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You might want to get out and enjoy the outdoors today. It's going to be a beautiful day, cooler and less humid, a mix of sun and clouds. Today's high in the city seventy seven. We're already at sunny Sky's in seventy six. Hello, thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening. The Red Sox came up short against the Dodgers at Fenway last night.
It's in ball right side.
Kim is there over the first and that's the ball game.
Dodgers take the opener from the Red Sox five to two.
Joe David is on the call for Sportsnet LA. Now, while the Dodgers put the herd on the Red Sox inside Fenway parking session workers hit the picket line outside the old ballpark. Er Mark employees at Fenway and the MGM Music Hall are in their second day of a three day strike seeking better pay and other benefit improvements. CBS News Boston's Brandon Truitt with more.
Fans who attended Friday night's game say lines at the concessions seemed longer.
There are no up in the aisle.
Down the aisle vendors which seem to be weird and cause a lot of lines in the corridor.
They're just still stacked up in there. We're like seventy people to get a dippin' dots right now.
All of it.
Despite this, the Red Sox organization says Era Mark brought in back up fully staffing the game, adding fans can expect a full and uninterrupted ballpark experience this weekend while negotiations between the two parties continue.
Not against the Red Sox, We're not against the fans.
If this is a situation with the concessionaire and a concessionaire that's trying to pay bottom dollar.
Those who are on strike are really rallying against things like self checkouts that they say are cutting jobs. This is the first workers strike in the park's history.
And the strike schedule to last through the weekend series, with the Dodgers Game two tonight. First pitch is at seven point fifteen and the trash workers strike against Republic Services continuing for another week. Republic says that Republic workers rather not only a major This strike not only a major headache for many, it's also opening doors for some smaller businesses. Here's WBC scandal Bule with that.
It's the second largest waste management company in the US, but as Republic Services finds itself hobbled by the teams to strike, it's vulnerable to smaller local businesses.
So loo unfortunate on the people that are on shrike on their end now obviously been out of work for three four weeks now, but you know we're going to kind of capitalize them what the opportunity is.
That's Lorenzo Popolo, president of Middleton's Viking Disposal Services. He says he's gotten a lot of calls for both residential and commercial trash collection since the strike started. And it's not just the collection companies. Co owner of Pro Warrior Dunsters and Salisbury Romi Magett says more people erupting for his services too.
People are still willing to just order a roll off dumb seris and so they know they're getting quality care and they know, Okay, these guys are gonna take care.
Of my trash knobile. They'll be busy. Boston's news radio.
Four dawbz ACU weather forecast today much cooler, less humid, a mix of sun and clouds, some hazy sunshine. High seventy seven in the city eighty five for those inland areas, becoming mostly cloudy overnight. We'll see an overnight low of sixty seven. Tomorrow Sunday humid once again, with a thunderstorm or too around starting in the morning. Late in the morning heis near seventy five. Monday, back to work, even
more humid, mostly sunny. Eighty three is the high near the harbor, closer to ninety for those well inland areas, and the humidity hanging on on Tuesday turns hotter too sun much of the time, but high's in the city up to ninety three. It's sunny and seventy six in Boston at eleven oh five. All right, back to news now, the parties back in Loll for a thirty eighth year. A weekend of music, dancing, and all things folk.
It's a multicultural, genre bending celebration of sound and dance on stages throughout downtown Loll. Bluegrass to salsa to polka. What you're hearing right now is Cecilia blending Irish tread and kebaqual music. I'll be on Market Street Sunday afternoon among the homegrown talent. A Vision in gold Encore Cambodian Dance Troupe performs at boarding House Parks Saturday at noon, and Vassili's Kostas Ensemble traditional Greek music out of Boston
is on several different stages Sunday. The festival is a Cherish tradition decades in the making and lull and one of the biggest free folk festivals in the country. Madison Rogers WVZ, Boston's news radio.
More fallout from the kiss cam moment at Gillette Stadium during a Cold Plate concert that went viral. The CEO of Astronomer caught on the jump Oftron embracing the company's head of HR, Kristin Cabot, has now resigned from the company, CEO Andy Byron, stepping down earlier after he it's pardon me after he was initially placed on leave. Well. The Athletics haven't given their fans much to cheer about lately, but designated hitter Nick Kurtz changed all that last night.
As Kid is Another Planet, Kurtz became the first rookie to hit four home runs in a game. First Pitch Line NBC Sports California had the call Kurtz also tied the major League record for most total bases in a game nineteen. He went six for six at the plate in a fifteen to three win over the Astros in Houston. The bat he used is headed for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Kurtz said after the game, it felt like a dream. It was only the twentieth four homer game in MLB history. Michael Wallace CBS.
News and this all happening at the start of Hall of Fame weekend in Cooper'stown in New York. Brian Shook with a preview of tomorrow's induction ceremony.
He Chiro Suzuki, CC Sabbathi, Dick Allen, Dave Parker, and Billy Wagner will all be inducted into the Hall. Suzuki, Sabbathia, and Wagner were elected by the Writers, while Allen and Parker were elected by the Classic Baseball Era Committee. The ceremony begins at one thirty pm Eastern. I'm Brian Shook.
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