March 30, 2020
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Category Archives: Chicago Cubs
My first Cubs game – Banks doubles and homers in 9-8 loss – April 16, 1968
March 24, 2020
March 24, 2020
Every year beginning in 1968, Dad would take me out of school on a spring afternoon to go to a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Back then, the Cubs only played day games, so that was the only way to see them during the week. Cubs owner Phil Wrigley mandated that 22,000 tickets went on […]
Cubs botch Marquee Network launch – profiteer owner Tom Ricketts pushing fans away
February 24, 2020
February 24, 2020
Who can and can’t watch Cubs baseball? No one knows. Fans thought that signing up for DirecTV or Hulu+ would allow then to catch Saturday’s spring training opener. For a variety of reasons, that didn’t happen for any of the Hulu+ subscribers and some of the DirecTV folks. Marquee still has no deal with YouTube TV, […]
SNBS – Purdue needs win; Newman loves racing and its dangerous; Cubs Marquee Network clearance;
February 18, 2020
February 18, 2020
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Chicago Cubs will protect fans by extending nets – which should be unnecessary
January 28, 2020
January 28, 2020
Sometimes, it is decided that people need to be saved from their own inability to protect themselves. Such is the case at Wrigley Field where the Cubs will string protective netting beyond where the old bullpens used to be because people are seemingly incapable of shielding themselves from foul balls. According to a study by ESPN’s […]
Kobe Bryant’s death mourned in a variety of ways, and none are wrong – let’s take it easy on each other
January 27, 2020
January 27, 2020
There are almost as many ways to mourn as there are mourners. Some openly weep for a stranger. Others remain stoic for loved ones. Neither are right or wrong. Kobe Bryant’s unexpected death in a helicopter crash yesterday at the age of 41, along with eight others including Bryant’s daughter, has elicited a variety of […]