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“Just make sure I have (the intent) the same every single pitch,” he said, “not just saying, ‘Hey, throw this one over,’ or, ‘Hey, I really just need a strike here.’ No, I’m trying to execute this pitch still, regardless of score or situation, get back to that intense focus in a way, and I think everything else will be cleaned up.”
Right-hander Robert Stock struggled with command during his first big-league start. Stock walked six and hit a batter in four innings, with one walk coming with the bases loaded in the fourth to gift the Mets a run. Walks hadn’t been an issue for Stock at Triple-A Iowa, where he tallied four in 19⅔ innings.
The pick, which is top-four protected, could come back to the Bulls if they outperform their odds. The Bulls have a 4.5% chance of landing the No. 1 pick. They will need just as much luck to land in the top four, as their odds of drafting at No. 4 are 20.3%.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, from left, departing Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson and incoming interim CPS CEO Jose Torres, during a news conference June 14, 2021, at Richardson Middle School in Chicago. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
“Anytime you have that quality of player that shows back up and gets out here in the huddle and just that experience that he brings (it’s good),” Nagy said. “He just has such a quiet calm and confidence to him that you can see the guys out there throwing him the football and the things he’s doing, he just slides on in. The one sneaky thing about A-Rob that I think is pretty cool is No. 1, even if he’s not here, you know he’s working his tail off, and No. 2, he’s always in great shape, and we noticed that today.”
Thirteen-year-old Nikolas Jacob talks with Ashvin Lad while playing catch outside Blaine Elementary School on June 16, 2021, in Chicago. Jacob’s mother, Carmen Cruz, posted in a Lakeview neighborhood Facebook page to ask if anyone would play catch with her son and Lad jumped at the chance. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
Prater will helm the Milwaukee USPS district, according to a letter from Elvin Mercado, the Postal Service central area’s vice president. The Wisconsin city’s territory has just over 1,200 employees and 700 city routes, compared with Chicago’s over 4,300 employees and 2,100 routes. Prater had been Chicago postmaster since 2018.
That’s a heavy metaphor to decipher, but if Hahn is the designated juicer, he has a chance to squeeze the life out of the Cleveland Indians, the Sox’s only real pursuer in the American League Central. Acquiring someone such as Miami Marlins outfielder Starling Marte or another available slugger at the trade deadline would be as good a way as any to show Sox fans he means business.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, from left, outgoing Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice K. Jackson and incoming interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools Jose Torres are seen during a press conference at Richardson Middle School in Chicago on Monday, June 14, 2021. Torres was selected as incoming interim CEO of CPS, pending approval by the Chicago Board of Education. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
Gun control issues have always been contentious, reflecting divergent views on firearms between the heavily-populated Chicago area, where crime is high, and downstate rural areas where guns are embraced for sport, hunting and protection. In the past, those culture differences crossed party lines, but in recent years downstate has become more heavily Republican and more united in backing gun rights.