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“Everybody had each other’s backs and we went out there and got the job done,” Kimbrel said. “There’s going to be times where guys go out there and don’t have their best stuff that day, but if we can do our job and come in and put out the fire when momentum’s building, that plays especially when you get into later in the year.
His final opponent is second-seeded Daniil Medvedev of Russia, who bested 12th-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2, in the other semifinal Friday. Medvedev, a 2019 Open finalist, is a viable threat to upend Djokovic’s pursuit. But many pegged Zverev as the most likely to pull off an upset, especially after he toppled Djokovic at the Tokyo Olympics.
“Plaintiff (John Doe 2) effectively admits he has no facts to actually establish that (the team) did either of these things,” the motion reads. “Indeed, (the team) made a request to Plaintiff’s counsel, contemporaneous with the filing of this motion, that she withdraw these allegations because they are demonstrably false. (The team) expects that Plaintiff’s counsel will adhere to her ethical obligations and Illinois Supreme Court Rules by withdrawing the allegations in short order.”
“Our lineup looks better when he’s in there, there’s no doubt about it,” La Russa said Friday. “It’s really a classic example of an injury versus sore, a bruise. He’s going to run and he’s going to feel it, it’s going to hurt him. But it doesn’t make it worse when he plays, it’s not like you’re pushing a hamstring.
“Totally,” he said. “They gave me a lot of money while I was here. How could I hate someone? I don’t feel ill will toward anybody. It’s such a dumb thing to even think about or do. Yeah, you could be mad at how certain situations are handled. But I got to put on the Cubs uniform basically any day I wanted. If I wanted to play every day, they would’ve let me play every single day.
“I was lost, I had no clue where I was going, and all these cameras in my face, I was trying to play it off like I knew what I was doing it,” said Bryant, smiling. “It’s still so new too, it feels like I was just here, but just sitting in another dugout, in a different uniform and actually facing the guys that I’ve played with for so long.”
The decision to extend the leave through the rest of the season had been expected, given that Bauer had not pitched since June 29 and was running out of time to get back in shape to return while games remained. The regular season is scheduled to end Oct. 3, and the minimum ramp-up time for pitchers is generally regarded as three weeks.
“It’s been our base offense, probably, for 15 years,” he declared. “It’s where we always start. As we progress, whether we use two or three (tight ends), we have quality people there. We also have really quality receivers, so it’s all about finding the right mismatches.”
“My freshman year, which was in 2016, I did not play varsity,” Kirtz said. “But my sophomore year, I did play varsity. Hunter was my quarterback. … He helped me adjust to that. He made me feel way more comfortable out there, just kinda telling me ‘you got it,’ giving me confidence out there, definitely. The best memory I have with Hunter is just him kinda teaching me how to play football out there at the higher level and then now here in college.”
“I thought about as a coach in transition here, I had to endure that on Saturday,” Bielema said. “And as much as I didn’t like it. You don’t appreciate it. Don’t understand it. Don’t want to accept it. It’s real. It happened. And if I ignore it like it never happened, it’s never going to be something you can learn from.”