Earlier this week, I wrote about Kyle Schwarber demolishing baseballs at the Cubs Spring Training home of Mesa, Arizona. Swing after swing, he was hitting the shit out of the ball which produced the prettiest sound any real baseball fan would want to hear. I was excited to see the video of Schwarber swinging but to be quite honest, it’s not his swing that I was worried about.

We saw him rake in the World Series after not seeing live pitching for over six months so the fact that he was killing batting practice pitches really shouldn’t have surprised anyone.

My concern with Schwarber this year will be his mobility in the field. The Cubs arguably had the best defense in all of baseball this year and for as much as we don’t want to think about it, the guy is still rehabbing a very serious knee injury.

Evan Altman put out another video tonight that showed Schwarber going through some full speed outfield drills and I have to say…I’m a little less nervous then I was earlier.

Wrigley Field will be host to a historic concert this August when they host their first female headliner at the friendly confines. The venue has hosted numerous acts throughout the years such as Billy Joel, the Grateful Dead, and Zac Brown band but they are yet to have a female headline a show.

Until now.

Per Ariel Cheung of DNAinfo Chicago, the home of the Chicago Cubs will host one of the biggest pop stars on the planet — Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga will be the first woman to headline a #WrigleyField concert. https://t.co/Mju9cml01R #chicago #lakeview #wrigleyville pic.twitter.com/ZAO796P825

— Ariel Cheung (@arielfab) February 6, 2017

Gaga will play August 25th and will be sandwiched in between Green Day (Aug. 24th) and Zac Brown Band (Aug. 26th) so the Wrigleyville area will be quite the circus. If you’re interested in seeing what promises to be quite the spectacle, tickets go on sale February 13th.

She’s no stranger to the Chicago music scene as she’s already played both the United Center and headlined Lollapalooza back in 2010. If her Wrigley performance is anything like what she put on at last night’s Super Bowl, you can expect Wrigley to be very bright and festive that night.

I’m a big fan of people watching and something tells me that this may be the event that I’ll go sit outside of Murphy’s and soak it all in.

With only nine days until pitchers and catchers report to Mesa for Spring Training 2017, Kyle Schwarber made one last appearance before he embarks on the upcoming season.

Actually, Schwarber is already in Mesa working out like a mad man but he decided to take a quick break to make an appearance on the Rich Eisen Show. The show was being recorded from Houston, Texas to honor Super Bowl LI but the two men discussed a variety of issues besides football.

Schwarber’s appeared on behalf of ATI Physical Therapy which was the group that was responsible for getting the War Bear back into playing shape in an astounding six months after tearing his ACL last April.

When asked if he could play in the field if they had a game tomorrow, Cubs fans will be happy to hear his answer.

“Oh yeah.100%.”

He was asked if he’d report in nine days with the other Cubs pitchers and catchers or on February 17 with the rest of Cubs position players. He said management are still in talks about him potentially playing some catcher but at the end of the day it would be the doctor’s and front office’s decision. He said he loved playing catcher and he feels he could bring an added mental edge from behind the plate but he brought a good point up as well.

“We got a really good catcher, Willson Contreras. That guy’s a stud.”

And since it’s Super Bowl Sunday, Schwarber was asked who he had winning the big game today. He predicted it would be a close game and come down to a last second field goal. If you know your Super Bowl history, the Patriots have seemingly been on the winning end of most of those kicks but Schwarber sees a different ending today.

Schwarber is going with the Atlanta Falcons.

Here’s the full interview.