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After a wild offseason, the regular season hasn't started well for Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa. He has struggled mightily at the plate, and after another disappointing game Tuesday, Correa began to hear boos at Target Field — boos that were directed at him — for the first time. “I'd boo myself, too, with the amount of money I'm making, and I’m playing like that,” Correa said via MLB.com, referring to the six-year, $200 million contract he signed with the Twins in January. Here's the at-bat against the San Diego Padres that brought out the boo birds. Correa was at the plate in the bottom of the seventh with two on and two out. The Twins were down by just two runs, so a well-placed double could've tied the game. But Correa flailed at the ball, dramatically swinging through strike three and ending the inning. That's what it looks like when your triple slash falls to .185/.261/.363 for the season. (That's also what it looks like when your average with runners in scoring position falls to .138.) Overall, Correa went 0-for-5 with six runners left on base in the Twins' 6-1 loss. If the season ended today, it would be the worst triple slash of Correa's career by far. Thankfully for Correa, the season is not ending today. There are still 120-plus baseball games to play, and he's working with Twins hitting coach David Popkins to bust out of that slump. One mechanical change they've made has already helped Correa feel like he's driving the ball farther, and they're working on undoing the effects of the stretching and yoga he did in the offseason. While staying limber is good, he believes the increased flexibility made his swing longer, and it's now taking him too long to get the bat to the ball. “Obviously, this has been a rough start, but the season doesn't end there,” Correa said. “So my work doesn't end there, either. Just keep working, trusting the process of the work I'm putting in the cage every single day, and naturally, something is going to click.”
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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