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3/18 Cubs & Dodgers set attendance mark
Thursday’s game between the Cubs and Dodgers drew a crowd of 13,391, a Cactus League single-game record. The previous Cactus League mark was 13,366, set March 12, 2004, at the Peoria Sports Complex between the Cubs and Mariners. The Cubs have been involved in nine of the top 10 crowds in Cactus League history. The only exception was the sixth largest crowd, 13,171, between the Diamondbacks and Mariners in Peoria on March 28, 2004.
– Carrie Muskat
3/7 Cubs vs Dodgers canceled because of rain
Sunday’s game in Mesa between the Cubs and Dodgers has been canceled because of rain. The Cubs will play the Athletics in Phoenix on Monday.
– Carrie Muskat
9/30 3 million and counting
The Cubs topped 3 million fans at home for the sixth straight season on Wednesday. The announced crowd of 34,362 for Game 1 of the doubleheader against the Pirates pushed them over the mark. The Cubs are one of five Major League franchises to top 3 million every year since 2004 (Angels, Cardinals, Dodgers, Yankees). Through 76 home games, the Cubs have played in front of 3,023,482 with five games remaining.
– Carrie Muskat
8/27 Harden, Heilman reportedly claimed
Cubs pitchers Rich Harden and Aaron Heilman have reportedly been claimed on waivers.
FOXSports.com cited Major League sources Thursday as saying a National League team was awarded the claim on Heilman. The claiming team on Harden was not known, but presumably he did not get through the National League, either. Players must pass through their own league first before being exposed on waivers to teams in the other league.
The Cubs will have until Monday to work out trades, allow Harden and Heilman to depart on claims, or pull them back them from waivers. Harden is 3-1 with a 1.80 ERA in eight starts since the All-Star break.
The Giants, Rockies and Dodgers all are interested in adding starting pitching, and Harden would be an attractive pickup. Harden is 8-7, 3.99 ERA overall in 22 starts, while Heilman is 2-3 with a 4.55 ERA.
– Carrie Muskat
Tough break
The son of Cubs coach Ivan DeJesus broke his left leg sliding into home plate during a “B” game Monday between the Dodgers and Brewers in Glendale. Ivan DeJesus Jr., who was the Dodgers’ 2008 Minor League Player of the Year, is likely out for the season with a broken lower tibia. He batted .324 last year for Double-A Jacksonville.
His father, who is a special assistant for the Cubs, was with the Puerto Rican team, preparing for the World Baseball Classic. Last Thursday, Ivan Sr. watched his son play in a big league game for the first time when the Cubs and Dodgers met at HoHoKam Park.
– Carrie Muskat
Proud papa
Cubs special assistant Ivan DeJesus was just like any other proud father on Wednesday as he watched his son, Ivan DeJesus Jr., play in a Cactus League game. It was the first time the father had seen his son, an infielder with the Los Angeles Dodgers, in a Major League uniform in a game, and it had an impact on Dad.
“I want him to go all the way,” the Cubs’ coach said. “That’s what he wants to do.”
The younger DeJesus batted .324 in 128 games last season for Jacksonville in the Southern League. He used to hang out in big league clubhouses with his father when he was 5 years old. Now, he’s 21.
The elder DeJesus was standing at the end of the Cubs dugout at HoHoKam Park when his son entered the game in the seventh inning to play shortstop. He did reach base in the ninth on a fielder’s choice, but didn’t score and the Cubs won, 5-3.
The two will meet up again this spring. But Wednesday was a brief, special moment.
“It was nice,” DeJesus said. “It’s another chapter of my life.”
– Carrie Muskat
Happy birthday
Not only is it a perfect day for baseball in Mesa, but it’s also Ron Santo’s 69th birthday and Bob Brenly’s 55th. Santo had to work, the first of 11 games on WGN Radio.
Did you know the Cubs and Dodgers have split their first 2,024 regular season meetings since their first game in 1890. Each team has won 1,012 games in the series.
– Carrie Muskat
Start me up
Jeff Samardzija, Sean Marshall and Ted Lilly will start the first three Cactus League games for the Cubs. Each will likely go two innings. Chicago opens play on Wednesday, playing host to the Los Angeles Dodgers at HoHoKam Park. The team will relocate to the stadium after Monday’s workout at Fitch Park.
– Carrie Muskat
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