President Trump Donald TrumpTrump lashes out after grand jury seated for New York criminal probe Schumer tees up vote on Jan. 6 commission bill Senators struggle to save Jan. 6 commission MORE late Saturday night fired off a tweet commenting on Game 4 of the World Series, saying it was a "big mistake" for the Los Angeles Dodgers to pull pitcher Rich Hill. “Watching the Dodgers/Red Sox final innings. It is amazing how a manager takes out a pitcher who is loose & dominating through almost 7 innings, Rich Hill of Dodgers, and brings in nervous reliever(s) who get shellacked,” he tweeted. “4 run lead gone. Managers do it all the time, big mistake!” Watching the Dodgers/Red Sox final innings. It is amazing how a manager takes out a pitcher who is loose & dominating through almost 7 innings, Rich Hill of Dodgers, and brings in nervous reliever(s) who get shellacked. 4 run lead gone. Managers do it all the time, big mistake! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 28, 2018 The Boston Red Sox went on to win the game, 9-6, and now lead the series, three games to one. ADVERTISEMENT Social media users criticized the timing of Trump’s tweet, which came hours after at least 11 people were killed in a shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. “I think you meant to say: I am having a real difficult time sleeping tonight,” wrote one user. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), a frequent critic of Trump, tweeted: “Is tonight when [Trump] became our President? Or was it when he said ‘there are some very fine people on both sides’ at the white nationalist mob event in Charlottesville?” A mass shooting occurred killing innocent people and here you are tweeting about a baseball game. Real presidential — Cassidy #bluenami (@Cassidy_79) October 28, 2018 I think you meant to say: I am having a real difficult time sleeping tonight. The horrible events of today are weighing heavily on my mind. I can’t help but to take some of the blame for this terrible politically charged time we are in. I’m sorry and I will do better. — Frank Williams (@fkwilliams207) October 28, 2018 There was a horrific mass shooting and several families are shattered. However you choose to Tweet about the World Series. Do you see how this makes it seem like you don’t empathize with the pain of the victims? #MAGA — Tito (@tconti) October 28, 2018 Is this even real? 11 Americans were murdered in a hate crime today. https://t.co/SfoBCx1IvN — Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) October 27, 2018 There was a shooting at a synagogue today. 11 people were killed. Earlier this week, there was mass assassination attempt by a proud MAGA supporter. Also, a man shot and killed two black people in Kentucky and said, "whites don't shoot whites." What is wrong with you? https://t.co/kOJOMNiBWj — Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) October 28, 2018 Is tonight when @realDonaldTrump became our President? --Or was it when he said "there are some very fine people on both sides" at the white nationalist mob event in Charlottesville? --Or when he tweeted CNN getting body slammed? --Or when he sabotaged healthcare? https://t.co/YCcnBk1N97 — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 28, 2018 Trump condemned the shooting earlier Saturday as an “assault on humanity” and an “evil anti-Semitic attack.” He also suggested that an “armed guard” at the synagogue could have prevented the attack. The suspected shooter, 46-year-old Robert Bowers, had posted anti-Semitic comments and reportedly shouted “all Jews must die” before the shooting. He has been charged with 29 federal counts, including 11 counts of obstruction of the exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death.<doc-sep>That is what Hill had implied, right? “Well, no, not necessarily,” Hill said. “I just didn’t want to end up in a situation where we end up putting the team at risk of getting us in a situation where it’s like, ‘O.K., well, one too many hitters.’” Hill added that it was better to keep a rally from starting than to react too late to one, and he had reason to expect what would have been his first World Series win. The Dodgers had been 54-0 this season when leading by four or more runs, and their bullpen had allowed just two runs and five hits over 11 stout innings in Friday’s marathon, 18-inning Game 3. Roberts replaced Hill with another left-hander, Scott Alexander, whom he called “a lefty in the pen that has done it all year long, getting lefties out.” Yet while Alexander did hold left-handers to a .172 average this season, he was not exactly essential; the Dodgers had left him off their roster for the National League Championship Series. Alexander walked the left-handed Brock Holt on four pitches. With Julio Urias and Pedro Baez unavailable, Roberts then turned to Ryan Madson, who had allowed all five inherited runners to score in the first two games at Fenway Park. Madson has made 57 career appearances in the postseason, second only to Mariano Rivera, who had presented an award before the game and watched from a suite with Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred. Madson got a pop out, but then allowed a towering three-run homer to the pinch-hitter Mitch Moreland, who pulled a first-pitch changeup 437 feet into the right field bleachers. “It was a bad pitch out of my hand, I knew that, so I wasn’t surprised,” Madson said. “But it did go a long way. I was kind of surprised at how far it went.” Madson smiled when shown what President Trump had said about the Dodgers’ bullpen. “That’s amazing,” he said. “Everybody has their opinion; they don’t know what it feels like. But it’s O.K. Everybody’s entitled to their opinion. It’s fine. I’m sure there’s a lot of fans that said the same thing.”<doc-sep>
The Telegraph Two of the surprise packages of this clay-court season have been British – initially Dan Evans, who made a deep run in Monte Carlo, and more lately Cameron Norrie, who played his second final in three weeks on Sunday. Unfortunately, Norrie wasn’t able to land a maiden ATP title in Lyon. But then he was up against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been the dominant force of 2021 outside the slams, and now stands at No 1 in the table of most rankings points gained since January 1. Nevertheless, it had been a hugely creditable effort for Norrie to go this far, especially when you consider that he took out top seed Dominic Thiem on Thursday, and then trounced big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov in Saturday’s semi-final, losing only two games in the process. Norrie has come to clay late in his career, but it feels like this is developing into his favourite surface. He has one of the heaviest left-handed forehands in the game, loaded with top-spin, and uses it like a miniature version of Rafael Nadal. The result has been a tally of 14 wins and only four losses since he began his European clay-court swing in Barcelona. So while the French Open, which starts next Sunday, has traditionally been a graveyard of British hopes, there are reasons to hope that this year’s event could deliver some more positive results. Norrie’s previous final in Estoril had been a nervewracking affair which he eventually lost on a deciding-set tie-break to the more experienced Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Sunday was more straightforward for Tsitsipas, who needed only 69 minutes to hammer home a 6-3, 6-3 victory. It was Tsitsipas’ second title of the clay-court sequence, after he won Monte Carlo in mid-April, taking out Evans in the semi-final along the way. He has become a serious contender to upset the establishment – specifically Nadal and Novak Djokovic – at Roland Garros over the next few weeks. “I felt in good shape from the beginning of the tournament,” said Tsitsipas afterwards. “I am proud of today’s match, I knew it would be a difficult one against Cameron, who has been showing great tennis this week. He has been winning against good players and showing what the left hand can do on clay. “It was not an easy match today. I had to handle the nerves and I am proud of my performance and the way I stayed focused towards my goal.” On this year’s results, meanwhile, both Evans and Norrie stand among the world’s 20 most successful men. Evans is at No 16 and Norrie No 14. The next challenge for them both is to convert that ATP Tour form into a deep run at a major.