Chicago

Tom Thibodeau has cited matchups as the reason Carlos Boozer has been sitting so much in recent games. The coach also contends unfavorable matchups are the reason Boozer needed to wash his car.

The main off-season priority for the Cubs was to shed several albatross contracts and pave the way for highly touted young prospects to come up to the big league squad in 2011. GM Jim Hendry changed directions Friday, trading his entire minor league system for Tampa Rays right-hander Matt Garza, who has a career 42-44 record.

Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman has always been able to admit when he has made a mistake. After Wednesday night’s loss to the Stars he has come to realization that he made some big ones last off-season.

Riding the coattails of the sudden popularity of the Homeless Man with the Golden Voice, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts announced Thursday that, although the organization is still searching for a replacement for Ron Santo, they have narrowed the field to only the homeless.

Roberto Alomar was named to 12 All-Star teams and won 10 Gold Gloves, which was apparently enough for Hall of Fame voters despite the second baseman's two terrible stints with the White Sox late in his career.

The team hopes to make lawmakers agree to publicly funding their Wrigley Field renovation project by adding a whole new side to the original plan for a "triangle" building.

After trading for Roberto Alomar in 2003 and again in 2004, the White Sox are reverting to old, reliable means to improve their output at second base. Wednesday afternoon, the White Sox traded for Roberto Alomar on the same day the retired player was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.