Sad to see George Wendt of Norm and Da Bears fame die. I talked to him once on the phone for a story on celebrity White Sox fans. Then I ran into him at LAX and talked Sox pitching with him. Always regretted that I didn’t have a beer with him there.

Now that Djokovic is too old and Sinner is #1 and a doping cheat, Djoker is a sentimental favorite for maybe the first time in his amazing career

You earn ranking points in each tourney & keep them 12 months. Players will lose ‘24 Wimbledon points now. If you try to get into tennis, you can’t follow. #1 can beat #2 in Wimbledon final & they can flip spots in the rankings. Imagine Super Bowl loser getting the trophy. Dumb

Sinner’s suspension was a joke. They didn’t make him miss 1 major. It would be like suspending you from dating Halle Berry. Irrelevant. Year-end #1 was huge. Now it’s all about winning majors. GOAT debate doesn’t factor in that previous generations used to skip the Australian

I don’t think Anisimova will ever fully recover from this. But reaching the Wimbledon final should be considered a lifetime achievement, not a historic failure

How is it even possible the Cubs haven’t already signed Marcus Stroman? He comes dirt cheap. And the Cubs are primed for a collapse right now.

PCA isn’t slumping. Other teams have figured him out. It’s his turn to adjust back…if he can

Cubs are chokers

Cubs need to call up Owen Caissie…and Taillon, Amaya, Assad and Hodge. The team can’t hit. And they protected Caissie at the trade deadline. Put him in the lineup tonight. Time for major overhaul

Sick of watching PCA strike out and throw his bat. If that’s all he can do, let him do it in Iowa

I’m looking at the Cubs final score and am confused: The larger number is next to the Cubs logo and the smaller number is next to the opponent’s logo. I’m not sure I know what that means. PCA going hitless is familiar enough, though

If your team is collapsing like the Cubs, can’t hit and is down 2-1 in the 8th inning with no outs and runners on 2nd and 3rd, at some point it’s on baseball’s highest-paid manager to make sure at least one of those runs is pushed across

PCA finally hits the ball. Unfortunately he has forgotten how to run the bases.

The Cubs are impossible to watch now. Yesterday they lost cause they couldn’t hit a ground ball to the right side of the infield. Today they lost cause PCA slid past 2nd base. Talented teams losing from lack of courage are embarrassing. Chicago likes toughness

The Cubs have decided to fight after all

Player intros for Little League on ESPN remind me how much I hate Little League. They have lost their way turning children into rock stars. These kids should be raking the yard or sweeping the garage, not posing for ESPN

Turns out the Cubs’ Tucker had a hairline fracture in his right ring finger. I guess that explains why he couldn’t run to first base on a ground ball?

Kyle Tucker has become Jason Heyward

It would be hard to screw up the end of a game more than Coach Prime did last night. His explanation showed that he didn’t know what was going on

Osaka should hit a few 2nd serves underhand. Her 2nd serves are soft and pop up high and Anisimova keeps stepping in and crushing them