Cub Tracks Welcomes A New Month

Erik's away on a work assignment (for his real job, not for BCB). So I'm doing this edition of Cub Tracks. (No need to say "Mayday!")

From Comcast SportsNet

• C.J. Edwards said waiting to find out how his shoulder was doing was very scary. (For Cubs fans, too.)
• Shawon Dunston Jr. played in some major-league spring-training games. Now he wants to make his own impact on the Cubs.
• Former Cub David DeJesus opined on the current state of the team while in Chicago recently with the Rays.
• Patrick Mooney writes that if the rebuild doesn't work, there's no "Plan B."

From Cubs Den

• Here's Cubs Den's annual draft preview. Compare and contrast with ours.
• The Cubs just signed Korean shortstop Son Ho-young. Here's a scouting report.

• Here's a photo gallery of the worst seats in Wrigley Field.
• And a companion article about how Wrigley was designed (hint: you wouldn't do now what they did 100 years ago).
• Cubs pitcher Wesley Wright says the NBA did the right thing in banning Donald Sterling.
• Ernie Banks wants Sammy Sosa and the Cubs to reconcile, and says he'll help make it happen.

From the Chicago Sun-Times 

• Gordo opines on what Homer Bailey's contract extension with the Reds might mean for Jeff Samardzija.
• Here's a comparison of the Donald Sterling scandal with what happened in MLB decades ago with former Reds owner Marge Schott.
• Dan McGrath reminds everyone, particularly the Ricketts, of the team's history and culture.

Miscellaneous

• The Baltimore Orioles will join the Cubs in wearing throwback uniforms when they're at Wrigley in August.
  

Today's food for thought

• Here's a map of how British people view the USA -- in stereotypes.
• Do you know what the Heinz Dilemma is? It has nothing to do with ketchup.
• The National Air and Space Museum says this paper airplane will fly forever. (I haven't tried it. Let us know!)