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Royals outfielder Dyson likely to go on the DL - Kansas City Star

OAKLAND, Calif. '� The Royals' outfield could be getting a new look as soon as Friday night. Chris Carlson Jarrod Dyson walked off the field after injuring his ankle when he climbed the wall attempting to catch a Mike Trout homer on Wednesday. All signs point to the Royals putting outfielder Jarrod Dyson on the disabled list because of an ankle injury he suffered Wednesday at Anaheim when he climbed the wall attempting to catch a Mike Trout home run. The Royals are expected to recall outfielder David Lough from Class AAA Omaha to replace Dyson on the 25-man roster. Lough, who has a .340 average with 17 RBIs and a .393 OBP, was held out of Thursday's game in Omaha. However, even if Lough is recalled, it's uncertain how the move will affect playing time for right fielder Jeff Francoeur. Increased playing time in recent games for Dyson and Elliot Johnson stemmed primarily, Royals manager Ned Yost said, from a desire to ride a player's hot streak. Yost dismiss...

Want to Go to Mars? - Daily Beast

The Dutch organization Mars One has received over 20,000 applications from intrepid citizens seeking to colonize the Red Planet in 2023. Of these 20,000, 24 will be chosen by the public through a television show (think American Idol meets Survivor). Mars One has already begun releasing video submissions on their website. These lucky chosen colonists -- who must be at least 18 years old, be 157 cm (roughly 5-foot-2) tall, and have 20/20 vision -- will then endure six to eight years of training and will be grouped into teams of four, who will train together in simulated living conditions of the planet. And yes, an audience decides who will be the first four to settle on Mars. Only four people at a time will travel to Mars. Then the plan is to launch four more settlers every two years. The outfit behind this ambitious adventure is Mars One, which describes itself as a "not for profit" organization that plans on funding this pricey journey -- estimated to cost $6 billio...

Automakers Go West in China to Thin Margins, Fat Growth - Bloomberg

Each time An Fu Ford, a dealership in the western Chinese city of Chongqing, sells a car, workers fire a confetti cannon, showering the parking lot with colorful scraps of paper. There's a lot of paper to sweep up these days. Car sales in western China are expanding twice as fast as in the country's wealthy coastal cities, according to auto consultant Dunne & Co. in Shanghai. That growth has foreign automakers -- urged by the government in Beijing to 'Go West' -- racing to increase production in an area where they can quickly increase sales, but where margins are likely to be squeezed as they sell to less affluent buyers. In Chongqing, a vast inland metropolis sometimes called the Chicago of China, Ford Motor Co. (F) is expanding a facility it opened with a local partner in 2001. By mid-decade, Chongqing will be the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker's largest production complex in the world, with three plants capable of assembling a total of more than...

Rangers' bats go dormant in loss - ESPN (blog)

CHICAGO -- On top of Alexi Ogando's struggles, the Texas Rangers' offense was once again an issue. After a 6-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday, the Rangers now have scored 55 runs on the season. Their 3.67 runs per game puts them 12th in the AL. 'It's just a matter of time,' manager Ron Washington said. 'We have some guys in the lineup that we're depending on that are just not swinging the bat the way they're capable of. You just gotta keep getting them at-bats and it'll finally fall into place. Right now we just got to continue to do the things we can in the game. Our pitching has been keeping us around. This is the first day our starting pitcher didn't really keep us in the ballgame.' Washington added that getting Lance Berkman back will be a boost to the bats as they return to American League play. Berkman, who didn't play in the Cubs series because of the lack of DH, is posting a robust .389/.500/.611 line on the season...