Will Ferrell, the actor and comedian best known for roles in movies like Anchorman and Old School, is set to make an unusual appearance on a baseball diamond. Ferrell will take the field for ten different teams across five separate exhibition games on Thursday, including stints as a player for the Chicago Cubs and Chicago…
The Chicago Cubs have acquired ace Oakland A’s pitcher Jon Lester through free agency. The news comes one day after the crosstown rival Chicago White Sox picked up Jeff Samardzija from the A’s. Samardzija is a former Cub and a star football and baseball player from Notre Dame. Lester helped lead the A’s to a…
Starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija is returning to Chicago, but not in a Cubs uniform. Samardzija, who was traded to the Oakland A’s last year from the Chicago Cubs after a bruising 16 game winless streak due to a lack of offensive power, will be joining the Chicago White Sox. Samardzija of course has a strong…
The South Bend Silver Hawks are officially a class A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. The deal, which is expected to run through 2018, will bring the Cubs organization to South Bend from Kane County, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. “Today is a turning point,” Silver Hawks owner Andrew Berlin said today. “I made a promise…
