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“We have been cornered into a situation where we cannot even stop now. We are damned if we do, and damned if we do not,” Kaori Yamaguchi, a member of the Japanese Olympic Committee and a bronze medalist in judo in 1988, wrote in a recent editorial published by the Kyodo news agency. “The IOC also seems to think that public opinion in Japan is not important.”
Parker (12.9 ppg) and Vandersloot (11.4) command the headlines and attention, which frees up room for their scorers on the wings — Copper (13.9), Quigley (11.8) and Diamond DeShields (12.3) — to give the Sky five players with double-digit-scoring averages. A sixth, Astou Ndour, is close to that mark, averaging 9.2 points.
Phillies third baseman Brad Miller (13) celebrates with Bryce Harper (3) and Jean Segura after hitting his third homer of the game, a two-run shot, during the seventh inning against the Cubs on Thursday night at Wrigley Field. (Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune)
“Look, we’ve believed in these guys since 2015,” Hoyer said Thursday before the Cubs’ series finale against the Philadelphia Phillies. “They’ve had a ton of success, and I wouldn’t count these guys out. But 11 days ago we were certainly on the buy side of this transaction and everyone was calling about that.
Ultimately roster stability with their star players in particular didn’t deliver the results the Cubs needed nor expected. With only 10 home games left in July, they figure to be the last for some combination of Rizzo, Bryant, Báez and closer Craig Kimbrel. The 11-game losing streak spelled doom for this Cubs core, failing to win close games, some ugly eyesores mixed in and, as Hoyer astutely noted: “Eric Sogard made three (pitching) appearances, that’s not a positive thing.”
Police in Pasadena, Calif., and MLB are investigating the allegations made against Bauer by a Southern California woman who says the pitcher choked and punched her during two sexual encounters earlier this year. The woman obtained a protection order against Bauer last month under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act.
“For some of my coworkers it was pretty tough, because that was their only job,” said Eugenia Mays, who has worked at Coors Field in Denver for about two decades. “So unemployment was kicked in, food stamp was kicked in, and you just have to learn how to budget and how to do things off of that point. Some got other jobs, some had to buddy up with others to live together.”
“There’s legitimate reasons to think of DHing him a lot,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said before Wednesday’s game against the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. “That would be one way to get his bat in and not have to worry so much about his legs. At the same time, the way (Yermín) Mercedes was going, the spot was open for a while and hopefully Yermín gets back (from Triple A).
About 11,000 Olympians and 4,400 Paralympians are expected to enter Japan, with tens of thousands of officials, judges, administrators, sponsors, broadcasters, and media also entering. The IOC says more than 80% of resident of the Olympic Village will be vaccinated.
“Honestly I was surprised. I didn’t really know much about the Select Team,” Williams said on a conference call Tuesday night after the first day of training camp. “But it’s an opportunity … just come in here and, of course, working, that’ll never change, but just being a sponge to anybody and everybody.