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Red Sox's Contreras Stays Amid Winning Streak, MLB Salary Cap Clash Looms · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Wednesday, July 15th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 61 years ago, today, in 1965, a small
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  robotic probe called Mariner 4 flew past Mars
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  and returned the first close photographs of the
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  planet's surface, revealing craters and unexpected
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  details to amaze scientists. Those images transformed
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  planetary science by turning Mars from a distant
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  mystery into a real world to be studied, inspiring
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  future exploration and reshaping ideas about
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  our neighboring planet. So now you know. And
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  now, it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's sunny and it feels like 82 degrees, with
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  8 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 817, and it will rise again tomorrow at 521.
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  It looks like we're in for a slight chance of
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  rain showers between 10 a .m. and 5 p .m., but
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  mostly sunny skies with a high near 93 and a
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  moderate northwest breeze around 12 miles per
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  hour. If you're inland, it will hit a high of
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  94 tonight. Expect mostly clear skies with a
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  low around 71 and light winds around 8 miles
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  per hour. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 66 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Thursday will be sunny
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  and hot with a high near 90 and a west wind 5
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  to 15 miles per hour, gusting as high as 25.
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  A cool night falls to around 69. Then Friday
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  stays sunny near 87 with lighter northwest winds,
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  before Saturday brings a 50 % chance of showers
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  and thunderstorms and highs near 80, with wet
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  and likely stormy conditions Saturday night and
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  lingering shower chances into Sunday. Bonjour,
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, Jennifer Garner is reminiscing about her
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  time filming the TV show, The Five -Star Weekend
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  on Nantucket, sharing a throwback video of an
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  impromptu karaoke performance at a local live
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  music venue. The actress posted the video to
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  social media on Monday, showing herself singing
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  Abigail's Dancing Queen alongside her co -stars
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  during a visit to Gaslight. a downtown Nantucket
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  restaurant, bar, and music venue. The karaoke
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  outing took place on September 30th, 2025, and
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  local guide Bill Jameson joined the actresses
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  on stage for the performance. Garner humorously
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  noted in her caption that while their karaoke
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  skills may not have been five -star, everything
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  else with her co -stars was a dream, calling
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  Jameson a legend. Now on to sports. Major League
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  Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday,
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  prior to the All -Star Game, spoke to members
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  of the press about ongoing negotiations with
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  the players' union on a new collective bargaining
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  agreement. The central issue is the owner's push
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  for a salary cap, as Major League Baseball is
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  the only non -capped major professional sports
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  league in North America. Manfred reiterated calls
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  for a cap. framing it as a means to improve competitive
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  balance. However, the league is enjoying a boom,
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  with attendance and television ratings up. Manfred
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  claims to have united owners on proposing equalized
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  sharing of local revenues, although the two sides
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  remain entrenched in negotiations. A labor stoppage
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  is expected when the current collective bargaining
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  agreement expires on December 1st. which could
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  jeopardize the 20 -27 season and impact Manfred's
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  legacy. In local sports, the Red Sox are on fire
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  heading into the second half. Wilson Contreras
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  made it clear he's not going anywhere. The all
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  -pro first baseman told reporters he won't waive
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  his no -trade clause and wants to finish his
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  career in Boston. He said he's found his family
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  at Fenway And that kind of commitment from your
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  best player matters when you're riding a nine
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  -game winning streak. Tommy Connell is back,
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  too, after a brief detour through waivers and
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  free agency. The veteran reliever resigned with
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  Boston to pitch in Worcester, looking to bounce
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  back from an 8 .0 era in eight appearances this
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  season. The Sox host Tampa Bay had Fenway on
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  Friday at 1 .35 with Jake Bennett on the mound.
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  Meanwhile, the Bruins made some significant front
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  office moves. Kevin Adams, who spent 17 years
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  with the Buffalo Sabres most recently as their
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  GM, joins Boston as Senior Advisor. Tennis Bonvy
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  and Jeremy Rogalski were named Assistant General
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  Managers, while Alex Jimenez takes over as Director
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  of Hockey Operations. GM Don Sweeney said he's
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  confident this new structure will help the team
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  improve heading into training camp after an active
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  off -season that included trades for JJ Pederka
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  and Will Borgen. In top news, Spain reaches the
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  World Cup final with a dominant 2 -0 win over
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  France. In a match Tuesday in Arlington, Texas,
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  Spain delivered a masterful performance advancing
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  to Sunday's World Cup final at MetLife Stadium
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  in New Jersey. This marked Spain's second -ever
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  appearance in a World Cup final, having previously
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  won the tournament in 2010. Spain's first goal
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  came in the 22nd minute, when Michael Oyarzabal
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  scored from the penalty spot after teenager Lemayne
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  Yamal drew a foul. The loss means France failed
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  to reach its third consecutive final, and will
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  instead play in the third -place game in Miami
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  Gardens, Florida. In business news, your monthly
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  Netflix bill is up 29 % in just over a year.
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  Critics say Washington needs to fix it. Netflix
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  remains a favorite on Wall Street while also
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  being a target for government regulators. The
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  streaming service is expected to impress the
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  stock market when it reports earnings on Thursday.
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  despite the usual sell -the -news response. Analysts
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  are bullish on Netflix and anticipate a slight
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  beat in the company's second -quarter earnings
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  estimate. Consensus forecasts predict 13 .5 %
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  annualized revenue growth to $12 .6 billion,
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  which was the Netflix forecast in the first quarter.
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  Operating margin has increased to 32 .6%. In
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  crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 2 % to about $65
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  ,000. Ethereum is up 4 % to just under $1 ,900.
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  And XRP is up 2 % to $1 .10. Moving on to a more
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  local vibe. In our community spotlight on health
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  and wellness, we are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them... Sunny morning sent you by. And
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. Miles
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  Wang, an open AI researcher, is leaving the chat
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  GPT maker to launch a new startup focused on
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  developing AI models for drug discovery, according
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  to several sources. He is in talks to raise about
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  $200 million at a $2 billion valuation. Lightspeed
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  is reportedly in discussions to lead the funding
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  round, although talks are ongoing. Wang's startup
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  may focus on AI models to find new uses for existing
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  drugs, which could lead to significantly faster
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  revenue than developing new drugs from scratch.
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  Wang joined OpenAI in 2024 after dropping out
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  from Harvard University. And in entertainment
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  news. Lucky is a new Apple television thriller
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  starring Anya Taylor -Joy as an identity -swapping
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  con woman, revealing some identity issues of
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  its own. In this seven -episode limited series,
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  the adaptation fails to generate a consistent
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  tone or theme, stripping away key elements from
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  the original book. Taylor -Joy portrays Lucky,
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  who is caught in a heist involving nearly $10
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  million and a convoluted scam. Despite a talented
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  cast, including Annette Baning and Timothy Oliphant,
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  the characters feel underdeveloped. Ultimately,
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  Lucky is an uneven diversion lacking the depth
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  necessary for meaningful drama. Well, all righty,
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American astronomer
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  and science communicator, Carl Sagan. And he
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  said, Somewhere, something incredible is waiting
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  to be known, highlighting the transformative
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  power of exploration and discovery. And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.