Cubs, Sosa deserve to be stuck together.(Chicago Tribune)

This is beautiful. This is so exquisitely Cub-like.

The only way it would be more Cub-like is if St. Sammy announced his retirement from baseball to become, say, a monk. The Cubs would get no value for their superstar in terms of players or money, of course, but consider all the intercessory prayers. What a concept: a Cubs team with a prayer by the All-Star break.

Sosa and the Cubs are stuck with each other, like the bottom of a shoe and a wad of gum. Beautiful. The Yankees, the team that needed Sosa in the worst way, traded instead for Indians outfielder David Justice, who is best known for being dumped by actress Halle Berry, whose latest claim to fame is a hit-and-run accident. …