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Chicago Cubs to Build All-Inclusive Club at Wrigley Field

By Tom Fornelli 2/08/2010 11:47 AM ET

When Tom Ricketts bought the Chicago Cubs from the Tribune Company for around $740 million last October, it wasn't just the team he was buying. He also got Wrigley Field in the deal. Wrigley may be an icon in and of itself, but that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of areas in which the 96-year old stadium could use an upgrade.

Ricketts has plenty of plans to improve the park, but up first he'd like to make some changes to the luxury suites. While he's renovating two of the luxury boxes in the park into one large ownership suite, there are also plans to build an all-inclusive club for season-ticket holders.
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Andre Dawson to Wear Expos Cap in Hall

By Ed Price 1/27/2010 12:00 PM ET

Andre DawsonThe Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday announced that Andre Dawson -- the only new member elected by the BBWAA this year -- will be wearing an Expos cap on his plaque.

The choice was up for debate because "The Hawk" won his only MVP award as a member of the Cubs.

But Dawson spent his first 11 seasons in Montreal and just six in Chicago (plus two each with Boston and Florida).

"I respect the Hall of Fame's decision to put an Expos logo on my cap, and I understand their responsibility to make sure the logo represents the greatest impact in my career," Dawson said in a statement released by the Hall of Fame. "Cubs fans will always be incredibly important in my heart, and I owe them so much for making my time in Chicago memorable, as did the fans in Montreal, Boston and South Florida, my home. But knowing that I'm on the Hall of Fame team is what's most important, as it is the highest honor I could imagine."
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Xavier Nady Reaches Deal With Cubs

By Pat Lackey 1/26/2010 1:57 PM ET

Xavier NadyXavier Nady's long winter search for a new team and the Chicago Cubs' quest to add some outfield depth came to mutual satisfaction Tuesday. The Cubs and the veteran outfielder have reached an agreement on a one-year deal, pending a physical (as reported by Yahoo's Tim Brown).

With Nady coming off of his second Tommy John surgery and playing only seven games in 2009 that physical isn't a given, but as a position player that second TJ is much less of a concern.

The Cubs would appear to be well set at the positions Nady is capable of playing, with Alfonso Soriano in left, Kosuke Fukudome in right, and Derrek Lee at first base, but Nady adds some nice depth and allows them to give any of their streaky outfielders a night off (Marlon Byrd is in center, but Fukudome can fill in there in a pinch), or lets them rest Lee or Fukudome against lefties.
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Ernie Banks Urges Sammy Sosa to Come Forward, Answer Questions

By Matt Snyder 1/25/2010 9:00 PM ET

Ernie BanksThe ripple effects are still being felt from Mark McGwire's confession and subsequent apology earlier this month that he used steroids for much of his career -- namely during the great home run chase of '98. Through natural thought process, the first name that comes to mind as being next in line is Sammy Sosa.

While some people -- such as myself -- don't think anything Sosa could possibly say would ever be good enough for the masses, meaning he shouldn't even bother to open himself back up the public onslaught of venom, Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks believes it would do some good.

The Hall of Famer Banks, who will turn 79 next Sunday, wants Sosa and the new Cubs ownership group to embrace one another. He wants to see Sosa once again become a Cubs fan favorite and do things such as throw out the first pitch and be the guest conductor of the seventh-inning stretch. He even told the Chicago Tribune he plans to meet with Sosa and convince him how this will be possible.
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You Can Now Turn Your Lawn Into a Baseball Field

By Tom Fornelli 1/20/2010 1:02 PM ET

I remember growing up and playing baseball with my friends in yards all over the neighborhood, and while there were plenty of differences between the front yard down the street and Wrigley Field, we made the best we could with what we had. Of course, one of the biggest problems with playing in a yard is that not all yards are maintained quite like a major league field. The grass isn't as green or neatly manicured, and there are even dips that cause for some wicked hops and kids laying on the ground holding themselves while their friends laugh at them.

If only we had the chance to play on a real baseball field!

Well, while kids across the United States still aren't going to be able to play on the surface of Wrigley Field or Fenway Park, they now have the chance to get as close to the real thing as possible thanks to a deal between MLB and The Scotts Company.
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Sheets Throws 'Very Well' in Audition

By Ed Price 1/19/2010 8:34 PM ET

Ben SheetsBen Sheets, a potential top-of-the-rotation pitcher who missed all of 2009 because of elbow surgery, worked out Tuesday for scouts in Monroe, La., and one club official on hand said Sheets "threw very well. He threw easy."

The scout speculated that the Cubs, Mets and Rangers are the favorites to sign Sheets, a four-time All-Star who from 2007-08 was 25-14 with a 3.39 ERA. Perhaps surprisingly, Oakland had multiple people there along with the above clubs.

A "ton" of teams were on hand, the scout said, including the Blue Jays, Dodgers, Phillies and Reds.
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Milton Bradley Sued by Chicago Landlord

By Matt Snyder 1/17/2010 6:00 PM ET

Milton BradleyThis just in: the people of Chicago generally don't like Milton Bradley. The oft-injured, mercurial outfielder signed a three-year, $30 million contract last offseason and drastically fell short of expectations both on and off the field. He was such a divisive presence in the locker room that Cubs general manager Jim Hendry had to suspend Bradley for the last few weeks of the season and traded him earlier this offseason.

It would appear it wasn't just in the Cubs' clubhouse where Bradley was making enemies. According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, Bradley is being sued for skipping out on his rent. The owner of Park Hyatt condos, luxury living quarters on the famed "Magnificent Mile" on Chicago's Michigan Avenue, is suing Bradley for $44,100 in back rent and is also expecting Bradley to make the several remaining payments on his lease.
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Greg Maddux Joins Cubs' Front Office

By Matt Snyder 1/11/2010 7:40 PM ET

Greg Maddux Jim HendryCubs general manager Jim Hendry is going to be getting a hand from a familiar face to Cubs fans. Greg Maddux, who won 133 games for the Cubs in two different stints that totaled 10 years, has re-joined them. This time around, he will serve as an assistant to Hendry.

Among the responsibilities Maddux will have, according to the team's press release, will be assisting the coaching staffs during Spring Training, assisting with the development of minor leaguers during the regular season and helping Hendry evaluate talent.

"We are thrilled to have Greg back with the Chicago Cubs," said Hendry. "He has such a vast knowledge of all phases of the game and the ultimate respect of everyone from the players to the front office."
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Andre Dawson's Hall Path a Painful One

By Jeff Fletcher 1/06/2010 4:40 PM ET

Andre DawsonAndre Dawson insisted that a nine-year wait to be elected to the Hall of Fame was not that difficult to handle.

Not after the pain he'd endured to have a career worthy of baseball's highest honor.

As Dawson spoke to the media Wednesday, hours after learning that he was the only player elected by the BBWAA to Hall of Fame's class of 2010, he spent much of his time describing the way he'd suffered with bad knees playing on the rock-hard artificial turf at Montreal's Olympic Stadium, and how he wouldn't be going to Cooperstown if he hadn't eventually found the soft footing of natural grass.
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Andre Dawson Deserving of Long Overdue Call From the Hall

By Terence Moore 1/04/2010 3:52 PM ET

Andre DawsonJim Rice's lengthy Hall of Fame snub? Actually, that made sense. His personality was about as pleasant as slurping whatever sits at the bottom of Boston Harbor. Many of those that he offended were voters. So, since he was a marginal candidate anyway for Cooperstown, he wasn't going to make it, or he barely was going to cross the city limits. He was elected during his 15th and final year of eligibility, which happened in 2009 by the slimmest of margins.

Andre Dawson?

This makes no sense. As a player, Dawson had the numbers and the personality. In fact, nobody of any stature was classier during his baseball career than Dawson, a gentle warrior, who joins Willie Mays and Barry Bonds as the only folks with more than 400 home runs, 1,500 RBIs and 300 stolen bases.

Lou Gehrig. Ted Williams. Jimmie Foxx. Reggie Jackson.

Well, Dawson has more career hits than all of them. Just like Dawson has more career home runs than Johnny Mize, Joe DiMaggio, Ralph Kiner and Yogi Berra. And Dawson has more RBIs than Willie Stargell, Al Kaline and Mickey Mantle.
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