WELCOME BACK, GREG: Greg Maddux today will sign with the Chicago Cubs, returning to the team with which he started his career before jumping to the Atlanta Braves a decade ago. Then again, Maddux was the Cubs' only good pitcher in the early '90s, and now he'll line up behind Wood, Prior, and Zambrano in the rotation. It's the first good personnel move by the Tribune Company probably since they traded for Sammy Sosa.
Going from the loathsome Atlanta Braves back to the friendly confines of Wrigley Field- isn't that the baseball version of making Aliyah?