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Longtime Kansas City Royals infielder U.L. Washington, who helped lead the franchise to its first AL pennant and is perhaps best known for his trademark toothpick, died Sunday, the team announced.
Washington, who had cancer, was 70.
Washington spent eight seasons playing with the Royals from 1977 to 1984. He helped them reach the World Series in 1980, which marked the franchise’s first appearance in the series, though they fell to the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2. The shortstop and second baseman held a .254 batting average with 228 RBI and 26 home runs over his eight seasons with the Royals.
While he was instrumental in the Royals’ postseason run in the 1980 season, it was the toothpick that he frequently played with in his mouth that turned heads nationwide. According to the Kansas City Star, there was even talk of banning his toothpick use during winter meetings after the 1980 season.
“I’d much rather be remembered as a pretty good player, but I realize most people will remember me as the guy with the toothpick,” Washington said in 1988, via the Star. “I feel I’ve had a pretty good career, especially looking back at how I got into professional baseball.”
Washington spent a season with the Montreal Expos and two with the Pittsburgh Pirates before he retired after the 1987 season. He finished with a career batting average of .251 in 907 games.
“So sorry to hear my friend, my teammate U.L. Washington has died of cancer,” longtime Royals star and executive George Brett said on social media. “He was a great player. I will always be thankful of our time together with the Royals.”
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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