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Yordan Alvarez gave Houston a scare Saturday at Wrigley Field, leaving in the sixth inning mid at-bat with back spasms. The three-time All-Star is hitting three hundred with fifteen home runs and thirty-one RBIs on the year, so losing him for any stretch of time would be a serious blow to an Astros lineup that can't afford to lose its best bat.
And speaking of Wrigley, the Cubs faithful had seen enough by the final out. The boo birds came out in force as Chicago's free fall continued at home, another ugly afternoon for a team that looked nothing like a contender. The fans are frustrated, the results aren't coming, and right now there's no clear answer for when that changes.
Meanwhile in Pittsburgh, Aaron Rodgers made it official with the NFL Network — two thousand twenty six will be his final season in the league. That's his twenty-second year as a pro, and the Steelers now know exactly what the clock looks like. They've got one window, one shot to build something around him, and that urgency just got very, very real.
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