MLB Fines Cubs $500,000 For Violations Surrounding June Draft

MLB Fines Cubs $500,000 For Violations Surrounding June Draft

IN THE DOG HOUSE? In Chicago, Phil Rogers writes the Cubs, "long considered a member of the [MLB] establishment" with former Cubs President Andy MacPhail and former Tribune Co. Chair Dennis FitzSimons, "no longer appear to have favored nation status" with Selig. The fine is perhaps a sign of the "growing gap between Selig and the Cubs, who were not expected to play this season under Tribune Co. ownership." The Cubs have declined comment on the situation (CHICAGO TRIBUNE, 7/23).

WHITE SOX: In Chicago, Jay Mariotti writes with news that former White Sox Dir of Player Personnel David Wilder and two scouts were "illegally skimming tens of thousands of dollars from signing bonuses" to prospects, how does White Sox GM Ken Williams "not know that his longtime friend and workplace confidante is possibly bilking naive Latin American teenagers of significant sums?" Mariotti writes Williams and White Sox Chair Jerry Reinsdorf eventually "will have to expound. They owe it to their fans to explain what is going on in Latin America, not unlike a college sports program busted by the NCAA for cheating. Only this case has far-reaching impact, FBI implications" (CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, 7/23).

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