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“If there’s one quality that this team has had since Day 1, once we started the season, was playing with the guys that we have, not that we don’t have,” La Russa said. “We lost Tim for 10 days before, we managed to scrape together some wins. But it’s not to disrespect him, because he is a real force when he plays, whether it’s offense, defense.

“We believe that if the city were aware of our actions, or those of any business taking the same measures, the mask mandate would be reconsidered. And the sooner our Club can get to full vaccination status, the sooner we can put required masking in our rearview mirror,” CEO Mel Kleist wrote in an email to club members late last week.

Chicago police officers work the scene where two officers were shot and the man who allegedly shot them was also wounded in the 1500 block of South Lawndale Avenue on May 16, 2021, in the Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago. The police officers were responding to a “shots fired” alert from ShotSpotter, the city’s gunshot detection system. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

Alibet Mendoza, 33, of the 1500 block of S. Austin Blvd, Cicero, was charged with four counts of aggravated driving under the influence _ accident causing death, possession of a controlled substance and several misdemeanor traffic offenses. Mendoza’s bond was set at $500,000, with 10 % to apply, according to DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert B. Berlin and Elmhurst Police Chief Michael Ruth.