. The passing of the baton commences when it is first touched

CLEVELAND -- Drug agents are investigating a suspected marijuana shipment mailed to the suburban home of Cleveland Indians closer Chris Perez, authorities said Wednesday. Rocky River Police Chief Kelly Stillman said city officers, a regional narcotics unit and postal inspectors were involved in Tuesdays daylong operation investigating a delivery to Perezs home in the lakeside Cleveland suburb. No charges have been filed and the matter remains under investigation. A message seeking comment was left for Perezs attorney. At a news conference Wednesday, the chief said the operation likely originated with a package that appeared suspicious to postal employees. "They took it from there," he said. In a brief written update Wednesday afternoon, the chief confirmed the shipment was suspected to be marijuana, but said that the state crime laboratory will have to confirm that. "Depending on what it was and how much it was, charges will be filed accordingly," Stillman said. Officers with a search warrant took evidence from the Perez house, according to the chief, but the seized items werent specified. Indians general manager Chris Antonetti said in a statement that the team had talked with Perez and was "gathering additional information." Manager Terry Francona, addressing the situation before the Indians Wednesday afternoon game against the Yankees in New York, said he had reached out to Perez to check on him. "I spoke to him this morning, called him, just wanted to make sure he was OK," he said. "Out of respect to everybody involved, thats really all I can say." The Indians often-polarizing closer has six saves this season, but is on the disabled list with an injured right shoulder. He and Cleveland fans have gotten on each others nerves over the last couple years, and he recently deactivated his Twitter account after hearing it from fans following a couple of bad outings. In previous seasons, Perez has criticized fans for not coming to games, and ownership for not spending money on free agents. The right-hander was supposed to start throwing again this week. Francona said he wasnt sure if the investigation would affect Perez injury rehabilitation. "I dont know. I honestly dont know," he said. "Lets not only go one day at a time, lets go one hour at a time here."Royals Jerseys 2019 . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Kansas City Royals Gear . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. https://www.cheaproyals.com/ . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. 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Japan won the silver.Video replays showed a clean handoff from Rodgers to Gatlin but were less clear about whether Gatlin had taken possession of the stick before Rodgers got it inside the start of the 20-meter passing zone.Rule 170.07 in the track and field handbook reads: The baton shall be passed within the takeover zone. The passing of the baton commences when it is first touched by the receiving athlete and is completed the moment it is in the hand of only the receiving athlete. In relation to the takeover zone, it is only the position of the baton which is decisive. PPassing of the baton outside the takeover zone shall result in disqualification.ddddddddddddIt was the twilight zone. It was a nightmare, said Gatlin, who along with his teammates found out about the disqualification while parading the U.S. flag around the track. You work so hard with your teammates, guys you compete against almost all year long. All that hard work just crumbles.Tyson Gay, who ran the third leg for the Americans, called it bad luck.Its always something weird, stupid, simple mistakes that always cost us, and I dont understand, he said. We had great sticks in practice, great everything, and something so simple. I cant say anything but bad luck.The ruling marks the ninth time since 1995 that the U.S. men have been disqualified or failed to get the baton around at the Olympics or world championships.Information from the Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '