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House Democrats on Monday released an image of a sexually suggestive letter and drawing that appears to bear the signature of Donald Trump, the very same note the president had denied writing after reports of its existence were published earlier this year in the Wall Street Journal.
The letter, which was turned over by lawyers for disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s estate in response to a subpoena from the House oversight committee, was included in a set of notes sent to the convicted sex offender for his 50th birthday.
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Cal Raleigh brutally honest about Mariners’ approach amid fiery offense
The Mariners have been on fire over the past two games, scoring 28 runs in that span, and Cal Raleigh dished on what has been working.
By Jedd Pagaduan
The past few weeks haven't been going very smoothly for the Seattle Mariners. They were swept by the Tampa Bay Rays in a three-game set to begin the month, and they followed that up with a loss to the Atlanta Braves in their series opener back on Friday. With the Mariners still on the bubble in the AL Wild Card hunt,
they have to get it together — which is exactly what they've done by scoring 28 runs over their past two games, with 18 of those coming on Sunday in an 18-2 win over the Braves.
Something just clicked for the Mariners starting on Saturday, when they scored 10 against the Braves to get back to winning ways with a 10-2 victory. If there's a time for their offense to click, it's now, especially when the Texas Rangers are putting so much pressure on them in the Wild Card chase.
For Mariners star Cal Raleigh, it was only about getting back to their usual level of play all year and reminding themselves just how capable they are of destroying the opposition.
“At some point, you just say, ‘Screw it. Go out and play like we have been all year,' and that's kind of the mentality you've got to take,” Raleigh said, per Daniel Kramer of MLB.com.
For Raleigh, his banner year continued on Sunday when he hit his 53rd home run of the season — the biggest highlight of his 2-6, three RBI night. He's been doing so much damage for the Mariners' lineup all year, with his slash line of .241/.351/.581 having him in MVP conversations.
But their Sunday night thwacking of the Braves came from an incredible team effort. Deadline pickup Eugenio Suarez blasted two home runs and drove in three, Josh Naylor and Jorge Polanco each hit long balls of their own, and a total of five hitters drove in three runs apiece in a thorough dismantling of their opponents.
Cal Raleigh practices for the Home Run Derby July 1, 2025
Cal Raleigh practices for the Home Run Derby before the days game
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Raleigh’s dad, Todd, will throw to him, and he’s hoping that his younger brother, 15-year-old Todd Jr., will be behind him, catching. Todd Jr., known as “T,” is already taller than Cal at 6-foot-3.
“T” is currently playing travel ball -- in, of all places, the Atlanta suburbs -- with Todd Sr. as his coach while using Cal’s hand-me-down gear.
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“As a dad, it doesn't get any better than that. It's all downhill from there,” Todd told MLB.com by phone. “To be able to be there with him on the field and have T involved, I mean, it's kind of like one of those Hallmark moments.”
Raleigh, who first publicly hinted to MLB.comearlier this month that he’d do the Derby “in a heartbeat,” is the second player to announce that he’s in, along with Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr., who will be the hometown star -- much like Raleigh’s teammate,
Raleigh also hinted that he might switch-hit during the event, which would make him just the second player to do so after Adley Rutschman’s electric performancefrom both sides in 2023.
Field View: Cal Raleigh's league-leading 32nd homer
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Field View: Cal Raleigh's league-leading 32nd homer Mariners @ TwinsJune 23, 2025
Check out this unique angle of Cal Raleigh's 32nd home run of the season, adding to his MLB-leading total
“That'd be kind of cool, but you've also got to plan it out right with the timeout,” Raleigh said, noting the Derby’s format, which allows for a 45-second timeout in each of the three regulation periods, which last three minutes apiece.
“In talking to some people, obviously right field feels a lot shorter, a lot easier to hit it out,” Raleigh said of Truist Park, which is 335 feet to left field, 385 feet to left-center field, 400 feet to center field, 375 feet to right-center field and 325 feet to right
field. “So, I mean, [batting] left is looking pretty promising, yeah. But I mean, I feel like it'd be cool to do both.”
Raleigh also intends to do a few practice rounds prior to the event, potentially with Todd Sr. visiting Seattle during the club’s next homestand.
Raleigh get MVP chants at Wrigley Field after the win
“I only take a little sabbatical from throwing during Christmas,” Todd said, before pausing and retracting. “Well, actually, I didn't -- because I was in Arizona throwing to Cal over Christmas.”
Beyond Rodríguez, whosebreakout moment toward stardom took place in his first Derby in 2022 at Dodger Stadium, Raleigh is the eighth Mariners player to participate, joining Ken Griffey Jr. (1990, 1992-94, 1997-2000), Jay Buhner (1996), Alex
Rodriguez (1998), Edgar Martinez (2000), Bret Boone (2001, 2003) and Robinson Canó (2016).
Among that group, Griffey is the only winner, having done so three times -- a record that still stands today. Raleigh will look to become both the first catcher and switch-hitter to win outright (switch-hitting Ruben Sierra also won in 1989 but in a tie).
Separate but related, Rodriguez holds the single-round record under the current format, with 41 homers in the first round in 2023.
“His mechanics, he’s really good right now,” Martinez, the Mariners’ director of hitting strategy, said of Raleigh. “He’s staying behind the ball, and when you’re staying behind the ball, you can hit the ball out front without trying to pull it.”
Raleigh was the most obvious Derby candidate to be invited, given that he’s a first-time participant, plays a unique position for a Derby contestant -- and, obviously, leads MLB with 32 homers. Over the weekend at Wrigley Field, Raleighset separate
Raleigh hasn’t officially been named an All-Star yet, but he ranked second (3,040,594) to only Aaron Judge in total votes among American League players in the final tally of the Phase 1 ballot, which closed Thursday. Phase 2,the finalists phase, begins at
9 a.m. PT on Monday.
He was already a fan favorite in Seattle, but Raleigh's national profile has skyrocketed in the three months since he signed a six-year, $105 millionextension with the Mariners just before Opening Day.
Fans who don’t know Raleigh by now certainly will come Derby time.
Cal Raleigh on his game-winning, two-run single Mariners @ AthleticsMay 6, 2025
Cal Raleigh speaks about coming in as a pinch-hitter and hitting the go-ahead single, his approach at the plate and more as the Mariners defeat the A's, 5-3
