Ryan Dempster News

Well, another World Series has concluded, and the Cubs didn't win it. Wait a second! Wasn't that the lead in this space about this time last year? If it wasn't, it could have been.

I had a great idea. I was going to attend the Ricketts family's pre-Halloween, we-just-bought-a-baseball-team news conference in a scary costume.

Tom Ricketts shakes hands with Ryan Dempster as Randy Bush and Crane Kenney watch.

It's understandable for consumers to be happy about and test out their new purchases: Porsche drivers would want to take a spin in a new ride, new homeowners have dinner parties, and kids with new toys play with them until their parents snap.

There's no evidence of a Tribune Co. executive referring to a Wrigley family member as "dude" when being handed the keys to the Cubs in 1981, as new chairman Tom Ricketts did Friday to Crane Kenney at an introductory news conference in a Wrigley Field sports bar.

Because of how prominently these recaps are titled, I probably shouldn't lead this one with, "Guess who led the Cubs in innings pitched and strikeouts?" But I'm clever, so I basically just did it anyway without you even noticing.

And thus, at least a few of us expected Carlos Zambrano to have this kind of year.

For Gibsons' native and starting pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Ryan Dempster will have a long off season to reflect on why the team's chances of making the post-season disappeared.

Aaron Heilman was in the enviable position this summer of pitching for the team he grew up rooting for - the Chicago Cubs.

Over the coming weeks, there will be a number of tough decisions made on the north side of Chicago.

Aha! Just when you thought we'd shirked our duties in the last game of the season, here finally is the belated Game Recap.

Suspended Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley apologized Wednesday for behavior that led to general manager Jim Hendry's decision to banish him for the rest of the season.

Overview Well ita s finally here. The end of the season. As tough as this season as been on some of us, Ia m personally not looking forward to the winter.

The bleachers during Thursday night's rain delay, about 9:15 pm. View full size photo uploaded October 2, 2009 We have, at times this season, debated whether the Cubs should have traded Mark DeRosa and whether he would have helped the club through its various injuries and lack of production.

Canadian-born veteran Ryan Dempster can finish his 13th major-league season in style today when the Chicago Cubs close out the 2009 schedule in the finale of a three-game series versus the Arizona Diamondbacks at Wrigley Field A third-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 1995, Dempster broke into the big leagues with the Florida Marlins in 1998 at ...

The 2009 season comes to a close for the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, and Doug Davis, a free agent in the coming offseason, wants to make sure it ends on a high note.

For Jeff Samardzija, the future started on Thursday night. And then the future got rained out after three innings.

For as much as I expected the Cubs to finish the season strong, it wasn't going to make up for the fact that a number of teams in front of them in the Wild Card chase are not only better composed, but are actually riding pretty good hot streaks.

Ryan Dempster pitched a five-hit shutout Tuesday to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 6-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Cubs' championship drought reached 101 years Tuesday night when the Rockies' victory over the Brewers eliminated them from the National League wild card chase.