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CHICAGO -- The Cubs placed infielder Tommy La Stella on the inactive list Tuesday as he contemplates retirement if he cant play for the big league team. Adidas Marian Hossa Jersey .In fact, La Stella, who was optioned to Triple-A Iowa on July 29, said the Cubs are the only team he wants to play for as his priorities have changed over the last year.Im a baseball player by profession. My identity is not tied up in that, La Stella said in a phone interview on Tuesday afternoon.Thats not who I am as a person. I dont need to make every life move centered around my profession, because thats not who I am. I kind of disassociated with that identity. It felt a lot better to me going out there playing because thats what I felt in me, not because I felt obligated to do it. It was a lot more enjoyable this year.La Stella, 27, went home to New Jersey instead of reporting to Iowa after being optioned. A valuable role player, he was caught in a numbers game but was likely to return.La Stella stressed there is no animosity with the Cubs and that his decision was just what he felt was best for himself.Its a reflection of where I am in my life and my career, La Stella said. I told them, I know you have a business decision to make. I completely understand where theyre coming from. I dont fault them for making that choice one bit. Theyre doing whats in the best interest of the team. I understand that 100 percent.La Stella even contemplated retirement last offseason but returned to the Cubs because he wanted to be with his teammates who have backed him.Everybody that walks through those doors, were happy to have them, right fielder Jason Heyward said. Especially someone like La Stella, who contributes so much even when he isnt playing. Hes a guy that spoke up during the game, rooting us on and things like that. Stuff like that is missed. If you see someone like that, who brings that every day, when he comes into the clubhouse, you welcome him back with open arms every time.La Stella spoke publicly about his situation for the first time Tuesday in order to take some pressure off his teammates, who have had to answer questions about him over the last several days. He also said he expressed his thoughts to the team in the spring.Going into this season, it was a shift in how I looked at it, he said. I said if Im going to do this Im going to do it the right way. Im going to be here because I want to be here. That was pretty much what I told them in spring training when we had that sit down meeting. I thought that went well.La Stella also said he thinks his conversations he has had with the front office since being sent down have gone well. The team is trying to be understanding of his situation.The perspective weve chosen to take is, were dealing with 25 different human beings in that clubhouse and everyone has different backgrounds, and we try to be understanding of that, general manager Jed Hoyer said. I know his teammates like him I know he can help his teammates win. Right now were trying to give him time to clear his head.As a left-handed bat off the bench, La Stella has given the Cubs plenty of value, compiling a .388 on-base percentage in 122 plate appearances. He repeatedly stressed that his decision to go home after being optioned wasnt a response to being sent down. He said he simply doesnt want to be anywhere else but Chicago.There wasnt much more that went into it than this is where I want to be, La Stella said. It was as simple as that. It didnt feel right to me to go be somewhere else just to continue playing. Thats not what my thoughts center around, being a ballplayer and making it happen anyway possible. We all have a right to dictate what we do to some extent.It had nothing to do with trying to leverage anything. It was just where I was in my life and my career. It was an obvious decision for me. There was no other consideration.La Stella even said he would rather step away from the game then play for another team meaning a trade was out of the question. He doesnt want to go anywhere.That would have been it, he said. Im not going to go play for someone else. Thats not something I have any interest in doing. Im here for a reason. This is where I want to be...Im just waiting to hear back from the team and keeping up with all the workouts and training and hitting.So for the moment hell stay in shape with his private trainers as he waits for what the Cubs will do next. He understands not all fans will understand his decision but is hopeful hes not looked at in a selfish manner.Im not going to fault anyone for what they say or assume about the situation, La Stella said. Im ok to step away. Its something Ive been preparing for, for a while. Its an accumulation of things. With injuries and stuff like that. Its a bunch of stuff thats personal to me.Though the Cubs were hopeful La Stella would report to Triple-A they were at least aware of his mindset.To say we were completely shocked would be the wrong thing to say, Hoyer stated. We were surprised and hopeful to get him back helping this team.La Stella says if the Cubs bring him back hell give his 100 percent to help the team win and thinks he and team executive Theo Epstein at least understand each other.(Epstein) understood where I was coming from, La Stella said. Or else I felt like he did. The conversations were great. I got off the phone feeling really good about it.La Stella has stayed in contact with Dr. Ken Ravizza, who the Cubs employ as a sports psychologist, as well some of his teammates. Some didnt know he hadnt reported to Triple-A but all publicly support him. He would still love to return.Im just trying to get people to hear where Im coming from and whatever conclusions they draw are up to them, La Stella said. If that day does come that they decide they want me back hopefully we can make that happen. Adidas Clark Griswold Jersey . Miller finished in two minutes, 6.09 seconds, one day before the first medal race on the Alpine schedule. The 36-year-old American also turned in the top time in Thursdays opening training session. Adidas CM Punk Jersey. "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." 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CHICAGO -- The arrow once again is pointing down for the Chicago White Sox. Lonzo Ball White Jersey .James Shields gave up two more home runs, and the White Sox lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Wednesday night, hours after announcing a name change is coming to their ballpark.U.S. Cellular Field will become known as Guaranteed Rate Field after the team and mortgage company announced a 13-year naming rights agreement.Guaranteed Rates logo has an arrow pointing down, a direction teams try to avoid. Fitting, the way the White Soxs season has gone. And the way Shields has pitched lately.Weve seen better, manager Robin Ventura said.As for the White Sox, well, the arrow has been pointing down ever since a 23-10 start. They will likely miss the playoffs for the 10th time in 11 seasons since the 2005 team won the World Series.Tommy Joseph and Cesar Hernandez homered to back Jerad Eickhoff, Philadelphia showed some spark at the plate and on the mound -- a big change for a team that got outscored a combined 18-1 over the previous two games against St. Louis and Chicago. The Phillies came away with the win after dropping five of seven and salvaged a two-game split in their first trip to Chicagos South Side since 2004.These guys are grinding, Eickhoff said. Theyre pushing themselves each and every night. For them to put some runs up there, it was a great feeling.Joseph and Hernandez both had two hits and went deep against Shields (5-16). Aaron Altherr added two RBI singles.Eickhoff (9-12) did his part, allowing two runs and four hits over six innings.Jeanmar Gomez worked the ninth for his 34th save in 38 chances. He gave up an RBI single to Avisail Garcia before Dioner Navarro grounded out with runners on first and third to end the game.Shields set a career high with his 16th loss.The veteran right-hander gave up four runs and seven hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked none.The home runs by Hernandez leading off the third and Joseph in the sixth brought Shields total to 31 this season and 22 since the White Sox acquired him from San Diego on June 4.Honestly, I think the only pitch I made a mistake on was that last one, the home run in the sixth inning, he said. The ball kind of slipped out of my hand a little bit and I left it over the plate. Other than that, I felt really good with my location tonight. I was hitting my spots consistently. They were getting hits here and there, but thats part of it.Shields is 0-4 with a 13.95 ERA in five starts this month after posting a 1.78 ERA over five outings in July.Navarro hit a two-run homer in the sixth. But that was all the scoring against Eickhoff, who improved to 3-0 in his past five starts.SURGINGChicagos Jose Abreu is batting .367 this month, and Adam Eaton is 16 for 45 in his past 11 games. Both had a hit in this game.TRAINERS ROOMPhillies: INF Andres Blanco (broken finger) is eyeing a Sept. 1 return.White Sox: 2B Brett Lawrie had an MRI on his left knee and hip, though Ventura did not have the results. Lawrie initially was placed on the DL because of a hamstring issue but returned from his rehab assignment because of a setback.UP NEXTPhillies: The Phillies open a three-game series at the Mets on Friday, with LHP Adam Morgan (1-7, 6.21 ERA) starting for Philadelphia and RHP Bartolo Colon (11-7, 3.36) for New York.White Sox: RHP Anthony Ranaudo (1-1, 9.42) makes his third start for the White Sox as Chicago opens a four-game series against the Seattle Mariners. Lonzo Ball Swingman Jersey .C. Lions has come to an end. 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New Geelong forward Aaron Black says his AFL trade wasnt about getting away from North Melbourne but rather about the opportunity the Cats presented.Black played all 25 games for the Roos, including their preliminary final loss to Sydney, in 2014 but managed just three in 2015 and none at all last year.The 25-year-old forward said it was obvious he could benefit from a fresh start elsewhere.Like any job, sometimes you kind of just get stuck and I just felt I needed a change of environment, Black said.A new set of eyes, something to spark me, and as soon as the trade went through I was over the moon.We actually didnt speak to Geelong until quite late, so it came as a bit of a surprise.North traded Black for pick No.92, a pick they are unlikely to use at the draft, in a deadline day trade with the Cats.Black couldnt break into thee AFL after the Roos started this season on a nine-game winning streak and then suffered a serious ankle injury. Cheap Lonzo Ball Jersey. He admitted it has been a battle to maintain self-belief at times in the past two years, but harbours no ill will toward the Kangaroos.You do wish that you could play AFL every week, but it doesnt pan out like that (for everyone), he said.It was frustrating but at the same time I wanted to better myself every time I went back to the VFL. There are parts of my game I really improved there.I did a lot of work on my contested marking last year ... I was pretty happy with how that went but I think Ive spent enough time there and Im ready to really have an impact at AFL level again. Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys China Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Wholesale Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys China NFL Cheap Jerseys ' ' '

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Adidas Pavel Zacha Jersey . -- After three preseason games, the Jacksonville Jaguars still have questions -- more like concerns -- about the left side of their offensive line.Free-agent acquisition Kelvin Beachum was rusty in his first game in nearly a year Sunday night against Cincinnati. And Luke Joeckel, the second overall pick in the 2013 NFL draft, looked uncomfortable and sometimes overmatched at guard.Its far from an ideal situation, especially since the Jaguars have little time before the regular-season opener against Green Bay on Sept. 11.Theres a ton of urgency, Beachum said. Theres always urgency when youre playing the game of football. Theres never a dull moment or a time where youre kind of lackadaisical about it. This is your livelihood, this is how you pay your bills, this is how you feed your kids. Theres a heightened sense of urgency that needs to happen. We have a ways to get in a very short amount of time.The Jaguars dont have many options.They expect Beachum and Joeckel to start, but determining which one plays where has proven to be a challenge. Both are natural left tackles. Beachum, however, has played center and right tackle in the NFL.Joeckel, meanwhile, hadnt played anywhere else since before high school. It showed against the Bengals, with defensive tackle Geno Atkins getting the best of Joeckel on several plays.Definitely more comfortable at tackle, said Joeckel, who played well at left tackle in the first two exhibitions. Thats where Ive played my entire life. Got to get more comfortable at guard. Got to be better at guard. ... Theres no excuses. Just got to keep getting reps, keep taking advantage of every rep I get at either position.Got to gain more comfort quickly. I expect more from myself.Jacksonville didnt allow a sack against Cincinnatis formidable front, but there was plenty of pressure and way too many mistakes.Beachum, center Brandon Linder (twice) and quarterback Blake Bortles were flagged for false starts. Add those to T.J. Yeldons fumble on the opening possession and linebacker Hayes Pullards nullified touchdown because he forgot to check in with officials, and the Jaguars had a dress rehearsal to forget on national television.And that was just the first half.The biggest takeaway was the play of the line, a unit that allowed an NFL-high 122 sacks the last two seasons.Beachum signed a five-year, $45 million contract in free agency after spending four years in Pittsburgh. He sat out the teams entire offseason program and the first two preseason games while recovering from reconstructive knee surgery. He hadnt played since tearing a ligament in his left knee in October.My body feels like it, he said. Anytime you go, you always want to put your best foot forward. In some ways I did and some ways I didnt. Like I say, get back into the lab and work on those things that I didnt do (well) and just continue to get better.The Jaguars have a short week before traveling to Atlanta for the preseason finale Thursday night. Coach Gus Bradley said the plan is to rest as many starters as possible, so Beachum and Joeckel might not get another chance to iron things out until the opener.Its the preseason, Beachum said. You have to take that into account. ... But at the same time, we cant make excuses, we cant complain about the situation. 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LOS ANGELES -- Carmelo Anthony says he has had countless conversations with former Lakers great Kobe Bryant about the best ways to deal with how Phil Jackson criticizes the New York Knicks star through the media. Wholesale Basketball Jerseys .Bryant, after all, certainly has dealt with the 11-time NBA champion coach.Me and Kobe have countless conversations about that, Anthony said Saturday after the Knicks practiced in Los Angeles ahead of Sundays game against the Lakers.?In an interview with CBS Sports, Jackson recently said Anthony can play the role that Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant played in their teams triangle offenses, but Jackson said Anthony sometimes breaks a team rule by holding on to the ball too long.Anthony said he had a short meeting with Jackson on Saturday about the recent dust-up but added that he has moved past the situation and is determined not to read too much into it.Thats something Ive learned over the years, especially with Phil, Anthony said, referring to the advice Bryant gave him. [Jacksons] going to talk. Nobody can stop that. So try not to read into it too much.Anthony declined to share what Jackson said to him Saturday but characterized it as short and that it would probably come out publicly soon anyway.Im pretty sure I might be in a book, Anthony said jokingly. Maybe a couple of books.One issue that came up in the meeting, according to Anthony, was the idea that Jackson seems to bring up the Knicks forward in many of his interviews.That was my question: why? Anthony said. Regardless of what was the context of it - interview or conversation - just why? Regardless of what you said, why every time my name comes up? Regardless of what were doing. He explained that. For me, its been behind me since two days ago. At this point, it aint no need for me to keep harping on the same situation.It wasnt anything that was affecting me. It was just something that if I got an opportunity to speak to him, I was going to tell him how I felt about what happened and what was said, if anything was misinterpreted. He spoke his piece.Anthony said he has a better understanding of Jacksons message when he said his star forward has a penchant for holding on to the ball for too long. But hed prefer that kind of message be delivered in private.Hes got to be careful with the choice of words that he uses, Anthony said. He understands that, he knows that.As far as hes concerned, though, the issue is behind them.We talked. We had a conversation this morning. He said his piece. I said my piece. Two men spoke, Anthony said. Theres not many amends to be made. 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CHICAGO -- The last time the United States womens national soccer team played at Soldier Field, it scored six goals and pummeled an upwardly mobile opponent that had recently qualified for a major tournament. Cheap Nike Flyknit Shoes .It is unlikely many people remember that August game played nine years ago. It is unlikely many American fans remember fondly the World Cup campaign that followed a month later. What glittered along the shores of Lake Michigan back then soon foundered, accompanied by a literal typhoon, in China.Which is to say, extrapolate from Saturdays lackluster 1-0 win against South Africa at your own peril.But, well, it fell some ways short of compelling. No one is going to argue that.It wasnt our best performance, U.S. coach Jill Ellis said by way of the lexicon of diplomacy.It was a historic matchup, both because it was the first meeting between the United States and South Africa, which will make its major tournament debut in the Olympics, and because it marked Hope Solos 100th clean sheet for her country, an unequaled milestone.It offered the specter of societal significance, although American players ultimately did not take the field wearing the shirts or temporary tattoos in support of equal pay, as reportedly planned.It even took place against the backdrop of a spectacular summer afternoon, equally free of clouds and humidity.It just wasnt a memorable game of soccer.Ranked No. 52 in the admittedly dubious FIFA world rankings, behind the likes of Myanmar and Uzbekistan, South Africa showed itself a good deal more organized and committed than that assessment. But a team with few full professionals never really put Solo or the U.S. defense in danger. The United States controlled the game but couldnt dominate it, lacking the precision to create or finish chances.With the team on the verge of naming its final roster of 18 players for the Olympics -- Ellis said she would inform players Monday of the final decisions -- Saturday played out less as a final opportunity to impress than as a university lecture scheduled after the final exam.Send-off games are never easy, Crystal Dunn said after scoring the games lone goal. South Africa is obviously in the Olympics as well, and theyre giving their all. And they had a good game as well. I think, for us, were all coming off NWSL seasons, playing a lot of minutes. The league is very intense, and obviously everything thats going on with us mentally -- yes, we are all preparing for the roster to be announced. But its really no excuse. This wasnt a good performance.But at the end of the day, its all about results.Thats debatable. Just ask the folks who watched the U.S. women pummel New Zealand here nine years ago. But if were talking about the result of Olympic preparation, of months of work rather than 90 minutes of work, it wasnt without some positives.Ellis spoke this week about preparation as a funnel, all the personnel changes and tactical tweaks placed in the wide end of the funnel months ago, with what is left now the distilled product.On the goal, Meghan Klingenberg intercepted a South African pass deep in its own half, no surprise given the amount of time the outside back spent on the attacking side of the halfway line. She moved the ball to Mallory Pugh, who sprinted past a defender to the end line and delivered the cross that Dunn slammed home at the far post. South Africa should have done better with the ball before it ever reached Dunn, but Pugh put it in dangerous space.In that sequence, isolated as it was on the afternoon, Klingenberg looked the veteran completely comfortable in her marauding role, Dunn looked like the player fighting not for the roster spot she didnt claim in the World Cup but a starting spot in Brazil. And Pugh looked like a player who has lived several soccer years in the mere months since she debuted against Ireland in January.Indeed, Pugh was far and away the bright light on the day, full of energy and threatening movement.I dont think of Mal in terms of age because I think shes got a bit of ice running through her veins, Ellis said. She came in in January with us for the first time and, yeah, I think you see a little bit of anxiety there. But now you see her off the field -- and thats important, too, that she feels comfortable off the field. Off the field, shes well blended in, respected in the group. And then her performances, she doesnt play like a young player. Shes special, and we know that. Thats why shes in with us regularly now.Thats why, while confirmation will only come with the official announcement, shes going to Brazil.The other bit of good news Saturday is that Carli Lloyd looks as if she will take the field in the Olympic opener Aug. 3 at 100 percent -- or 120 percent, by her own estimate. Absences were a story Saturday, with none of Morgan Brian, Tobin Heath or Megan Rapinoe in uniform. The injuries for Brian and Heath are described as minor, their absences precautionary. Rapinoe is the biggest question mark on the roster, Ellis saying Friday that she had seen what she needed to see out of the midfielder seven months removed from an ACL injury but also that quad and hamstring concerns would keep Rapinoe off the field against South Africa. But in 45 minutes as a second-half substitute, punctuated with some firm tackles if not goals, Lloyd eased the anxiety created by her knee injury early in the NWSL season.It felt good, knocking the rust off, Lloyd said. You as a player always want to just come on and think everything is going to be perfect. I have to keep it in mind that its been 11 weeks since I played a game, so I think for the most part it felt pretty good. I thought it was the perfect amount of time for me to play, first game. Unfortunately it wasnt maybe our best overall team performance, but we all knocked the rust off. Now everyone will go home and recharge.It will be that process, not this game or the final send-off game against Costa Rica in two weeks (ESPN, 9 p.m. ET, July 22), that matters most. Physical ailments aside, mental freshness is an equally notable challenge. As Dunn alluded to, players have logged far more NWSL minutes this season than those who went to the World Cup a year ago did before that tournament -- and these minutes on top of the international calendar in womens soccer that crowds major tournaments into back-to-back years. It is one more reason no team has won World Cup and Olympic titles in back-to-back years.In reality, these players havent had a break in 2?, Ellis said this week. Since we started the buildup to World Cup qualifiers, then they come straight out [the World Cup] straight into a 10-game victory tour and straight into the league and all the friendlies.So thats something that I think going into these Olympics Im trying to be very thoughtful about making sure were not just physically ready but were also mentally ready.And if they are, chances are few will remember a sunny summer afternoon at Soldier Field. Air Max Flyknit 2018 . 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It became the blueprint for the 1989 Oscar-nominated movie, which starred Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones and Ray Liotta.Key turns of phrases in Kinsellas book -- If you build it, they will come and Go the distance -- have taken their place in literatures lexicon and among Hollywoods most memorable movie lines.Kinsella, a bona fide baseball junkie, loved the movie and said he had tears in his eyes when he first saw it.In 2011 the Canadian baseball Hall of Fame awarded him the Jack Graney Award for a significant contribution to the game of baseball in Canada.I wrote it 30 years ago, and the fact that people are still discovering it makes me proud. It looks like it will stand the test of time, Kinsella said at the time.Scott Crawford, director of operations at the Canadian hall, said he was saddened to learn of the authors death.His work has touched the lives of thousands of baseball fans across Canada and around the world, Crawford said in a statement. His most famous book was the classic `Shoeless Joe, which inspired one of my favorite movies, `Field of Dreams.Kinsella brought back to life Moonlight Graham, who played one major league baseball game but never got to bat. The author noticed Grahams name while thumbing through the Baseball Encyclopedia he had received as a Christmas gift from his father-in-law.I found this entry for Moonlight Graham. How could anyone come up with that nickname? He played one game but did not get to bat. I was intrigued, and I made a note that I intended to write something about him, Kinsella told The Associated Press in 2005 on the 100th anniversary of the only game Graham played in the majors.Much of Kinsellas work touched on baseball. He published almost 30 books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry and won the Order of Canada, one of the countrys highest honors.William Patrick Kinsella was born in Edmonton, Alberta. 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