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With Willson Contreras on second base, Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Erik Gonzalez fielded Báez’s grounder and threw to first, but Will Craig caught the ball off the bag. Craig, instead of just trotting back and touching the base, advanced to tag Báez — and then Baez’s base-running savvy kicked in.
The Sox game promotion is just one of several county health officials have staged in a bid to increase the percentage of area residents vaccinated against COVID-19. For example, on Wednesday tickets to Six Flags Great America were offered to those vaccinated at Cook County Health vaccination sites.
“These arenas, they’ve got to start protecting the players. We’ll see what the NBA does,” Westbrook said Wednesday night. “I’ve been in a lot of incidents where fans, they say whatever, and the consequences for me are a lot more detrimental to those people in the stands because they feel like they’re untouchable.”
“The energy, Wrigley rocking on a day game in division should be a lot of fun,” Ross said Thursday morning. “Fans getting back to close to full capacity should be a lot of fun. The atmosphere as I remember it is one of the best in baseball. I can’t wait to get back to that. I think it will feel normal. I think it will give us a nice boost, and it will be nice to be welcomed home after a good road trip.”
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing to examine an update from Federal officials on efforts to combat COVID-19, Tuesday, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP) (Greg Nash/AP)
Situated on a half acre in east Glencoe, the mansion has 7-1/2 baths, four fireplaces, an open floor plan, a kitchen with Wood-Mode cabinetry and a waterfall-edge island, a custom-built walnut library, a slate roof, copper gutters, a screened porch with a fireplace and a four-car garage. The home also has a 3,200-square-foot finished lower level with a sport court, a media room, a wine cellar and a yoga studio.
“It’s very difficult to get young talented players in the league,” he said. “That’s really very, very difficult. And we felt strongly we had experienced players: (Bobby) Shuttleworth, (Kenneth) Kronholm, (Jonathan) Bornstein, (Francisco) Calvo, even (Przemysław) Frankowski is quite experienced, (Fabian) Herbers, (Johan) Kappelhof. We really have a couple of players who are clearly more than 25 years old. So now we focus a little bit on young players. It’s a bit easier to get them on the international market.”
And Carlos Rodón allowed one run on one hit with 10 strikeouts in six innings in Wednesday’s 4-0 loss. Rodón became the fourth pitcher in Sox history to allow one run or fewer and one hit or fewer with no walks and 10-plus strikeouts in six-plus innings in a start, joining Gary Peters (July 15, 1963, vs. the Orioles), Floyd Bannister (Sept. 13, 1987, at the Mariners) and Chris Sale (May 22, 2014, vs. the Yankees).
“As an alumni I have slowly been losing my faith in the direction of Ohio State, oh to go back to the days of the leadership we had under Gordon Gee,” one emailer wrote, referring to the former Ohio State President, currently at West Virginia University.
“I want to talk about Trevor. He was fantastic today. I mean, he was sensational. That was really fun to play behind him. He was working quick, zipping though the zone, A couple times I would look up there and see 91 (mph for a pitch), but it looked a lot harder. … He was pretty special tonight.”