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“It’s tempting to retaliate or seek revenge when someone decides to hurt, slander or lie about you. Especially in public,” she wrote. “It’s difficult to remember that those who harm us are acting out of their own pain. Wounded people need healing, and that’s what I pray finds every person who is so lost in their pain that they resort to inflicting harm on others.

“You have to have that intensity, not being afraid,” Hamilton said during spring training, explaining what it takes to successfully steal bases. “I was telling the guys the other day, they were like, ‘Who do you most steal bases off of?’ I said, ‘There’s no catcher I’m afraid of because it’s not the catcher’s job. It’s the pitcher’s job to get the ball to the catcher.’ ”

“I don’t know if it’s gonna be for the Reds, I don’t know if it’s gonna be for my bosses at Fox. I apologize to the people who sign my paycheck, to the Reds, Fox Sports Ohio, the people I work with, anybody that I’ve offended here tonight — I can’t begin to tell you how deeply sorry I am. That is not who I am, and it never has been. And I’d like to think maybe I could have some people that could back that up. I am very, very sorry and I beg for your forgiveness. Jim Day will take you the rest of the way.”

“When we drive in and there’s just parking lot after parking lot of fans tailgating, you see everyone playing and kicking soccer balls around, then you go out for warmup and you hear this huge roar for us — my heart was very full these two games,” said U.S. team captain Becky Sauerbrunn. Photograph by Sofie Brandt | sbrandt@courant.com (Sofie Brandt/The Hartford Courant)