The BulleTin • Friday, May 13, 2022 B5
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TODAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
60°
LOW
50°
Occasional afternoon rain
Cloudy
ALMANAC
Yesterday Normal
Record
52°
66° 90° in 1924
41°
36° 17° in 1908
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
Trace
Record
0.50" in 1915
Month to date (normal)
0.19" (0.34")
Year to date (normal)
1.57" (4.23")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.08"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Sat.
Sun
5:41am/8:22pm 5:40am/8:24pm
Moon
5:41pm/4:32am 6:59pm/4:55am
Mercury 6:12am/9:24pm 6:08am/9:17pm
Venus
4:13am/4:45pm 4:11am/4:47pm
Mars
3:27am/2:56pm 3:25am/2:56pm
Jupiter
3:43am/3:43pm 3:40am/3:40pm
Saturn 2:23am/12:37pm 2:20am/12:33pm
Uranus
5:23am/7:39pm 5:19am/7:36pm
Full
Last
New
First
May 15
May 22
May 30
Jun 7
Tonight's sky: The Milky Way appears to be
missing but is really along the surrounding
horizon before midnight in May.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
4
4
2
1
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Trees
High
Weeds
Absent
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
69°
38°
Intervals of clouds and
sunshine
EAST: Some sunshine
giving way to clouds
today.
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
Yesterday
Today Saturday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
54/47/1.08 55/47/r
58/50/r
La Grande
62/36/0.02 58/46/pc 63/47/sh
Portland
53/50/0.22 59/51/r
65/54/r
Baker City
59/29/0.01 57/43/pc 63/43/sh
La Pine
44/31/0.12 56/47/r
67/45/c
Prineville
50/34/0.02 63/51/r
67/48/c
Brookings
51/48/0.27 55/51/r
59/50/sh
Medford
58/45/Tr
62/52/r
74/52/c
Redmond
53/39/0.09 62/48/pc 70/45/c
Burns
57/35/0.03 60/43/pc 66/43/r
Newport
52/46/0.93 55/49/r
56/49/r
Roseburg
56/46/0.21 60/53/r
71/52/c
Eugene
52/46/0.41 58/52/r
66/51/c
North Bend
53/47/0.85 57/53/r
59/51/sh
Salem
53/47/0.41 58/52/r
65/53/r
Klamath Falls
54/36/Tr
58/42/c 68/42/pc
Ontario
68/37/0.01 67/48/pc 69/48/c
Sisters
51/37/0.04 60/48/r
69/46/c
Lakeview
54/37/0.05 59/45/c 68/43/pc
Pendleton
62/42/0.16 60/48/pc 69/50/c
The Dalles
59/48/0.06 65/49/pc 70/53/c
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
NATIONAL WEATHER
-10s
WATER REPORT
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
49598
90%
Wickiup
94548
47%
Crescent Lake
9648
11%
Ochoco Reservoir
9248
21%
Prineville
46176
31%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
164
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
796
Deschutes R. below Bend
83
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1250
Little Deschutes near La Pine
268
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
8
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
252
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
121
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
53
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
8
NATIONAL
Hood
River
541-683-1577
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
New snow
1
Base
16-90
Mt. Hood Meadows
0
0-0
Timberline Lodge
1
175-200
T-storms
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
100/70/0.00
Akron
82/55/0.00
Albany
87/44/0.00
Albuquerque
81/60/0.00
Anchorage
53/35/0.00
Atlanta
85/64/0.00
Atlantic City
67/53/0.06
Austin
92/65/0.00
Baltimore
77/56/0.01
Billings
49/44/0.53
Birmingham
89/70/0.00
Bismarck
70/52/0.38
Boise
63/35/0.00
Boston
60/49/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 67/54/0.00
Buffalo
86/52/0.00
Burlington, VT
89/51/0.00
Caribou, ME
81/49/0.00
Charleston, SC 73/64/Tr
Charlotte
75/59/0.00
Chattanooga
87/62/0.00
Cheyenne
60/48/0.04
Chicago
91/74/0.00
Cincinnati
85/61/0.00
Cleveland
84/51/0.00
Colorado Springs 77/60/0.00
Columbia, MO
93/68/0.00
Columbia, SC
80/60/0.22
Columbus, GA
87/63/0.00
Columbus, OH
84/50/0.00
Concord, NH
83/39/0.00
Corpus Christi
91/66/0.00
Dallas
92/71/0.00
Dayton
85/56/0.00
Denver
72/44/0.00
Des Moines
92/71/0.00
Detroit
86/60/0.00
Duluth
67/50/1.11
El Paso
91/71/0.00
Fairbanks
42/38/0.08
Fargo
71/55/0.52
Flagstaff
66/21/0.00
Grand Rapids
87/62/0.00
Green Bay
94/62/0.01
Greensboro
74/58/0.01
Harrisburg
82/54/0.00
Hartford, CT
83/52/0.00
Helena
59/42/0.14
Honolulu
86/73/0.00
Houston
90/67/0.00
Huntsville
89/68/0.00
Indianapolis
87/65/0.00
Jackson, MS
93/66/0.05
Jacksonville
79/57/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
99/65/t
80/63/s
84/62/s
82/51/s
51/39/c
78/63/c
58/57/sh
94/68/pc
71/62/sh
60/37/t
84/65/pc
64/45/pc
62/48/pc
74/63/pc
64/57/c
81/63/s
88/64/s
88/60/c
77/63/t
73/61/r
82/62/pc
66/42/pc
90/66/s
83/63/s
81/63/s
77/49/s
87/64/t
75/62/r
81/61/sh
82/62/s
84/59/s
90/73/s
95/71/pc
83/62/s
75/45/s
81/58/t
82/62/s
74/52/c
93/58/s
47/32/c
69/48/pc
74/35/s
87/65/s
87/63/t
69/60/r
74/63/c
80/63/pc
55/36/c
85/73/s
93/72/s
84/64/pc
85/64/s
86/67/t
78/61/r
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
62/52/pc
77/60/pc
64/50/s
91/67/pc
93/81/t
74/47/pc
75/67/c
67/51/pc
66/51/r
79/58/t
66/56/pc
89/67/s
91/70/pc
55/37/r
86/72/pc
64/48/pc
59/47/sh
75/55/t
77/54/s
82/75/r
76/58/s
81/62/c
71/54/s
69/59/c
85/64/pc
68/48/pc
87/60/pc
99/82/t
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W
99/73/pc
80/63/t
84/63/pc
88/56/s
53/38/pc
81/67/t
62/57/sh
94/68/pc
74/62/sh
63/44/pc
84/66/s
68/43/pc
69/51/pc
77/62/c
68/59/c
77/60/t
84/65/t
84/55/pc
83/64/t
80/63/t
84/64/t
72/44/c
77/61/t
81/62/t
77/64/t
81/51/pc
83/62/pc
84/64/t
84/66/s
81/64/t
85/60/pc
90/71/pc
96/73/pc
82/64/t
79/46/c
84/56/pc
80/64/t
72/46/pc
96/60/s
49/30/pc
66/46/s
79/39/s
78/57/t
79/57/t
75/60/t
76/63/sh
82/62/pc
61/42/pc
85/73/s
92/73/pc
81/64/s
80/63/t
83/65/t
83/65/pc
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
60/33/0.00
93/73/0.00
87/57/0.00
77/55/0.00
84/54/0.00
95/73/0.10
94/71/0.00
79/53/0.00
89/62/0.00
94/73/0.00
97/74/0.00
84/68/0.15
87/54/0.00
92/59/1.94
91/68/0.00
92/72/0.00
75/58/0.00
76/57/0.00
58/53/0.09
89/68/0.00
97/73/0.00
84/65/0.00
88/55/0.00
92/74/0.00
77/57/0.00
86/59/0.00
81/47/0.00
71/47/0.00
77/52/Tr
70/62/0.02
61/49/0.09
67/35/Tr
66/58/0.07
83/48/0.00
73/47/0.00
93/73/0.00
62/40/0.35
96/71/0.00
75/49/0.00
64/50/0.00
67/44/0.00
74/56/0.00
80/56/0.06
51/46/0.32
94/62/0.22
57/39/0.03
90/64/0.00
87/66/0.01
87/55/0.00
92/71/0.00
75/57/Tr
91/70/0.00
59/43/0.02
87/59/0.00
Today
Saturday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
54/39/pc
49/35/c
82/60/t
84/60/pc
84/64/s
80/61/t
89/68/s
96/71/s
82/62/pc
79/64/t
83/53/c
84/57/pc
91/68/t
88/68/t
85/63/s
90/61/s
86/66/s
84/67/t
90/62/t
80/57/t
86/68/t
84/67/c
85/72/sh
88/75/t
85/61/s
73/57/t
84/57/pc
79/52/s
85/65/pc
84/65/t
84/70/t
87/70/t
70/62/sh 71/62/sh
72/62/sh 72/62/sh
71/63/t
73/62/t
89/63/c
87/64/pc
83/56/s
86/58/s
85/67/t
89/71/pc
100/74/s 106/77/s
88/65/t
82/61/t
72/63/sh 75/62/sh
97/69/s 104/71/pc
77/60/pc
76/61/t
70/58/s
77/58/pc
73/61/pc 79/61/pc
73/62/r
78/63/t
66/39/t
65/44/pc
74/48/pc 80/54/pc
72/61/t
76/63/t
82/60/s
78/60/t
82/55/s
91/58/s
88/67/t
81/67/t
67/49/pc 75/52/pc
95/70/pc 93/70/pc
74/58/s
77/61/s
70/54/s
71/53/s
79/54/s
83/56/s
79/43/s
84/48/s
76/62/r
82/64/t
57/46/pc
62/51/r
75/49/pc
75/46/c
52/38/pc
54/45/c
85/62/t
80/61/pc
85/70/t
87/73/s
95/60/s 101/65/pc
88/65/t
86/66/s
71/63/sh 76/64/sh
82/60/t
83/62/s
62/42/pc
67/48/c
98/62/s
103/65/s
104/77/0.00
80/53/0.00
86/55/0.01
70/45/0.07
79/61/0.00
80/65/0.00
109/88/0.00
70/67/0.51
57/43/0.00
86/52/Tr
68/54/0.00
75/70/0.18
75/52/0.00
63/50/0.00
72/59/0.02
75/58/0.24
81/54/0.00
72/65/0.02
93/79/0.00
60/46/0.02
72/63/1.13
82/73/0.62
76/58/0.00
77/63/1.23
79/54/0.00
50/46/0.51
84/55/0.09
72/61/0.00
112/87/s
81/54/pc
88/63/pc
60/49/pc
79/59/c
83/74/t
111/84/pc
72/67/r
58/41/sh
88/60/pc
71/51/pc
77/71/pc
75/54/pc
69/45/s
71/59/pc
68/58/r
78/48/pc
67/57/c
88/80/t
61/46/c
71/66/sh
84/72/r
78/66/c
71/67/r
77/56/pc
55/45/pc
74/55/t
72/51/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 103°
at Presidio, TX
National low: 4°
at Bodie State Park, CA
Precipitation: 2.25"
at Quillayute, WA
SKI REPORT
Ski resort
Mt. Bachelor
Clouds and sun
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
65/50
Rufus
Hermiston
61/47
65/50
64/52
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
64/50
57/48 59/51
55/44
Wasco
55/42 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: Mostly
Tillamook
53/40
61/48
60/48
Sandy
65/49
McMinnville
56/49
cloudy today. Occa-
Joseph
Heppner
La Grande
58/49
Maupin
Government
57/50
sional rain and drizzle
58/46
53/40
Camp
63/50 Condon 59/47
Union
in the north; a shower Lincoln City
57/47
48/42
57/45
Salem
55/50
Spray
in spots in central
Granite
Warm Springs
58/52
Madras
62/49
Albany
49/39
parts.
Newport
Baker City
62/48
64/51
Mitchell
55/49
58/53
57/43
WEST: Rain today;
Camp Sherman
62/51
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Unity
any time in the south, Yachats
58/48
62/48
57/51
Day
Prineville
53/50
56/42
during the afternoon
Ontario
Sisters
63/51
Paulina
58/48
67/48
elsewhere. Rain
Florence
Eugene 60/48
Brothers 59/47
Bend
Vale
tonight.
55/52
58/52
58/46
Sunriver 60/50
67/48
Nyssa
57/47
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
67/49
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
56/47
59/46
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
64/48
61/52
60/54
Fort Rock
55/53
Riley 60/43
YESTERDAY
Crescent
60/46
59/45
High: 68°
55/46
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Ontario
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
55/53
60/53
59/46
59/42
Low: 23°
Marsh
Lake
60/46
Port Orford
51/41
59/46
at Crater Lake
Grants
Burns
Junction
Paisley
55/52
Pass
64/46
Chiloquin
61/46
61/53
Rome
Medford
54/43
Gold Beach
62/52
65/47
55/52
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
64/45
63/52
58/42
62/40
55/51
59/45
Seaside
57/48
Cannon Beach
56/48
51°
32°
Cloudy, breezy and cooler
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Astoria
55/47
THURSDAY
56°
37°
63°
38°
Clouds giving way to some
sun
Becoming cloudy
WEDNESDAY
TUESDAY
OREGON WEATHER
TEMPERATURE
Grasses
Moderate
MONDAY
77°
43°
70°
48°
Occasional rain and drizzle
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
High
Low
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
64/48/0.00
81/57/0.00
59/48/0.00
95/70/0.00
95/81/0.14
65/50/0.00
72/63/0.00
68/58/0.08
68/50/0.10
86/52/0.00
61/51/0.00
95/70/0.00
85/64/0.00
61/32/0.03
86/70/0.00
58/45/0.13
59/45/0.20
81/59/0.15
77/59/0.00
84/76/1.48
77/49/0.00
73/52/0.00
72/46/0.00
67/59/0.00
86/61/0.00
63/46/0.00
82/57/0.00
97/82/0.00
68/52/pc
76/61/s
65/60/pc
98/72/pc
92/81/t
75/49/pc
81/71/pc
71/49/pc
65/51/r
77/55/pc
66/48/pc
87/69/pc
88/68/pc
59/36/pc
86/70/s
62/46/pc
62/45/pc
78/55/pc
76/51/s
83/75/r
73/59/s
89/68/s
71/52/s
68/59/pc
82/60/pc
70/55/pc
85/59/pc
97/82/pc
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
112/85/s
82/55/c
85/62/s
61/47/r
80/59/pc
84/75/t
113/84/pc
73/54/c
60/41/pc
84/61/s
76/59/pc
78/69/pc
76/54/pc
72/44/pc
74/61/pc
69/49/c
70/45/pc
73/60/s
91/80/t
60/41/pc
78/65/pc
74/69/r
81/71/s
77/60/c
72/58/pc
58/48/sh
76/51/pc
67/49/pc
RUGBY
United States to host Rugby World Cup for first time
“It’s an invitation to increase (Americans’) levels of
awareness, to increase our sport’s fan base. The doors are
opening. Being able to take that step is just the beginning.”
BY STEVE DOUGLAS
associated Press
Rugby’s biggest tourna-
ment is finally heading to the
United States.
Now comes the hard part
for the sport’s leadership: gen-
erating enough interest and
sustainability to secure rug-
by’s place in a crowded U.S.
market.
The Rugby World Cup will
be staged in the U.S. for the
first time after being voted
Thursday as the host of the
men’s event in 2031 and the
women’s tournament two
years later.
It marks rugby’s first at-
tempt to move into the wider
American sporting conscious-
ness and unlock what World
Rugby — the global governing
body — regards as an area of
untapped potential, in both
a commercial and sporting
sense.
“The golden nugget that ev-
erybody wants to get hold of”
was how World Rugby chair-
man Bill Beaumont described
America.
“What we will leave in the
U.S.,” he said, “is an extremely
sustainable, vibrant sport
that will go from strength to
strength.”
Mariners
Continued from B3
Had that been their average
for the season, they would be
last in MLB in runs per game.
And signs that their bats will
wake up aren’t exactly abun-
dant.
Take a player such as out-
fielder Jesse Winker, an off-
season acquisition fresh off his
first All-Star Game. He was
supposed to be a consistent
offensive presence for Seat-
tle — someone who could at
least come close to replicating
the .949 OPS he put up for the
Reds last season. Instead, he
is hitting .204 with an OPS of
.585 and a WAR of -0.5 as he
struggles to catch up to oppos-
ing pitchers’ fastballs.
Or someone such as sec-
ond-year player Jarred Kelenic,
will be shared between World
Rugby and USA Rugby, which
filed for bankruptcy as re-
cently as 2020.
The bid received support
from the White House, with
U.S. President Joe Biden send-
ing a letter to World Rugby
last month giving governmen-
tal guarantees and his backing
for the “development of rugby
in the United States.”
The men’s Rugby World
Cup is regarded in some parts
of the world as the third big-
gest sporting event, after the
soccer World Cup and the
summer Olympics.
The United States is hosting
all three events in a five-year
span from 2026, starting with
the men’s soccer World Cup
that year — with Mexico and
Canada as co-hosts — and
then the Olympics in Los An-
geles in 2028.
For the first time, World
Rugby used a streamlined
bid process to enable it to an-
nounce the hosts of all the
World Cups from 2025-33, for
both men and women.
The Sydney Harbour Bridge
was lit up in green and gold
after Australia was awarded
the men’s World Cup in 2027
and the women’s tournament
in 2029.
The men’s World Cup is re-
turning to Australia for the
first time since 2003.
It is being viewed as a
chance to rejuvenate rugby in
the country as the World Cups
come after the British and
Irish Lions tour of Australia in
2025, bringing much-needed
revenue to its governing body
— Rugby Australia — that was
badly hit by the pandemic.
Rugby Australia chief exec-
utive Andy Marinos called it
“the start of a new era for Aus-
tralian Rugby.”
“Australia will become the
center of the rugby world over
the next decade,” he said, “and
that is incredibly exciting.”
The 2027 tournament will
be the 40th anniversary of
Australia and New Zealand
hosting the first Rugby World
Cup in 1987.
England was announced as
the host of the women’s World
Cup in 2025.
this trip and come back eight
games below .500, it’s going to
be hard to feel like the season
isn’t lost.
Of course, it’s worth noting
that the Mariners were 23-27
last season before rallying to
rattle off 90 wins. Baseball is
a streaky sport — maybe the
streakiest. But are you watch-
ing this team right now and
thinking they have the talent to
win 11 of 12 and spring back
into contention?
It looked for a minute that
the M’s might have an ace
emerging in starting pitcher
Logan Gilbert. And though he
did strike out nine in five in-
nings Wednesday, he also gave
up a fourth-inning grand slam
to Rhys Hoskins after walk-
ing two Phillies, meaning he
has allowed seven earned runs
over his past 10 innings.
The Mariners are desperate
for a spark right but don’t know
where it might come from.
Will Robbie Ray rediscover the
form that earned him the AL
Cy Young Award with the Blue
Jays last season? Will rookie Ju-
lio Rodriguez deliver statistics
commensurate with his natu-
ral talent? Because right now
it’s basically just shortstop J.P.
Crawford and first baseman Ty
France trying to carry a team
that’s in full-on flounder mode.
Servais talked Wednesday
about the chance to reset after
playing 16 consecutive games,
most of which ended poorly.
Such a reset is essential. The
Mariners hopped on a plane
Wednesday to get away from
Seattle for a bit. While they’re
gone, they have to make sure
the season doesn’t get away
from them.
— Victoria Folayan, who played sevens rugby for the U.S. and is
USA Rugby’s athlete representative
Mark Baker/aP
A Sydney ferry sails past the illuminated pylon of the Sydney Harbour
Bridge ahead of the final vote for the hosting of the Rugby World
Cups on Thursday.
USA Rugby’s vision is of
countrywide membership
more than quadrupling to
450,000 by 2031, of stadiums
“from coast to coast” staging
matches — there have been
around 25 venue bids, includ-
ing from NFL and MLS arenas
— and of significant invest-
ment in the domestic Major
League Rugby so that the USA
Eagles has a competitive team
in time for 2031.
Then of the on-field quality
one of the most-hyped pros-
pects the Mariners have had in
years. He is batting .140 after
an embarrassing attempt at
pinch-hitting vs. Philadelphia
on Wednesday, when he struck
out on four pitches without
taking a swing.
Servais said Monday that
he was encouraged by what he
had seen from the 22-year-old
recently, even if it wasn’t show-
ing up in the box score. On
Wednesday, however, he ap-
peared to hedge a little on his
previous comments.
“We were headed in a pretty
good direction. I think he was
a little frustrated with his at-
bat today, no question,” Servais
said. “He’ll continue to get the
opportunity to play here.”
How often he’ll get to play
is another question, though.
The Mariners are set to begin
of the World Cups themselves
putting rugby in such a good
light that there is an uptick
in people playing rugby and
watching the sport on TV.
“It’s an invitation to increase
our levels of awareness, to in-
crease our sport’s fan base,”
said Victoria Folayan, who
played sevens rugby for the
U.S. and is USA Rugby’s ath-
lete representative. “The doors
are opening. Being able to take
that step is just the beginning.”
To that end, World Rugby’s
experience of taking its men’s
showpiece tournament to Asia
for the first time in 2015 —
when Japan was the host —
will be key in getting the U.S.
ready for its debut. Not just
the public, but the national
team itself.
While the women’s team
won the inaugural World
Cup in 1991 and reached the
final in the next two events,
the men’s Eagles have never
got out of the pool stage at a
World Cup and are basically
shut out from playing the
world’s top teams on an an-
nual basis.
That is something World
Rugby is looking at in its on-
going attempts to shake up the
men’s international calendar
so that emerging nations like
the United States receive more
opportunities.
Hosting the two World
Cups will cost around $500
million, and profits and losses
Ted S. Warren/aP
Seattle Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert, center, talks to teammates
during a mound conference Wednesday in Seattle during a game
against Philadelphia.
what feels like a significant
road trip Friday. Three games
with the first-place Mets, three
more with the 17-15 Blue Jays
and four with the struggling
Red Sox. Football players and
coaches talk all the time about
how you can’t win a game in
the first quarter, but you can
lose it. If the M’s go, say, 3-7 on