Dempster aces impression of what Harry Caray would be like if he put on...
"Holy cow! Can you believe that?" Dempster asked in his Harry Caray voice after walking Alex Rodriguez to load the bases in the first. "Imagine if I threw that last pitch on the moon. Maybe it wouldn't have been a foot and a half out of the strike zone."
James Russell applies for bartender position at Murphy’s
After being bumped from the starting rotation, James Russell is ready for other ways to convince Cubs fans that he is reliable as well as knowledgeable about locally-crafted pilsners.
Frank McCourt hires Lenny Dykstra as financial consultant
Even though he’s in jail awaiting trial on drug and grand theft auto charges, things are looking up for baseball-player-turned-financial-consultant Lenny Dykstra. The former outfielder recently announced he landed a big client: Dodgers owner Frank McCourt, whose team is currently in MLB conservatorship.
Fukudome’s resurgence has fans considering wearing offensive apparel again
Fans are so excited about Kosuke Fukudome's play this season that they're considering again wearing racist apparel such as the controversial T-shirts that made headlines in 2008 when he made his Major League debut.
Cubs spruce up ‘dumpy’ Wrigley with new wallpaper
"The Yankees are the most famous team in all of sports and just got a brand new $2.3 billion stadium," said Cubs owner Tom Ricketts. "And since people from around the league have recently started calling our stadium a dump, we had to do something to liven the place up."
Yankees offer to let Ricketts borrow some ‘baseball people’ to sort out his mess...
Bombers co-owner Hal Steinbrenner feels a degree of guilt over the mess of a franchise the Cubs have become and has offered to let Tom Ricketts borrow some “baseball people” for the extent of the three-game interleague series.
