Dale Sveum Nearly A Bean Eater

I wonder what Dale Sveum’s thinking with the Red Sox in town this weekend?

It was only six short months ago Sveum appeared in position to become the next manager of the Red Sox–not the Cubs.

Boston, of course, eventually tabbed Bobby Valentine as its skipper citing his experience and heavy-hand outweighed Sveum’s.

But Boston has fared only slightly better than Chicago in the following six months. The Red Sox are one-game under .500 and tied for last place in the very competitive AL East.

It’s not Cubs bad, but it might as well be by Bean Town’s standards.

Friday Ryan Dempster’s Last Start For Cubs?

Ryan Dempster has pitched the seventh-most games (369) in Cubs franchise history.

He makes his 12th start of the season and the 150th start of his Cubs career this afternoon against Boston.

This is a player Cubs faithful has grown to love, but are now faced with the distinct possibility today’s outing could be Dempster’s last wearing Cubbie blue–ending the nine-year love affair on the North Side.

Yet the sadness that permeated the air in anticipation of Kerry Wood’s departure won’t carry the same buzz as it did a few short weeks ago at Wrigley Field.