Yardwork: Wrigley Field Really Is a Dump

I’ve been to Wrigley Field, and while it’s a unique place to see a baseball game, it is indeed a dump. Cubs GM Jim Hendry, who enjoys a good pee in a trough just as much as the next guy, strangely does not believe the place needs too drastic of a makeover. I’m guessing like most other things, Cubs fans would tend to disagree with that assessment. Believe it or not, last night the Cubbies won at that scorching dump by a score of 1-0, thanks to seven shutout innings from Harry Caray and two nearly flawless innings of relief from Jeff Samardzija and Crlos Marmol.

Indians 1, Yankees 0 — The Yankees loaded the bases in the first inning with no outs behind hits from Jeter, Granderson and a walk to Teixeira, but came up empty. And continued to come up empty. When you get 7 2-3 quality innings from A.J. Burnett you have to give the guy something. Weird loss. Oh, and Jeter got hurt (minor calf strain) so it appears perhaps he’ll get to 3,000 this weekend at that dump known as Wrigley Field?

Astros 8, Braves 3 — Hunter Pence went 3-for-4 with a homer and 4 RBI extending his hitting streak to 23 games. Sadly, due to Minnesota somewhat waking up, the Astros are back to owning the worst record in baseball. Congrats?

In celebration of Major League Baseball allowing us to embed highlights from things that did not happen yesterday, here’s David Ortiz hitting a ridiculous line drive homer in Toronto over the weekend:

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