Chicago Cubs Relief Pitcher Ryan Dempster is training to be a ninja.

You have to (learn) how to throw a throwing star and nunchucks and all those kinds of things,” the Chicago Cubs closer says. “Obviously you’ve got to do martial arts and learn how to be really quiet, which is a tough task for me because I talk a lot

Being a ninja will help him creep silently out of Wrigley Field after giving up earned runs in the 9th inning of a tight game. Then again, the average fan at Wrigley Field is usually drunk enough to evade easily by the 9th inning.