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The Nashua Cal Ripken 12U baseball team is red hot, having captured its first two games of the New England Regionals in Freetown, Mass. (Courtesy photo)

The Nashua Cal Ripken 12U All-Stars are simply on a roll.

Not even Mother Nature could deter them as they got the second game of pool play in in the New England Regionals Sunday and prevalied over Douglas, Mass., 6-3.

Nashua will now take on Easton, Mass. in the third and final game of pool play looking to go undefeated. Game time at Freetown (Mass.) Central Park is 12:45 p.m. If Nashua wins it will get a bye in the next round, as elimination play begins, to the semifinals on Wednesday.

Nashua and opponent Douglas, MA traded runs in the first inning and Douglas broke the tie with a run in the third. While Nashua starting pitcher James Patierno struck out six and scattered three hits, a rising pitch count led Nashua to put in reliever Justin Sanossian in the fifth inning.

Sanossian also pitched well, striking out four and giving up one run in the bottom of the fifth inning on a single to right fielder Connor Serino. While Serino’s throw to the plate was extremely close, Nashua had to wait another batter to record the final out of the inning.

Down 3-1 in the top of the sixth, Nashua was down to its final three outs, having left eight runners on base to this point in the game. Leadoff batter Gavin Whigham walked and advanced to third on a throwing error. Garrett Schmidt then singled to score Whigham and Nik Levine’s clutch hit scored Schmidt a few plays later to tie the game.

Sanossian and Schmidt combined to shut down Douglas hitters in the bottom of the sixth and into two extra innings, providing Nashua enough time to wear down the opposition and secure the win in the eighth inning, 6-3. Nashua fans in attendance were on an emotional roller coaster as the wind and rain would come and go, along with lead changes and runners left on base.

Garrett Schmidt was awarded player of the game batting 2 for 4 and scoring both the tying run to force extra innings and the winning run in the eighth, along with retiring five straight batters.

The finals are Thursday at 5:30 p.m. also at Freetown.

Nashua is atop the “Pesky Pole” pool at 2-0, while West Hartford, Conn. is atop the “Green Monster” pool, also at 2-0.

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All 712 rent-controlled units at fire-plagued 1960s complex to shutter indefinitely for sprinkler work

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A fight is brewing at Barrington Plaza, where Douglas Emmet is booting residents from nearly 600 apartments in the largest eviction in Los Angeles.

The Santa Monica-based real estate investment trust is evicting tenants from 577 occupied rent-controlled units to install fire sprinklers at 11740 Wilshire Boulevard, in Sawtelle, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The tenants are being evicted under the Ellis Act, a state law that allows landlords to remove tenants from rent-controlled apartments if their building is taken off the rental market. When evictions are complete, a total 712 units will be affected.

But some residents, many who have been given four months notice to leave the 61-year-old complex, say they’ll fight to stay. Others, who are at least 62 or disabled, have up to one year to get out.

Tenants will get relocation expenses according to city guidelines, including as much as $9,200 for those who have lived there for less than three years. Elderly or disabled occupants could get more than $22,000.

Douglas Emmett says the move is necessary to install the sprinklers and other safety equipment in a complex with a history of dangerous fires.

The complex will be returned to the rental market when the upgrades are complete, according to the landlord. No completion date has been set. There aren’t any provisions for renters to move back to their former homes.

Barrington Plaza saw two life-threatening fires in the last nine years, including one that turned deadly. Eight floors in one of the buildings remain vacant.

Some tenants are already packing their stuff while facing a significant jump in rent and the irony that their own evictions might drive up prices even more.

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Goral and others believe the company is improperly applying the law and that it can make the safety upgrades without permanently displacing them.

“In a period where we’re dealing with homelessness throughout the city and county, it’s a major issue that this company would suddenly put almost 600 people on the housing market to compete for housing,” Miki Goral, a librarian at UCLA, told the Times. “It’s not a sensible thing to do.”

Eric Rose, a spokesman for Douglas Emmett, said that when the company submitted plans to rebuild the damaged floors, the city conditioned its approval on the installation of sprinklers and other safety equipment throughout Barrington Plaza’s three towers.

Those changes cannot be done without vacating the three towers at the same time, Rose said, because building systems are shared among them and “structural changes, including changes to ceilings and walls, need to be made in order to carry the weight of the sprinkler system.”

He said the apartments could eventually return to the rental market under rules laid out by the city. There are no plans to build new condominiums on the site, Rose said.

This month, Barrington tenant Sergei Maidaniuk filed a lawsuit against Douglas Emmett for breach of contract and private nuisance for allegedly ignoring the fire safety problem.

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Brothers George and Manny Sarkis, Douglas Elliman’s Sarkis Team, look at their new office opening in Boston’s Financial District as a sort of dry run.

The duo say they’ve always wanted to have their own standalone office — which just opened at 44 Batterymarch Street — and hope that they can branch out to other parts of the state or even the country once they’ve honed their best practices.

“We’d like to continue to grow,” Manny Sarkis said, noting that Elliman has offices in the Back Bay and Nantucket. “We’re looking to master this — the operation of running an office and running a team in its own office. … The goal is to go maybe to another part of Massachusetts or Cape and the islands. … But we’ll start here and get this right.”

For now they’re taking a team of 15, including themselves, as what they say is the only real estate office in the area. It’s a prime location, the brothers say, because of the foot traffic and the opening up of offices — notably Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch — in the area. It’s also close to the North Shore, the South Shore and western suburbs.

The 4,000-square-foot office was designed by Linda Zarifi, and has been fully renovated; it can accommodate 30 desks..There is also a rooftop space, which the Sarkis brothers, who are members of the Douglas Elliman Sports & Entertainment division, plan to outfit in the future.

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“It allows George and I to do things the Sarkis Team way, backed by Douglas Elliman where we can run our team like a company that’s kind of like our hub … be creative and have team meetings there and events there,” Manny Sarkis said.

This addition to Douglas Elliman’s office directory comes on the heels of the Sarkis Team being named the No. 1 large team in Boston by volume and sales and the No. 26 large team nationwide by volume via 2023 RealTrends.

The Sarkis brothers, who have been with Elliman since 2017, say the Boston residential market — which includes the neighboring suburbs like Charlestown, Wellesley and Brookline — is strong because of the city’s technology, research, medical and higher education sectors.

“There’s a lot of outside people coming in from other states and other countries,” George Sarkis said. “Inventory is low, average prices continue to rise year over year. The summers are slower obviously, but overall the market is strong.”

Indeed, the median sale price in Boston alone in 2023, according to Redfin, is $810,000, up a little more than 1.3 percent over 2022, though the number of homes sold has dropped more than 25 percent year-over-year.

FOXBORO — There’s one clear and obvious way the Patriots can potentially improve their league-worst offense: Get rookie wide receiver Demario Douglas on the field more.

Extenuating circumstances have kept Douglas from receiving a full slate of snaps six weeks into the season. He fumbled in Week 2 and was benched for the remainder of the Patriots’ Week 2 loss to the Dolphins. Then he was working his way back into earning trust in the offense before leaving the team’s Week 5 loss to the Saints early with a concussion. Douglas missed Week 6 but has returned to practice ahead of the team’s Week 7 matchup against the Bills.

“I think he has a very important role,” Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne said this week. “Pop is great in man-to-man. You don’t really know the threat he brings I feel like for opposing defenses. He can do a lot of things that — I think people doubt him, being an underdog in a sense, small guy. He just needs to keep doing that, making those big plays. He’s very explosive. I think he can be great. He just has to keep working and doing it and want it every day. For all of us.”

Douglas has been praised for his ability to get open in man coverage. Head coach Bill Belichick was asked how he’s seen the 2023 sixth-round pick improve against zone.

“Yeah, Demario’s a smart player,” Belichick said Friday morning. “He’s not a huge target, but he’s fast, he’s quick, got good receiving skills. Yeah, he can get open.”

Douglas has 10 catches on 17 targets for 143 yards so far this season with 67 of his 81 snaps coming out of the slot. The Liberty product is probably the Patriots’ most effective weapon getting open against man coverage, but he’s also proven to be an effective deep target despite his 5-foot-8, 192-pound frame. Quarterback Mac Jones has completed 3-of-6 deep passes to Douglas for 89 yards and is 2-of-18 targeting his other pass catchers on passes of 20-plus yards.

Veteran wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has been the Patriots’ primary slot receiver this season but has struggled in five games, catching just 14 passes on 25 targets for 86 yards. He also missed Week 7 with a concussion.

With a 1-5 record and facing a juggernaut in the Bills this weekend, now would be a good time to see if a full share of snaps from Douglas could add a jolt to the offense.

Douglas ranks 17th among 95 qualified wide receivers with 2.27 yards per route run. Smith-Schuster is 77th at 0.89 yards per route run.

FOXBORO — There’s one clear and obvious way the Patriots can potentially improve their league-worst offense: Get rookie wide receiver Demario Douglas on the field more.

Extenuating circumstances have kept Douglas from receiving a full slate of snaps six weeks into the season. He fumbled in Week 2 and was benched for the remainder of the Patriots’ Week 2 loss to the Dolphins. Then he was working his way back into earning trust in the offense before leaving the team’s Week 5 loss to the Saints early with a concussion. Douglas missed Week 6 but has returned to practice ahead of the team’s Week 7 matchup against the Bills.

“I think he has a very important role,” Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne said this week. “Pop is great in man-to-man. You don’t really know the threat he brings I feel like for opposing defenses. He can do a lot of things that — I think people doubt him, being an underdog in a sense, small guy. He just needs to keep doing that, making those big plays. He’s very explosive. I think he can be great. He just has to keep working and doing it and want it every day. For all of us.”

Douglas has been praised for his ability to get open in man coverage. Head coach Bill Belichick was asked how he’s seen the 2023 sixth-round pick improve against zone.

“Yeah, Demario’s a smart player,” Belichick said Friday morning. “He’s not a huge target, but he’s fast, he’s quick, got good receiving skills. Yeah, he can get open.”

Douglas has 10 catches on 17 targets for 143 yards so far this season with 67 of his 81 snaps coming out of the slot. The Liberty product is probably the Patriots’ most effective weapon getting open against man coverage, but he’s also proven to be an effective deep target despite his 5-foot-8, 192-pound frame. Quarterback Mac Jones has completed 3-of-6 deep passes to Douglas for 89 yards and is 2-of-18 targeting his other pass catchers on passes of 20-plus yards.

Veteran wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has been the Patriots’ primary slot receiver this season but has struggled in five games, catching just 14 passes on 25 targets for 86 yards. He also missed Week 7 with a concussion.

With a 1-5 record and facing a juggernaut in the Bills this weekend, now would be a good time to see if a full share of snaps from Douglas could add a jolt to the offense.

Douglas ranks 17th among 95 qualified wide receivers with 2.27 yards per route run. Smith-Schuster is 77th at 0.89 yards per route run.