Me-Owch! Cubs' Cat-Grab Sparks Uproar

Cubs fan Rich Cohen wants to raze arguably the most beloved park in America

(NEWSER) - Ah, Wrigley Field. It's one of the oldest, most beloved parks in baseball... And Rich Cohen wants to destroy it—and yes, he means utterly, with whatever explosives necessary. "That pile of quaintness has to go," he writes in the Wall Street Journal . "Then the ground itself must be salted," and maybe covered with a housing project or "Stalinist monolith." Why? Because before the Cubs moved to Wrigley, they were a powerhouse. Now they're the Cubs. More»

(NEWSER) - A Cubs fan suspected of dousing Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino with beer at Wrigley Field Wednesday night has turned himself in to police, the Chicago Tribune reports. The fan—who escaped detection when the wrong fan was ejected and hauled off for questioning immediately after the incident—got in touch with police after his photo was splashed all over the Internet and TV news. More»

(NEWSER) - The recent recovery of a statue of KFC’s Col. Sanders from a Japanese river is said to have ended a curse on a baseball team there. Which gave the company a clever idea: offer the effigy to the notably hexed Chicago Cubs, Deadspin reports. PETA strenuously objects. “If one irritated goat could cause a decades-long curse, just imagine what billions of angry chickens could do,” the animal-rights organization writes. More»

Mets prospect says he beat ex's tabby to death for trying to bite him

(NEWSER) - Joseph Petcka doesn’t deny he beat his girlfriend’s cat to death, but he says it was self-defense, the New York Daily News reports. The ex-Mets prospect and bit-part actor (one episode of Sex and the City) says the 7-pound tabby tried to bite him. Prosecutors say Petcka screamed, “You love that cat more than me!” before pummeling Norman in cold blood. More»

Lifelong booster longs to take the mound at Wrigley Field

(NEWSER) - Diehard Cubs fan Leo Hildebrand is sticking diligently to his daily workout regimen, hoping he’ll be tapped to throw out the first pitch of a playoff game for his beloved team. The major difference between him and the legion of other fans who’d like to do the same, the Chicago Sun-Times reports, is that Hildebrand is 104 years old. More»