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"The stakes tonight were huge because I knew the league mandates a team is dissolved if the Cubs sweep them," said Ventura. "Just look at the Padres. They lost all three of their games at Wrigley a few weeks ago and no one has heard from them since."

The bi-annual bar fight, that is now known as the BP Crosstown Classic, has shifted to the South Side this week. Historically, fights between the two sides of fans usually originate in the stands, at home plate or between Carlos Zambrano and whomever walks in front of him. This year however, with such hot weather, fights have been breaking out in and around the center field shower at U.S. Cellular Field.

The jury in the Roger Clemens perjury trial set an unusual legal precedent late Monday by returning a verdict of “mis-guilty” on all six counts that he lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs during a 2008 hearing before a Senate subcommittee.

"Just like Linsanity, it's only a matter of time before we get sick and tired of hearing about this feel-good story of an overachieving knuckleballer," said one blogger. "Seriously folks, it's going to get RA-Dickey-lous!"

After a tough loss to Red Sox southpaw Franklin Morales, many Cubs hitters expressed their frustration that the league would allow a player to pitch against them using his left hand, a tactic that greatly alters the trajectory of the pitch, and makes it nearly impossible for most Cubs batters to make meaningful contact.

MLB changed that to an error on Wright this afternoon, and then gave the Mets the 2000 “Subway” World Series title while riding its momentum. The latter move was made primarily to stick it to the Yankees, whom Manhattanites can’t stand.

Ryan Dempster showed up to Wrigley Friday morning for his scheduled start against the Red Sox wearing a Dodgers jersey, a move he hopes will help the Cubs get the hint that he'd like to be traded to a contender immediately.