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“It was a nice to get out there and compete a little bit with the group,” said Taurasi, who injured her hip in early July. “Yeah, I felt pretty good hopefully it keeps getting better day by day. As a group I think we did some good things today, some things we have to work on. I think overall it was a pretty good match by us.”
“It’s a special moment for our sport but I’ve got mixed feelings,” said Igarashi, who grew up surfing at Tsurigasaki beach, the Olympic site located about 60 miles east of Tokyo. “It’s so hard to gather that into words. I’m proud of myself, and I was of proud myself even before this event, but it’s just been such a roller-coaster in the last four years on the road for the Olympics.”
“Big picture, he’s a proven hitter,” Keuchel said. “He’s a guy that’s a cog in the middle of the lineup and a run producer. It just extends the lineup. He really just kind of brings that smile to the clubhouse, day in, day out. You can’t be mad at that. He loves the game and he works hard at it.”
“His experience of pitching in big situations and a really good division, equal splits righties and lefties, he does a nice job of getting out both so it’s a guy at the back of the bullpen and he’s not necessarily a matchup guy, especially with three-batter minimum, that matters,” Ross said this month. “He’s a really simple-minded man that goes out and just wants to compete and give his best. And that plays really well in a day and age where sometimes you can overthink things. Simple mindedness goes a long way.”
“A typhoon can definitely throw a curveball, but I think that that’s what a part of it is,” said U.S. Olympian Haley Batten ahead of Tuesday afternoon’s mountain bike race. “We’re not training for a certain scenario. We are training adaptability and training our mind to be ready for that as well. It definitely makes the event even more exciting, so I’m just embracing the chaos.”
Sure, watching the Packers try to pivot to Jordan Love, their first-round pick in 2020 who spent the entire season at No. 3 on the depth chart, would have been enjoyable for the Bears, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings. But the Bears need to worry more about their own quarterback situation and finally getting it right than counting the days until Rodgers retires or plays elsewhere. Years ago, the Bears longed for the days the Packers would be without Brett Favre. Since Favre arrived in Green Bay, the Bears have invested eight first-round picks in quarterbacks via the draft or trades — two each on Jay Cutler and Justin Fields and one apiece on Rick Mirer (trade), Cade McNown, Rex Grossman and Trubisky.
Shortstop Javier Báez is helped up after being tagged out at first base during the eighth inning of the Cubs’ 5-1 win against the Diamondbacks on Sunday at Wrigley Field. Báez suffered a left heel injury on the play and did not start Monday against the Reds. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
“With my situation, look it’s never been about the draft pick, picking Jordan,” Rodgers said at the time. “I love Jordan. He’s a great kid, a lot of fun to work together. Love the coaching staff, love my teammates, love the fan base in Green Bay. An incredible 16 years.
Jiménez has been on a rehab assignment, most recently with Triple-A Charlotte, as he makes his way back from a ruptured left pectoral tendon suffered in a March 24 Cactus League game against the Oakland Athletics at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz., while attempting to rob a home run.
“It’s like an attachment, like a shoulder attachment that they put the sleeve on,” Boquiren said. “And then a unit, the Game Ready unit, pumps cold water in it, and it’ll be on for about 20, 30 minutes. … Especially if we’re staying to watch a game, we’ll bring that stuff with us and kind of really just maximize our time.”