(AP Photo/File)LOS ANGELES – Jay Johnstone, who won World Series championships as a versatile outfielder with the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers while being baseball’s merry prankster, has died. In the 1981 World Series, Johnstone had a pinch-hit, two-run homer in Game 4 that rallied the Dodgers to an 8-7 win over the Yankees. That tied the series at two games apiece, and the Dodgers won the next two games to claim the title. The Dodgers, who won their last World Series in 1988, begin the playoffs on Wednesday. Besides his daughter, he is survived by his wife of 52 years, Mary Jayne Johnstone; sister Sandy Clairmont; and son-in-law Ryan Dudasik.

DETROIT A front yard on Detroits west side is filled with 42 Black faces placed on crosses. Behind them is the message Black Lives Matter.Its really a powerful image. Each picture is someone who died during the Black Lives Matter or Civil Rights Movement. People have come by in cars, and walking by, and stopped to pay respect, pay tribute and honor their lives Thorne said. I am just so overwhelmed and Im just so glad that Im smiling and Ill probably be smiling all day.