Geovany Soto passes surprise 4/20 drug test
Soto, who has had legal troubles off the field with marijuana, was seen walking into the White Sox clubhouse wearing dark tinted sunglasses and carrying two extra large pizzas and a Pink Floyd album.
Cubs reward patient Kris Bryant with his own porta-potty
Bryant’s agent, Scott Boras, renegotiated the third baseman’s contract to include a selection of magazines and newspapers that will be housed in his client’s new commode.
Tom Ricketts leaves Cubs to be Ted Cruz’s body double
In keeping with the tradition of being part of a team that hasn’t had too much success in the past eight years, Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is ditching the Cubbie blue to join the boys in red.
New #AskClarkTheCub campaign generates amazingly positive, supportive resuIts
Some off-the-field distractions have left fans of the team feeling a little bit frustrated and despondent. Thankfully, a new PR campaign generated by the Cubs brain trust has totally turned any negativity around and generated what many people are calling the happiest, most wonderful, feel-good success story in the history of social media.
Jon Lester vows to attempt pickoff throw before June 1
“Look, I’ll make a pickoff move sometime this season,” said the obviously perturbed southpaw on ESPN’s Baseball Tonight. “Just because you don’t do something for two years don’t mean anything. I got some cool, elite next-level pickoff moves up my sleeve that I’ve been working on, I’m just waiting for the right time to debut them. But for sure, sometime this year. Probably by June."
Cubs fans urged to ‘just pee on the field’ so long as it’s an...
"We were unprepared for Sunday's game," Cubs owner Tom Ricketts told reporters. "And that's on us. We don't plan to be caught by surprise again. That's why, until construction is over, we have added portable toilets to the premises, and for the first time have made it acceptable for fans to urinate on the field, so long as it's really an emergency."
From the Archives: Wrigleyville urination problems in 2002
After Sunday night's restroom debacle at Wrigley we decided to dig up an old post that provided helpful tips to fans in need of a little relief. Enjoy!