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Cubs To Build Baseball Academy In The Dominican Republic
Thursday morning, Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and his siblings, along with Carlos Marmol and Starlin Castro, announced the building of a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic. It will be located in La Gina and at 50 acres, the Cubs' new baseball academy will be the largest property of any...
About The Cubs' General Manager Vacancy
Ever since the announcement of Jim Hendry's dismissal as Cubs general manager, I had been looking at this day to write about the Cubs' search for a new general manager, largely because today is the Cubs' first off day since then. At first, I thought I might post a list of candidates -- obvious and...
Cubs Come From Ahead, Lose To Brewers After Rain, 9-5
If this recap headline reminds you of yesterday's, that's intentional. The Cubs waited out an almost two-hour rain delay, took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and hit two home runs. One of those was a three-run homer by Reed Johnson, their first three-run homer in their last 27 games, since May 17...
BCB Interview: Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts (Part III)
The third and final part of my interview with Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts touches on TV territorial rights -- something I know is a key issue for many BCBers -- as well as what he hopes to accomplish in "Year Two" of the Ricketts family ownership of the Cubs. Many thanks to Tom for his time and his...
BCB Interview: Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts (Part II)
This part of the interview is going to be a little more contentious, I'm afraid, than yesterday's was -- and yesterday's had its points of contention. Today's portion of the interview deals with the proposed renovations to Wrigley Field and the proposal that was made to use a portion of the...
BCB Interview: Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts (Part I)
Today is BCB's sixth birthday -- that's like a century in blog years. And here's a birthday present for all of us -- a wide-ranging interview I recently conducted with Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts about his first year as the head of the organization and face of the franchise. This interview will run...
Cubs Wrigley Financing Proposal Dead
According to Fran Spielman in the Sun-Times this morning, the proposal to use 35 years' worth of ticket amusement taxes to finance Wrigley Field improvements is dead: John Patterson, a spokesman for Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago), added, "Bond counsel has had technical issues with the...
The Future Of Wrigley Field
This is a very difficult post to write because, from the beginning of this site, I have asked people to stay out of political discussion. This is because regardless of our political beliefs -- and there are many of us here, so those must be varied -- we all want the same thing, for the Cubs to win...
Todd Ricketts: Undercover Boss
Many of you watched the CBS series "Undercover Boss" last night that featured Tom Ricketts' brother Todd working several jobs at Wrigley Field. This fanshot started the discussion last night; I'm continuing it here because the Cubs invited about 250 Wrigley Field employees and their families to a...
Mike Quade, New Cubs Manager, "Gets It"
Remember a couple of years ago when I suggested the Cubs pick up Kevin Millar, because he was the player who led the Red Sox "idiots" to the World Series? Because he was the one who finally was able to get the message through to the Red Sox players that the alleged "curse" meant nothing? OK, I got...
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