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White Sox shortstop Leury García, from left, closer Liam Hendriks, third baseman Yoán Moncada, catcher Yasmani Grandal and first baseman José Abreu celebrate after defeating the Pirates 4-2 at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
Schwindel, claimed off waivers from the Oakland Athletics in July, has been a surprise contributor since the Cubs switched to rebuilding mode. He has hit safely in 22 of his first 27 games with the Cubs with six homers and 18 RBIs. He started the day with a 1.009 OPS since July 30, the sixth-best mark in the National League over that stretch.
On Tuesday night, Djokovic began his tournament crusade with a four-set, first-round victory over 18-year-old Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune. The Danish qualifier, ranked 145th in the world, boasted all the trappings of youth – the backwards baseball cap, the concerned mother in the stands. He won a second-set tiebreaker, had a grand old time for nearly two hours. Then Rune, not accustomed to such a high-voltage match, began to cramp badly. Djokovic sailed through for his 22nd straight victory in majors, 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-1.
“We’re going to be leaders in this space,” he said. “We’re going to show everyone how easy it is to enjoy yourself at an event while also respecting the athletes in the field of play and the fans around you, many of whom are families with young kids who have a chance to be lifetime fans of the game themselves. Quite honestly, we should expect nothing less from each other, whether we’re at a golf tournament or elsewhere in life.”
Following a delay of four months, 19 days, 23 hours and 55 minutes, the Mets’ landscape was quite different. The club was in another mess, after Baez explained and later apologized for his thumbs-down gesture, which was meant to “boo” Mets fans before Sandy Alderson released a stern statement and shut it all down.
Lynn, an All-Star this year and one of the leading candidates for the American League Cy Young Award, is 10-4 with a 2.59 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 24 starts. He leads the AL in ERA, opponents average (.204) and slugging percentage (.338) and is among the league leaders in opponents OPS (second, .605), WHIP (fourth, 1.08), strikeouts per nine innings (fifth, 10.08) and wins (tied for seventh).
“I said, ‘Tom, no offense to you, but I think he’s better than you when you were in high school,’” Badke said. “I was kidding around with him, but I believe Jack will be a tremendous athlete and will not only play his junior and senior years, he will be a captain.”
“I didn’t mean to offend anybody,” Baez said Tuesday. “I didn’t say the fans are bad. I love the fans. But I just felt like we were alone. The fans obviously want us to win, and they pay our salary, like everybody says. But we want to win, too. The frustration got to us, and I didn’t mean to offend anybody, and if I did offend anybody, we apologize.”
Newton started each of New England’s three preseason games, but he also missed five days of practice leading into Sunday’s exhibition finale against the New York Giants after a “misunderstanding” of NFL COVID-19 protocols. It required him to sit out a mandatory five-day waiting period for unvaccinated players after he attended an out-of-town doctor’s appointment.
Not counting Calvin de Haan, whose contract runs out this season, the Hawks have locked up their top three blue liners (by cap percentage) through at least through 2024-25, when offseason acquisition Jack McCabe’s contract ($4 million cap hit) runs out.