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Jose Mourinho is back at Real Madrid, and the Special One wastes no time — his second reign begins Saturday at Espanyol in La Liga, sixteen years after his first appointment. Mourinho arrives with Barcelona firmly in his crosshairs and Los Blancos faithful expecting nothing short of a title charge.
Shifting to baseball, Houston Astros shortstop Jeremy Peña was pulled from Wednesday's game against the Angels after taking a pitch directly off his right hand. The timing couldn't be worse for Houston, who need Peña healthy as the playoff race tightens. The team hasn't confirmed the severity, but any absence from their shortstop stings.
And in Seattle, catcher Cal Raleigh is batting one hundred fifty six, and history is not kind about what that means. Raleigh is threatening to break a one hundred forty one year old MLB record for futility at the plate — the kind of record nobody wants their name attached to. The Mariners need their big bat to wake up, and they need it now.
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