The Mariners placed starting catcher Mike Zunino on the
10-day disabled list Thursday due to a bruised left ankle.
Manager Scott Servais said Zunino rolled his ankle running the bases late in
Seattle¡¯s 7-4 loss Wednesday to the Los Angeles Angels.
Zunino was immediately sent in for X-rays on
Thursday Jeffery
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before the series finale.
¡±It¡¯s not good news,¡± Servais said.
Chris Herrmann takes over as the starting catcher, and David Freitas was
recalled from Triple-A Tacoma to serve as the backup.
Zunino is batting .189 with 12 home runs and 29 RBIs this season. He is just
2 for 13 during the Mariners¡¯ current homestand, but came on as a pinch hitter
Wednesday, and got a hit and walked.
Zunino spent three weeks on the DL earlier in the season with a strained left
oblique.
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LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) ¡ª No one can accuse quarterback Mitchell Trubisky and
the Chicago Bears of forgetting to stop and smell the roses during their run to
a 10-4 record.Or it might be more appropriate to say they¡¯ve danced their way to
the NFC North title.With road games Sunday against San Francisco and then
Minnesota in their finale, the Bears are trying to sharpen their offense for a
playoff run. And at the same time they¡¯re enjoying every moment after years of
wallowing in last place in the division.It includes postgame disco parties along
with team dance-offs the day before games.¡°I can¡¯t tell you too much because
it¡¯s pretty secretive what goes down in there,¡± Trubisky said. ¡°It¡¯s a lot of
fun.¡±The Bears of 1985 had the ¡°Super Bowl Shuffle,¡± but they had nothing on
this group when it comes to dancing.¡°Club Dub,¡± their term for postgame
celebrations, was borrowed by Nagy from the Chicago Cubs and manager Joe
Maddon.¡°I absolutely love
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summer about a lot of different things. And we just, we believe in a lot of the
same philosophies, and one of them is having fun.¡°And so the second we started
talking for the first time about what we believe in it was easy for me to pick
his brain and figure out ways that we could make it ours, as well.¡±The postgame
celebrations have been blasted all over the internet now for months.¡°And I mean,
guys are going nuts,¡± Trubisky said. ¡°You¡¯ve got choreographed dances going
down. You¡¯ve got waves. You¡¯ve got . somebody might have been wave-surfing last
game. I don¡¯t know.¡°But there are some videos that are floating around. It¡¯s
just getting crazy in there. So we just have to keep it under control. And yeah,
keep Club Dub rolling.¡±Some are better at it than others.¡°I was in the middle,
but they were usually pushing me out because they don¡¯t want to see me dance,¡±
Trubisky said.Nagy watches but isn¡¯t dancing.¡°He¡¯s the bouncer right now
probably,¡± running back Tarik Cohen
said.Now Tytus
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with team dance-offs. And this week they¡¯ll have to watch Trubisky. It¡¯s
four-player teams of Trubisky, wide receiver Javon Wims and offensive linemen
Bobby Massie and Eric Kush against cornerback Prince Amukamara, linebacker Danny
Trevathan, defensive tackle Bilal Nichols and safety Adrian Amos.¡°It¡¯s like team
bonding, team chemistry, and dancing in front of your peers and in front of the
coaches and almost a whole organization,¡± Amukamara said. ¡°It can be
nerve-wracking.¡±Apparently it¡¯s catching on.¡°I feel like it¡¯s just made our
unity just come together more,¡± wide receiver Josh Bellamy said. ¡°And now you
look around the league, like, I was on Instagram, and I¡¯ve seen the Saints swag
surfin¡¯ in their locker room. They¡¯re not doing it like
us Gary
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too.¡°We¡¯re the trendsetters.¡±Nagy said he hasn¡¯t found it difficult to keep the
Bears focused despite the sideshows and the fact they¡¯ve already clinched their
first postseason appearance since the NFC championship game after the 2010
season.¡°I¡¯m just kind of wired that way,¡± Nagy said. ¡°I¡¯ve been fortunate enough
to be on other teams where we¡¯ve won division championships. It¡¯s nice and it¡¯s
important because it gives you advantages; it gives you a home game in the
playoffs. It helps you get to the ultimate goal, but you can¡¯t be satisfied.
That¡¯s who our guys are.¡±Offensively, the Bears have much room for improvement,
even after getting five players chosen to the Pro Bowl: safety Eddie Jackson,
linebacker Khalil Mack, defensive end Akiem Hicks, cornerback Kyle Fuller and
return manCohen.They head to San Francisco ranked 22nd overall on offense, even
after a 24-17 win over the Green Bay Packers to clinch their division. Trubisky
had one of his best games with a 120.4 passer rating.¡°Just continue to get
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play consistent football, continue to go out and do my job, find completions and
help us win ballgames.¡°Coming back to work this week, keeping everyone focused
on San Fran this week and continue to get better. I don¡¯t think we¡¯ve played our
best football yet. You¡¯ve got to have that mindset, just stay hungry and stay
humble, get after it and believe that our best football is yet ahead of
us.¡±NOTES: Right guard Kyle Long has been on injured reserve since early
November. Nagy said it¡¯s possible Long could return to practice after a foot
injury later this week. Long did not practice Wednesday. ¡ Jackson has his right
foot in a boot cast because of the ankle injury suffered in Sunday¡¯s win and did
not practice Wednesday. Reserve outside linebacker Aaron Lynch missed practice
due to an elbow injury suffered against the Packers.