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Starlin Castro and Darwin Barney spent four-and-a-half seasons as double-play partners in Chicago and were reunited this week on their new teams. Castro (now with the New York Yankees) and Darwin Barney (currently a member of the Toronto Blue Jays) teamed up for the most heartwarming sports photo of the week: c-8idg2xgaarawx.jpg Castro and Barney both arrived in Chicago in 2010 and helped form the Cubs' middle-infield tandem all the way until Barney was dealt to the Los Angeles Dodgers July 28, 2014. Barney was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays a little over a year later and that's where he's made his home since. Castro is making his return to Chicago Friday for the first time since he was dealt Continue to Article

May 04, 2017 11:40:am EST

German football legend and current Chicago Fire player, Bastian Schweinsteiger, threw out a ceremonial first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field Continue to Article

May 04, 2017 11:25:am EST

While in town promoting his new Netflix murder mystery "Handsome," Chicago-area native Jeff Garlin did some sleuthing of his own. Garlin whipped out his phone during an interview with the Tribune to check if the Cubs are playing in California as production wraps for the upcoming season of "Curb Your Enthusiasm." Garlin has been trying to get Cubs manager Joe Maddon to appear on the HBO series (and play his best friend in real life). "Two different dates, they both didn't work. ... If hopefully we do another season, I will try again," Garlin told the Tribune last month at the Public Chicago hotel in the Gold Coast neighborhood. "Joe Maddon is the reason the Cubs won the World Series. And ultimately Continue to Article

May 04, 2017 10:39:am EST