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There was a brief moment in Busch Stadium on Friday when the roar of the crowd softened, as fans waited to locate the baseball. When Cubs center fielder Mike Tauchman popped up from the warning track flexing and howling, all questions were answered.

Tauchman made the kind of game-ending catch that will forever be part of Cubs-Cardinals lore. In the immediate picture, it was a game-saving grab to rob Alec Burleson of a walk-off blast, an exclamation point on a 3-2 comeback win that stretched Chicago’s winning streak to seven games.

“It’s kind of like you have that internal clock or feeling of, ‘I’ve kind of got to go up now,’” Tauchman said. “And it kind of just coincided with the ball coming down. I didn’t know, I guess, that I was right at the wall until I kind of turned to catch the ball.”

What will happen at the Trade Deadline? Well, who better to ask than some of the people who will be making the trades? MLB.com‘s Mark Feinsand did just that to get the lay of the land.

Rick Wise pitched a no-hitter and homered twice in the same game 52 years ago for the Phillies, but he too is amazed by what Shohei Ohtani is doingon a baseball field.

Everyone loves a blockbuster trade involving one or more superstars, but sometimes it is an under-the-radar deal that ends up being a difference-maker.

Kevin Millar talks about his early days playing in independent ball, nearly going to Japan instead of the Red Sox, Dave Roberts’ legendary steal and more on Chatting Practice, Powered by Zoom Events.

Watch as host AJ Andrews is mic’d up during CC Sabathia’s charity softball game on Play Ball, the baseball show for kids, at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. ET.

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