better career even though he was 95 spots behind him. After a few years riding the Scranton shuttle back and forth between the majors and Triple-A while the Yankees sifted through superior bench options in Francisco Cervelli and John Ryan Murphy, Romine appears to be on his way to a nice career as a backup catcher. He played second banana to Brian McCann at the start of 2016, and he will do the same for Sanchez in 2017.

Honestly, for a catcher at the back of a top 100 prospect list, this career is a fine result. Plenty of guys drafted ahead of him barely played in the majors, and he’s already had better luck catching in the majors than Tony Sanchez, who was ranked 46th and only madeBerlin mans goes to prison for having child pornography

CONCORD - A Berlin man was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court to 8 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to transporting and possessing child pornography, according to a release from U.S. Attorney John P. Kacavas.

George McAlpin, 34, was part of a May 2010 investigation originating out of Chicago that found that images of child pornography had been emailed to McAlpin, the release said.

McAlpin admitted to having and transmitting images of child pornography with his computer. A search of his computer found thousands of images and numerous videos depicting sexual assaults of children, the release said.

In addition to his prison sentence and 15 years of supervised release, McAlpin will be required to register as a sex offender in any