Al's Trip to Chicago

Correct me if I'm wrong, but is Al wearing a White Sox cap in front of Wrigley Field?
Is he be brave enough to wear it inside?

Representin' the Rays where the White Sox play!

"A baseball team, that’s your second family.” -- Cubs president John McDonough

Interesting Story:

The foul ball that Chicago fans believe cost the Cubs a trip to the 2003 World Series has been bought by someone who plans to destroy it -- and is going to let Cubs fans decide how the destruction should take place.
(If you've been living in Mars and don't know what this is about -- in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series, Cubs fan Steve Bartman jumped up and deflected a ball that seemed about to fall into the glove of Cubs outfielder Moises Alou, thus turning an out into a home run. The Cubs, who were winning the game -- and would have gone to the World Series for the first time since 1945 had they won -- ended up losing. Then, they lost the seventh game. So it was the Marlins who went to the World Series instead.)

Who bought it: Grant DePorter, managing partner of the Haray Caray restaurant chain (these restaurants not only bear the name, but were founded by, the Hall of Fame Cubs broadcaster).

How much did DePorter pay for it: $106,600 (a $92,000 plus bid, plus a 15 percent commission the auction house charges on top of it). This makes it the eighth most expensive baseball in history. The most expensive of all? McGwire's No. 70 homer, which sold in 1999 for $3 million. The most expensive baseball connected to Chicago? Sosa's 66th homer, which sold in 1999 for $172,500, and ranks fourth in the all-time list.

"I don't know why we bought the Cubs. We already had a perfectly good company softball team" -- After the Chicago Tribune Company bought the Cubs in 1981.

"My favorite umpire is a dead one" -- Robert Verdi, Cubs Owner

"There's no trying in baseball. You either go out and do it, or you don't." -- Brant Michael Brown

"It is not how much you do, but how much you love doing it that matters" -- T Van