Pete Crow-Armstrong told Wrigley Field workers they helped make the ballpark the special place it is, and thanked them for the conversations and relationships he’s developed in his young career.

And when players can connect with the rest of the ballpark employees, like Crow-Armstrong did Saturday with his impromptu pregame speech, it’s a team in the truest sense of the word.

FAIRMONT – Over a week’s time, the Fairmont High School Speech Team put forth a record-shattering effort for the school at the NSDA National Speech Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa. Speech Coach Erik ...