http://www.yardbarker.com/rss/player/165 Recent articles about Ryan Dempster en-us More photos » by Jim Prisching - AP New Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts (standing) and his siblings (left to right) Pete, Todd and Laura, the new Cubs board of directors, at today's news conference. Browse more photos » Years from now, maybe we can say that "next year" arrived on October 30, 2009. Tom Ricketts is the new chairman of the Cubs, and with his two brothers and sister, will comprise ... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:35:01 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/New_Cubs_Boss_Tom_Ricketts_Were_Going_To_Win_The_World_Series/1466465 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/New_Cubs_Boss_Tom_Ricketts_Were_Going_To_Win_The_World_Series/1466465 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/New_Cubs_Boss_Tom_Ricketts_Were_Going_To_Win_The_World_Series/1466465 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/d/ad3ccbe41740f7e375b4ba91e2f244f5e91f04ad/small/Ryan_Dempster_of_7f45.jpg Soto To Work Out With Dempster This is good news. Geo knows he needs to get in shape and he's going to come to Chicago in January to work out with one of his teammates with the best workout routines -- Ryan Dempster. Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:06:10 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Soto_To_Work_Out_With_Dempster/1317631 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Soto_To_Work_Out_With_Dempster/1317631 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Soto_To_Work_Out_With_Dempster/1317631 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/8/d8822357406728b5b1b699b04fa37b9ae7177f65/small/dempster.jpg Game One Hundred Sixty-One: Cubs (83-77) vs. Diamondbacks (69-92) Game Time - 1:20pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Ryan Dempster (11-8, 3.51/1.30) vs. Doug Davis (8-14, 4.19/1.53) For the final time this year ... Chicago Cubs Baseball is on the Air! The Cubs play their final game of the season this afternoon against Doug Davis and the Arizona Diamondbacks. Today also concludes a long stretch of games ...... Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:21:19 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Talkin_Cubs_Live_Cubs_vs_Diamondbacks_100409/1304124 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Talkin_Cubs_Live_Cubs_vs_Diamondbacks_100409/1304124 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Talkin_Cubs_Live_Cubs_vs_Diamondbacks_100409/1304124 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/8/d8822357406728b5b1b699b04fa37b9ae7177f65/small/dempster.jpg More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP Oustanding, Ryan, just outstanding. Browse more photos » It looked for "just a hot minute", as Jack Brickhouse might have said 40+ years ago, that the Cubs would stave off elimination for another day. Ex-Cub Jason Kendall hit a one-out, three-run, game-tying homer for the Brewers against the Rockies in the ninth inning. Two innings later, though, the Roc... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:30:14 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Start_The_2010_Countdown_Cubs_Eliminated_But_Dempster_Shines_In_6_0_Shutout_Of_Pirates/1271895 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Start_The_2010_Countdown_Cubs_Eliminated_But_Dempster_Shines_In_6_0_Shutout_Of_Pirates/1271895 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Start_The_2010_Countdown_Cubs_Eliminated_But_Dempster_Shines_In_6_0_Shutout_Of_Pirates/1271895 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/f/afeb54695fe7e0c688340eccad3688f7ec456ec5/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f1494779.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF1935BBE657AC86A964893F4B4535C676361.jpg Game One Hundred Fifty-Six - Cubs 6 Pirates 0 WP - Ryan Dempster (11-8) LP - Kevin Hart (4-9) Save - None With Tuesday night's win behind Ryan Dempster, the Chicago Cubs posted their third consecutive winning season for the first time since stringing together six straight winning seasons from 1967 - 1972. After totaling only one complete game as a staff through the first 153 games of the year, Ryan Dempster tossed the Cubs second complete game shutout in the last four games. Ry... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:53:54 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Dempster_Goes_the_Distance_Cubs_6_Pirates_0/1270526 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Dempster_Goes_the_Distance_Cubs_6_Pirates_0/1270526 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/Dempster_Goes_the_Distance_Cubs_6_Pirates_0/1270526 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/7/a7ee8fbeaf4a0e31fb32c4de0b74556838fdb14b/small/94.jpg More photos » by George Nikitin - AP Write your own caption. Browse more photos » Ryan Dempster is a class act, as we all know -- but today, Gordon Wittenmyer tells us more about what Dempster had to go through after his daughter was born with a rare congenital disease, and notes that the toughest person on Ryan Dempster is... Ryan Dempster: Dempster has a hard time accepting that he didn't pitch be... Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:00:22 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Heading_Home_Cubs_vs_Pirates_Preview_Tuesday_929_705_CT/1268731 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Heading_Home_Cubs_vs_Pirates_Preview_Tuesday_929_705_CT/1268731 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Heading_Home_Cubs_vs_Pirates_Preview_Tuesday_929_705_CT/1268731 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/d/ad3ccbe41740f7e375b4ba91e2f244f5e91f04ad/small/Ryan_Dempster_of_7f45.jpg From Ted Keith of SI who is running down the worst free agent signings of this past offseason: Ryan Dempster, Cubs 4 years, $52 million A career year in 2008 that included personal bests in wins, ERA and WHIP earned Dempster a sizable raise from the three-year, $15.5 million deal that expired last year. But so far he hasn’t exactly justified that raise, regressing to a 10-8 mark with a 3.72 ERA. In fact, his numbers are down across the board. He’s given up more hits, runs and ... Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:45:20 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ted_Keith_Is_Not_As_Good_At_His_Job_As_Ryan_Dempster_Is_At_His/1226419 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ted_Keith_Is_Not_As_Good_At_His_Job_As_Ryan_Dempster_Is_At_His/1226419 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ted_Keith_Is_Not_As_Good_At_His_Job_As_Ryan_Dempster_Is_At_His/1226419 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/f/afeb54695fe7e0c688340eccad3688f7ec456ec5/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f1494779.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF1935BBE657AC86A964893F4B4535C676361.jpg Game One Hundred Forty-Two - Cubs 2 Brewers 0 WP - Ryan Dempster (10-8) LP - Jeff Suppan (6-10) Save - Carlos Marmol (13) The Chicago Cubs improved to six games over .500 for the first time since August 10 behind a dominating performance by Ryan Dempster. Dempster put together one of his better outings of the season and the Cubs defense stepped up when the Brewers put the ball in play. Ryan Dempster allowed just four hits in eight shutout innings, walked one, hit Ryan Braun and struck... Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:41:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Dempster_Dumps_the_Brewers_Cubs_2_Brewers_0/1170789 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Dempster_Dumps_the_Brewers_Cubs_2_Brewers_0/1170789 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/The_Dempster_Dumps_the_Brewers_Cubs_2_Brewers_0/1170789 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/d/ad3ccbe41740f7e375b4ba91e2f244f5e91f04ad/small/Ryan_Dempster_of_7f45.jpg I figured this was as good a title as any for us to use when we take a look at how the Cubs have performed in the 2009 season. i used it first with Soriano, but will continue using it. I’ve begun these now because a lot of what happens the rest of the way is meaningless. Lou may skip a starter or a player and give some playing time to the so-called younger players. Also, things aren’t likely to change much from now until the end of the season anyway. Ryan Dempster was re-si... Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:00:23 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/What_The_Hell_Happened_with_Ryan_Dempster/1135801 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/What_The_Hell_Happened_with_Ryan_Dempster/1135801 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/What_The_Hell_Happened_with_Ryan_Dempster/1135801 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/f/afeb54695fe7e0c688340eccad3688f7ec456ec5/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f1494779.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF1935BBE657AC86A964893F4B4535C676361.jpg Game One Hundred Twenty-Two - Cubs 3 Dodgers 1 WP - Ryan Dempster (7-7) LP - Chad Billingsley (12-7) Save - Carlos Marmol (5) The Cubs avoided the sweep in L.A. on Sunday behind Ryan Dempster's best outing on the road this season ... and a career day at the plate by Jake Fox. Dempster picked up his third win of the year away from Wrigley and his second of the season against Dodgers. Dempster allowed one unearned run in seven-plus innings on three hits. Dempster surrendered just one h... Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:16:05 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Dempster_Deals_Fox_Hits_Cubs_Win_Cubs_3_Dodgers_1/1033712 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Dempster_Deals_Fox_Hits_Cubs_Win_Cubs_3_Dodgers_1/1033712 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Dempster_Deals_Fox_Hits_Cubs_Win_Cubs_3_Dodgers_1/1033712 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/d/ad3ccbe41740f7e375b4ba91e2f244f5e91f04ad/small/Ryan_Dempster_of_7f45.jpg Game One Hundred-Eight - Cubs 6 Rockies 5 WP - Ryan Dempster (6-5) LP - Jason Marquis (12-8) Save - Kevin Gregg (22) Ryan Dempster earned his second road win of the season, and his first career victory at Coors Field, with a very gutsy performance on Saturday night. Dempster allowed five runs, two earned, on nine hits in six-plus innings of work. The most important stat for Dempster ... no free passes. The Cubs defense gave the Rockies at least four extra outs in the four-run fourth innin... Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:34:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cubs_Salute_Dempster_with_a_Win_Cubs_6_Rockies_5/956422 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cubs_Salute_Dempster_with_a_Win_Cubs_6_Rockies_5/956422 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Cubs_Salute_Dempster_with_a_Win_Cubs_6_Rockies_5/956422 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/d/ad3ccbe41740f7e375b4ba91e2f244f5e91f04ad/small/Ryan_Dempster_of_7f45.jpg Apparently, Ryan Dempster is sort of a clutz. The Chicago Cubs righty was hopping the railing from the dugout to celebrate Sunday’s win over the Milwaukee Brewers when one of his legs got tangled up and caught. He landed pretty hard and hurt his toe, resulting in a non-displaced fracture. Can we see the video on this please? Dempster was supposed to pitch Tuesday night against the Atlanta Braves, but now he'll be missing at least his next three starts. In fact, he may miss up to a month. ... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:56:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Dempster_Twinkle_Toes/782224 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Dempster_Twinkle_Toes/782224 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Ryan_Dempster_Twinkle_Toes/782224 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/8/d8822357406728b5b1b699b04fa37b9ae7177f65/small/dempster.jpg Ryan Dempster has been placed on the 15-Day DL with a broken toe. Paul Sullivan reports:Dempster said he caught his foot on the dugout railing while jumping out of the dugout running onto the field after Sunday's win over the Brewers."Sweet, huh?" Dempster said.What happened?Here's Dempster's explanation:"Sunday after the game I was coming out of the dugout and stepping over the top of the railing there, I was sitting up on the ledge, and I caught my left foot on th... Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:35:00 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Dempster_to_15_Day_DL/783536 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Dempster_to_15_Day_DL/783536 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Dempster_to_15_Day_DL/783536 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/f/afeb54695fe7e0c688340eccad3688f7ec456ec5/small/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f1494779.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF1935BBE657AC86A964893F4B4535C676361.jpg According to a report from the Sun-Times, the Cubs placed Ryan Dempster on the 15-day DL with a fractured right big toe. No time table on how long Dempster will be out. Kevin Hart was recalled from Triple-A Iowa just a day after being optioned down in favor of Angel Guzman. Carlos Zambrano will start on short rest Tuesday night against the Braves. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:11:45 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/From_the_Wire_Dempster_to_the_DL/780775 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/From_the_Wire_Dempster_to_the_DL/780775 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/From_the_Wire_Dempster_to_the_DL/780775 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/7/a7ee8fbeaf4a0e31fb32c4de0b74556838fdb14b/small/94.jpg The debate rages on over night games in Wrigleyville. I personally have an aversion to them for 2 reasons. The first is that I lived in Wrigleyville and its a residential neighborhood. The people who live there have been promised over and over again that traffic and noise issues would be controlled and have been [...] Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:13:13 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Another_Reason_To_Love_Ryan_Dempster_His_Stance_On_Night_Games/571051 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Another_Reason_To_Love_Ryan_Dempster_His_Stance_On_Night_Games/571051 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/Another_Reason_To_Love_Ryan_Dempster_His_Stance_On_Night_Games/571051 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/a/4ae110721bd80ffad70ff4f55138227b46333363/small/wrigley-300x180.jpg