Veteran pitcher Ryan Dempster retired as a member of the Chicago Cubs and will stay on with the team's front office. Not much later Friday, he said he would do his best to lure his friend and former Boston teammate, free-agent pitcher Jon Lester, to the club. "Jon and I have talked about how great it is to play here. He knows that," said Dempster, who pitched 16 seasons in the majors. He will be a special assistant to Cubs president Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer. "[Lester] has an extremely tough decision ahead but whatever the decision is going to be, hopefully it's here with the Chicago Cubs. He won't be disappointed. The city of Chicago will embrace him. He's the type of person that could pitch here and do well here and do well in this city." Read more http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/stor...es-retirement-joins-chicago-cubs-front-office
