Tune in between 8am and 11am to see what Ricketts has to say. I will not watch it live but will watch the podcast

ESPN is doing a bracket of the best uniforms in baseball. The Cubs are in the second round, but we can do better than that Cubs Nation.

"Set against the heroics of home run hitters and base stealers, even the most successful knuckleball pitchers are seen as curios."

An intriguing piece offered without comment.

Cool interactive graphic.

For those of you wondering how a batter's brain could possibly track and react to a 100mph fastball, the answer is... it can't. But it does do a great job of projecting - at least for that first 60 feet... :-)

Normally, probably not worth mentioning it here except for this little nugget: "...a proposal that will call on $100 million in taxpayer dollars". Not sure if this helps or hurts Ricketts and Cubs efforts at moving forward with Wrigley rehab plans as quickly as possible. Just think it's interesting that Rahm's able to find $100M in taxpayer money...

The Cubs have reached agreement with Rizzo on a seven-year, $41 million contract through 2019, according to major-league sources.