After contentious negotiations, bluster and preposterous proposals to move the Cubs under a jet flight path, a deal to restore Wrigley Field may be at hand.

There's news Tuesday morning both about the Cubs' planned Wrigley renovation, and the ongoing plans for their new spring-training complex in Mesa.

At last, the Cubs reveal their ultimate solution to Wrigley Field renovations, one that was kept secret at the Cubs Convention, to be unveiled to the world on this special day.

Yes, "huge Jumbotron" is a bit redundant. But the Cubs have now proposed such a thing, which would be three times the size of the park's current scoreboard.

Opening Day is just five days away, and the Cubs' home opener a week later. There was supposed to be a deal in place for Wrigley renovations by now. There isn't. Time for those involved to check their egos at the door and get this deal done.

The Wrigleyville Rooftops Association isn't going to make any friends with their Tuesday release.

It's 13 days until the Cubs play baseball at Wrigley Field for the first time in 2013. And for the first time in many years, they might play that Opening Day game in front of blocks of empty seats.

We are now just 10 days from the season opener in Pittsburgh. It's been fun for a lot of non-roster guys this spring, but several of them learned they'll be playing baseball in 2013 somewhere other than Wrigley Field.

It's time for the grownups to sit down, take this all seriously, and hammer out a deal that's good for everyone.