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“You have to understand what a pitcher’s strengths are, what he’s able to land,” he said. “It’s like a chess game. You have to play along, have an idea what he’s going to do. And that’s one thing that helps me a lot, I’m always thinking about what the catcher’s going to call, what the pitcher’s feeling, and then throughout the game it could change.
Debra Coble, formerly of Englewood, daughter of Jean Carter Hill, founder of Imagine Englewood, traveled back to Chicago from Memphis, Tennessee, to join dozens of volunteers clean empty lots in Englewood on May 8, 2021. This is the eighth year of the event, after skipping last spring due to the pandemic. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)
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“Those were tactical changes,” Wicky said of tweaking his lineup. “(W)e have a pretty competitive roster when everyone’s back. Everyone will be back hopefully soon besides Stanislav Ivanov, who is out for longer. But after that, this is the norm. That’s the only way a team can get better, if you have this competition and you have possibilities to change players, to rotate players.
The Galewood neighborhood man, whose name was not immediately being made public, had been riding on a sidewalk south on Western to regroup with other bikers nearby when he disregarded the red light while crossing Washington and was hit by a westbound car, according to a traffic crash report of the incident.
“I remember being a rookie (in Colorado) and getting into some trouble in games, falling behind on counts, and I’d look over at Todd (Helton), and Todd would give me a stern look, ‘Let’s go,’” Brothers said. “I always seemed to respond pretty well to that, so I just told ‘Rossy’: ‘Let me know if you need more out of me. If you see me slacking, just flat out tell me I’ve got to pick it up or just be better.
“We’re not concerned (about) any public safety or any foul play,” Ploch said on the phone. “It does look like some type of an accident. We’re still trying to work with the state police, and then they’re working with the FBI and the bomb squad experts, in order to identify what exactly happened.”
About 11 a.m., a concerned citizen flagged down Chicago police officers to report a “suspicious object” in the 1100 block of West Bryn Mawr Avenue, spokeswoman Officer Jessica Rocco wrote in an email. As of 12:40 p.m., canine and bomb units were at the scene.
“Every day, I hear from students who want to make it to my class but they couldn’t, because their dad has COVID, or they can’t get out of their shift at the grocery store and they need to work to help support their families,” Bawany said. “Every day, I wake up and think, this is a miracle, that I work at a job where I’m caring for people’s most prized possessions, their children.”
A 28-year-old man was shot while he was a passenger in a vehicle. The man said he heard about 5 to six gunshots, then felt pain. He suffered a graze wound to the left side of the chest, and was taken to McNeal Hospital where he was listed in good condition, police said..