From Chicago Tribune: 'Chicken' coup; Finding FontenotFrom Chicago Tribune: 'Chicken' coup; Finding Fontenot

From Chicago Tribune: 'Chicken' coup; Finding Fontenot

From Chicago Tribune: ‘Chicken’ coup; Finding Fontenot

By Paul Sullivan
Chicago Tribune staff reporter

PHOENIX — Mike Fontenot is called the “Chicken” by some of his Cubs teammates, though some aren’t quite sure why.

“I think it has something to do with ‘Chicken Little,’ ” said Scott Eyre,who also goes by the name Stevie Ire.

That would be in reference to Fontenot’s height, which is listed generously at 5 feet 8 inches on the roster. But Fontenot insists it all started in Albuquerque, where things so often start, when the Iowa Cubs were in town.

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