Sammy Sosa, the Chicago Cubs' leading slugger, and one of the two main attractions at Wrigley Field of late (the other being the beer), was ejected from a game yesterday for using a corked bat.

There are many questions that come to mind about this incident. Like, for instance, what is it with Chicago and baseball scandals anyway? But for myself, the most perplexing thing about the whole affair is how the Times found a reporter to cover the story named Damon Hack.