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Pete Crow-Armstrong is making history look routine. The Cubs outfielder went three for four against Atlanta, launching home runs forty-three and forty-four on the season while driving in three and scoring three more in an eight to four Cubs victory. Chicago is watching this kid in absolute disbelief, and honestly, so is the rest of baseball.
Meanwhile, football is taking over the calendar on both ends. Thursday Night Football brings us a heavyweight collision as the Detroit Lions travel to Highmark Stadium to face the Buffalo Bills, both teams riding one and zero records into what should be a defining early-season statement game. Two franchises with serious Super Bowl ambitions, and one of them is walking away with a very different feeling about their year.
And we cannot move on without acknowledging Lionel Messi, who reached one hundred Inter Miami goals Wednesday night, sealing the Campeones Cup final against Cruz Azul. One hundred goals. The man keeps rewriting the record books in South Florida, and the Herons keep collecting hardware. At this point you just expect it, and somehow it still stops you cold.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
