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“We wanted to find some stability day in, day out for the lineup in that second base position,” Sox general manager Rick Hahn said Friday. “César provides us with someone who not only obviously comes to us with a Gold Glove resumé and has found a nice power stroke over the course of this season, but as a switch hitter, provides a professional at-bat to go with the solid defense.”
Posting to the video sharing app has become a frequent activity for many Olympians and has given users around the world an inside look at the Olympic Village, interactions between the athletes and answers to some of the Games most pressing questions (how comfortable are those cardboard beds, really?).
The 2020 Summer Olympic Games take place between July 23 and August 8 in and around Tokyo, Japan. With 33 sports at 339 events across 42 venues, the Games are documented by hundreds of photographers from around the world, including Chicago Tribune’s Brian Cassella. Here are some of the best images from this year’s Olympics to date.
Dr. Kiran Joshi, senior medical officer and co-lead of the county health department, said Monday officials “continue to see low vaccine uptake in several communities and are aggressively employing tactics to educate people, to answer questions, to combat misinformation and to remove barriers to care throughout Cook County.”
Travelers are lining up at O’Hare airport in Chicago, Friday, July 2, 2021. The U.S. set another pandemic-era record for travel on Sunday, Aug. 1, with more than 2.2 million people going through airport checkpoints. That’s the biggest number in 17 months, although travel is still not quite back to pre-pandemic levels. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)
She missed her second and third lifts, both at 125 kilograms. On the second one, she brought the barbell above her head, but the lift was disqualified because she did not keep her arms completely straight. After her third miss, she pounded her heart, lifted her hands in the air, took a bow and walked offstage.
Buona Beef, the 40-year-old Berwyn-based chain, reconsidered its cannabis policy “shortly after” Illinois approved recreational marijuana use last year, co-owner Joe Buonavolanto said. Buona still prohibits getting high on the job, and reserves the right to do random drug testing for employees. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women’s 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021. Tsimanouskaya alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff Sunday, Aug. 1, at Tokyo’s main airport. (Martin Meissner/AP)
Suguru Iwazaki, Koudai Senga, Yasuaki Yamasaki, Yudai Ohno and Ryoji Kuribayashi (1-0) combined for 5 1/3 innings of one-hit scoreless relief. The only blemish against Japan’s bullpen was Triston Casas’ second homer of the tournament, a three-run drive in the third. That put the U.S. ahead 6-3 against Koyo Aoyogi, who gave up five hits in one inning.
“Cubs fans are no longer content with merely making the playoffs,” Ricketts wrote. “As we reset our team, please know we share your higher expectations. With five postseason appearances in the last six years, including reaching the NLCS three times and our historic World Series championship, sustainable on-field success is the new standard.