offensive prowess with a .545 batting average, five home runs, and 19 RBI in the rout. Texas A&M's bullpen contributed with eight strikeouts while limiting Lamar to just five runs.
The victory improves the Aggies to 8-0 on the season, their largest margin of victory so far. They now prepare for the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series in Arlington, Texas, beginning Friday against Virginia Tech.
New Lakers executive Lon Rosen discusses increased ticket prices, Magic Johnson
During a 20-minute interview with the media Tuesday, new Lakers president of business operations Lon Rosen said Magic Johnson won’t be involved in any “day–to-day” involvement with the team and that hopes season-ticket holders will “renew” them despite the enormous increase for next season.
Rosen, who has been an executive vice president and chief marketing officer with the Dodgers since 2012 when Mark Walter and Guggenheim Baseball Management purchased the club, took over the Lakers job after Tim Harris resigned from that role.
Rosen, who is back with the Lakers after Walter purchased the team for a $10-billion evaluation, was asked about Johnson’s role with the Lakers and how he would be involved with Rob Pelinka, the team’s president of basketball operations and general manager.
Johnson was president of basketball operations for the Lakers from Feb. 21, 2017 until April 9, 2019, when he abruptly resigned.
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“Earvin's involved with all types of things. He owns football teams, baseball teams, soccer teams, insurance companies, a lot of things. He's always gonna have some type of involvement with all the teams, but he is not gonna have a day-to-day involvement (with the Lakers),” Rosen said. “It's gonna be no different since he left the Lakers. Obviously he's a huge fan of the Lakers, but he's not gonna be, 'Hey Rob go sign this player. Do that.' He'll always be involved with all the teams that he's involved in, but no, he's not gonna have day-to-day involvement at all. He is a super Laker fan and he'll continue to be a super Laker fan. It's not bad to have that. You see the involvement he had the other day when Pat (Riley) was here (to have his statue unveiled) and he'll always be involved that way.”
Rosen was asked about ticket prices increasing for the 2026-27 season.
There have been reports from Lakers fans that gave an example of their tickets in the 300-level increasing to over 45% from $6,192 to $9,035.
One fan said his increase was about 15% and another 3% fee if the tickets were not paid for upfront.
“We hope they renew. And obviously it reflects on what the market is now and the demand for tickets,” Rosen said. “You can look at how tickets sell and what the prices are. You look at primary and secondary market and you can see where their demand is.”
Pelinka told the media after the trade deadline that he’ll work with Walter and Jeanie Buss, who is still the board of governor for the Lakers, when it comes time to make basketball decisions this summer.
Both Andrew Friedman, the president of baseball operations for the Dodgers, and Farhan Zaidi, an special advisor with the Dodgers, will be advisors for the Lakers and Pelinka. Zaidi was seen at the Lakers’ practice facility Monday.
“Rob's empowered to do what he does,” Rosen said. “And he's talked about it and I can talk about it. Andrew Friedman and Farhan Zaidi, they have involvement helping Rob a bit. It gives you a deeper bench, and I think Rob appreciates that. And it is unique. But they have a skill set that they can transfer some of it here. And that's really how we look at it. Look, I have a really good relationship with Rob. I've known Rob Pelinka from when he was representing Kobe (Bryant). I met him many many years ago."
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
NFL Admits Errors in Steelers-Ravens Game
The league initially acknowledged one error after the game regarding an unnecessary roughness penalty on Travis Jones. On Tuesday, the NFL admitted their reversal of a Ravens interception into a Steelers catch was also incorrect, though they maintain the controversial overturn of Isaiah Likely's touchdown catch was accurate.
The admissions prompted reactions from Ravens players, with quarterback Lamar Jackson joking on Twitter, "So technically we won? 10-7. 1st offseason win ever," and linebacker Kyle Van Noy questioning why the NFL admitted mistakes months after the game had concluded.