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For some reason, the 2016 world champion Chicago Cubs felt compelled to drop by the White House on Wednesday to pose for glossy photos with Donald Trump. Actually there is one pretty obvious reason: Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts, whose brother Todd turned down an offer to serve as deputy secretary of commerce and extended family dumped a cool million into the coffers of a pro-Trump super PAC (as well as an additional million to Trump's inaugural committee), organized the shindig. Continue to Article

June 29, 2017 10:39:am EST

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Last night it was Chicago Cubs’ catcher Miguel Montero talking out of turn about how his pitcher Jake Arrieta’s slow times to home were behind the seven stolen bases against the Cubbies in a 6-1 loss, and it led to the veteran catcher getting DFA’d early on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. in the third of four between Chicago’s defending World Series champs and the Nationals in the nation’s capital, 25-year-old, second-year catcher Wilson Contreras was caught on camera jawing at another player. At least it was a member of the opposition a Cubs’ catcher was talking to/about this time. Contreras, who homered for the ninth time this season in the fifth, Continue to Article

June 29, 2017 1:58:am EST

WASHINGTON – Cubs president Theo Epstein watched the Washington Nationals run wild on his iPad on Tuesday while visiting the Class-A Myrtle Beach affiliate. As Epstein did some work in his hotel room later that night, he got a text message from general manager Jed Hoyer alerting him to Miguel Montero’s explosive comments.   Epstein’s management style is to not overreact or worry about the next day’s headlines. He generally believes in second chances, tries to keep an open mind and looks at the problem from every angle, occasionally to the point of paralysis by analysis. But Epstein said it took “probably 10 seconds” before he realized the Cubs needed to designate Montero for assignment after Continue to Article

June 29, 2017 12:08:am EST

WASHINGTON – Cubs president Theo Epstein watched the Washington Nationals run wild on his iPad on Tuesday while visiting the Class-A Myrtle Beach affiliate. As Epstein did some work in his hotel room later that night, he got a text message from general manager Jed Hoyer alerting him to Miguel Montero’s explosive comments.   Epstein’s management style is to not overreact or worry about the next day’s headlines. He generally believes in second chances, tries to keep an open mind and looks at the problem from every angle, occasionally to the point of paralysis by analysis. But Epstein said it took “probably 10 seconds” before he realized the Cubs needed to designate Montero for assignment after Continue to Article

June 28, 2017 10:00:pm EST

Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant is helped off the field after rolling his right ankle on the third base bag. One year after everything seemed to go right for the Chicago Cubs, their 2017 campaign has been filled with many challenges and setbacks. Bryant made the play without incident, then took one ill-timed step, catching his right foot on the inside corner of the base. It seemed harmless, but it clearly wasn’t as Bryant struggled to put any weight on his right leg. Continue to Article

June 28, 2017 9:45:pm EST