Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Photo by Herkie This past winter, the Chicago Cubs battled a rooftop owner who claimed his view of the field for the NHL's Winter Classic was blocked by a jumbotron installed for the game. Now, the team is battling another rooftop, but this time an advertiser. For years, a large rooftop beyond the left field stands was emblazoned with a Budweiser logo . This season, though, it became a large ad for...
The FanHouse - Wisconsin Basketball (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
by Matt Snyder Filed under: Cubs , NL Central Footprints in the Snow is FanHouse's look at the paths to be forged by MLB teams this winter as they look ahead to 2010. Considering the Cubs were probably the most disappointing team in baseball in 2009, they definitely have their work cut out for them this offseason in order to return to being a legitimate contender. I guess Cubs fans should take solace...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
... it was the name of a popular restaurant about a mile from Wrigley Field that used to advertise on the building on Waveland where you now see an ad for an Indiana casino and where, for many years, there was an ad for a national beer brand. When those of us "of a certain age" were kids, that building had, for decades, an ad for WGN radio and television, the perfect ad for the stations that...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Chicago Cubs looking for places to dump disruptive player but likely to have to eat large portion of his salary Now that it finally has sunk in he's the owner of the Cubs, Tom Ricketts has to ask himself what wine goes best with a hefty serving of Milton Bradley's contract.
Andre Dawson for the Hall of Fame (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Now that the World Series is over -- I can't believe people were making a big deal out of the Yankees not winning one for the last nine years, one every nine years sounds good to a Cubs fan -- anyway I digress, the baseball world will now turn it's attention to free agent signings, the new Cubs owner and the Hall of Fame voting in January, the latter being what I am anticipating the most. But first,...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
The Cubs' organizational meetings are in full swing in Mesa. Tom Ricketts reportedly addressed his baseball staff for the first time and will meet with Mesa officials on Wednesday to discuss possible sites for the Cubs new facilities. A majority of the news ( and rumors ) around the Cubs is focused on Milton Bradley . The Cubs were rumored to be interested in a move that would have sent Bradley to...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The Cubs' organizational meetings begin Tuesday in Mesa, Arizona and run through Friday with more than ninety members of the Cubs' organization converging on Fitch Park ... from scouts to minor league coaches and coordinators to Oneri Fleita to Jim Hendry to Lou Piniella and his coaching staff. Tom Ricketts and Crane Kenney will also be in attendance and are expected to meet with Mesa City officials...
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Some links on this Monday evening... The Giants have hired Hensley "Bam Bam" Meulens as their hitting coach, writes Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle. Meulens - who previously held the same position with San Francisco's Triple-A affiliate - recorded an OPS of .641 in his Major League career. MLB.com's Adam McCalvy brings us a look at Meulens' resume. In a radio interview this...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
While the Phillies and Yankees continue to battle it out to see which team wears the ring (Yankees up three games to one), the Chicago Cubs will get to work on the 2010 campaign this week. The Cubs' brass will hold their annual organization meetings in Mesa, the first with Tom Ricketts in attendance. With the GM meetings just around the corner (November 9-11 in Chicago), the Cubs will discuss their...
Campanastan (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Scott Simon, unrepentant Cubs fan, interviewed Tom Ricketts, one of the new owners of the Chicago Cubs, on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday yesterday. Ricketts, who sounds like a nice guy, bought the Cubbies with his siblings Pete, Laura, and Todd....
NPR (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
There's an old joke: How do you become a millionaire? Have $1 billion — then buy the Chicago Cubs. Well, Tom Ricketts did buy the storied franchise and its famous ballpark, Wrigley Field, spending almost $900 million. And it's a team that hasn't won a World Series for more than a century.
The Sporting Blog (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
It's understandable for consumers to be happy about and test out their new purchases: Porsche drivers would want to take a spin in a new ride, new homeowners have dinner parties, and kids with new toys play with them until their parents snap. But there's a fine line between enjoying something new, and going overboard in praising it. New Cubs owner Tom Ricketts lost sight of that line . “I’ll...
Walkoff Walk (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
New Cubs owner Tom Ricketts desperately wants to endear himself to his new team's fanbase. How is he going about doing that? Is it with lots of promotional giveaways and fan-centered events? Err, no. He's actually promising them a...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Browse more photos » The Toronto Sun reports this morning on a potential Milton Bradley for Vernon Wells swap: The Chicago Cubs would like to -- have to -- deal disgruntled outfielder Milton Bradley . And one player they are eyeing as a target destination is the Blue Jays , with centre fielder Vernon Wells going to the Cubs in return. "It's early...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
The new owner of the Chicago Cubs didn't wait long to make a promise: Tom Ricketts said the Cubs are going to win the World Series.
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