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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.

The Wrigley Field Seagulls share their views on Jim Hendry, the Cubs' lineup, cotton candy and more.

“We’re really excited,” said Subway V.P. of Marketing Tom Butler. “We get to trade a spokesman who simply went from morbidly obese to normal for a spokesman who went from morbidly obese to normal and can hit a fastball.”

Cubs Scouting Director Tim Wilken has been known to go off the board in recent MLB drafts, picking guys like Hayden Simpson and Tyler Colvin hundreds of spots ahead of where they were projected to go. He pulled another wild card out of the hat on Tuesday in the second round, reaching for Chris Farley look-alike Daniel Vogelbach, who at 5’11” tips the scales at 280 lbs.

June has been a cruel month for the Cubs thus far, with the team yet to win a game after a series of gut-wrenching losses to rivals Houston, St. Louis and Cincinnati, and according to team officials, fans shouldn't expect a victory until sometime "around mid-month."

The stress of managing the “Lovable Losers” appears to have already taken a toll on the Cubs skipper. After his second consecutive sleepless night on Sunday, Quade arose Monday morning in Cincinnati to an unusual sight – tufts of hair sprouting from his head, shoulders and back.