Even in a loss, Cubs proud of 4 hour 35 minute Buehrle game
“We stretched out a Mark Buehrle start for over four hours," said a surprised manager Mike Quade. "How many other teams can say that?”
Ozzie Guillen thinks of name ‘Schmozzy’ and adopts fourth son
Guillen showed his trademark aggressiveness when he woke up one day last week, thought of the name 'Schmozzy' and immediately adopted a fourth son to bring home to Ozzie Jr., Oney, and Ozney.
A.J. Pierzynski caught playing bags and tailgating with fans before game
Long Toss is part of every pitcher and catcher’s pregame warm-up, but A.J. Pierzynski may be in hot water as a result of his loose interpretation of that ritual before Monday's Cubs-Sox game.
Dunn messed up swing playing too much Wii baseball in off-season
“I played Wii for hours at a time all off-season, and I think I messed up my swing a little bit,” Dunn admitted. “Playing Wii, you pretty much hack away at every pitch. That works OK against your kid, but it’s the wrong approach against big league pitchers.”
Start of Cubs-Sox harkens back to a time when people cared about crosstown series
"Back in the day it was Sammy versus Big Frank or even Barrett versus A.J.," said Cubs fan Tim Bland. "Now it's Pena versus Paulie or Danks versus Garza. Talk about a yawn fest!"
Glacier sent in to pinch-run for Konerko
Hoping to eke out a late-inning insurance run in a tight game, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen recently opted to send in a glacier to run for slow-footed slugger Paul Konerko, who had knocked a single to left.
Guillen banned from local high school after profanity-laced graduation speech
Ozzie Guillen was barred for life from Wheaton Warrenville South High after delivering a withering, explicit speech at the graduation ceremony of the school’s class of 2011.
