Cubs historical sleuthing: Ryan Dempster hits Ryan Braun... on purpose

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesThis recent interview of Ryan Dempster (also posted in Cub Tracks today) comes courtesy of Jon Zaghloul of Sports Talk Chicago — and it’s not the photo above we’re sleuthing here, but a couple of HBP and when they happened. Let me explain further.

In the video clip below, Dempster reveals that he hit Ryan Braun of the Brewers on purpose in a game at Wrigley Field in 2009.

First, watch the interview (it’s three and a half minutes and worth your time).

So why is this a sleuthing article? Because, of course, I wondered: When did these incidents happen? There were two of them, per the interview with Dempster.

In the…