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“About halfway through the game, my mind sort of drifted back to the paint in the garage,” said Cubs fan Hank Patterson. “Was it drying evenly? Did the color look different on the wall than it did on the swatch?"

Mark Grace was sentenced to community service playing first base for the Cubs for the next 30 days, a Scottsdale, AZ judge ruled in connection with Grace’s DUI infraction over the Memorial Day weekend.

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“When I crafted [the contract], it was a harmless one-year deal,” said the Cubs GM. “But it has grown into something grotesque. Now the thing is just sitting on my desk, smiling. Nobody wants to touch it!”

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When the Cubs beat the Reds Wednesday, it got them back over .400, causing the team to scramble to honor the occasion. As a result, this weekend fans are invited to attend the "BP .400 Fest, Sponsored by Citibank" at Wrigley Field.

Cubs radio broadcaster Pat Hughes missed Wednesday’s series finale against the Cincinnati Reds with an illness. That meant Judd Sirott, who usually fills in for Hughes during the fifth inning of games, would take over for the entire broadcast. It also meant that Keith Moreland, Hughes’ partner in the booth, would finally go an entire game without hearing mention of his predecessor, the late Ron Santo.