CHICAGO -- On a clear (that is the sun in the sky, isn't it?), cool (hey, nothing wrong with the low 40s for 9:45 a.m.) Wednesday morning, time to pick up the scraps:

* The grammatical goof on the Ernie Banks statue unveiled on Monday has been corrected. There is now a hastily inserted apostrophe between the "t'' and "s" in the "Let's play two'' inscription on the front of the statue. When the ceremony was held Monday morning, the statue read "Lets play two.''

Oops.

* The revamped field actually looks nice this morning. According to the Chicago Tribune, the Cubs "removed the crown from left field, lowered the field 14 inches, installed a new drainage system'' and laid down some Colorado sod.

For the moment, though, this is not the Wrigley Field players have grown accustomed to over the years. The infield is lightning quick because the grass has yet to grow to wheat field length usually played here. "It will probably be a month or so before this field plays the way it will play the rest of the summer,'' Cubs manager Lou Piniella said.

Just in time for the ivy.

* Was Cubs newcomer Kosuke Fukudome playing possum in spring training? It sure seems that way. His double, single and three-run homer made him look like a different hitter than what the Brewers saw in spring training.

Fukudome says he wasn't trying to fool anyone in the spring. But even teammate Aramis Ramirez had to admit he was a "different guy from spring training.''

One thing is clear. Brewers manager Ned Yost's respect for Fukudome grew immensely Monday. He said the Brewers would go back to the drawing board to try and figure a way to pitch him.

As to whether or not Fukudome was just playing coy in spring training, Yost said:

"He's an awful smart player if he did.''