Tag Archives: Wrigley Field

Indianapolis Colts – Carson Wentz on pace for Week 1? Paye & Buckner return! Cubs owner deranged!
August 17, 2021

Cubs owner Tom Ricketts will host a horrifying self-congratulatory party Thursday as his team craters
August 17, 2021

Cubs owner Tom Ricketts is a tone-deaf buffoon. When The Athletic’s Jon Greenberg reported yesterday that the Ricketts Family has scheduled a party this Thursday to honor themselves for “saving” Wrigley Field, I believed it was a parody. After all, the Cubs lost their 12th straight last night with what is now a triple-A roster […]

If baseball can’t stop profiteering, why not go to the Cubby Bear instead of Wrigley Field?
June 2, 2020

Baseball needs to get its head out of its ass or suffer the consequences. Our society craves a feeling of shared sacrifice and empathy for one another. Between the riots and Coronavirus, many feel isolated, agitated, and downright afraid of what might happen next. Baseball has responded by bickering over how many millions of dollars men […]

Will money finally doom baseball’s popularity – or can owners and players rise about greed?
May 27, 2020

Nothing like billionaires arguing with millionaires to reveal how little any of them have in common with the rabble responsible for their wealth. We pay for tickets, buy beer and hotdogs, watch on TV, wear jerseys, and turn our kids into like-minded zealots for our favorite teams. We are the straw that stirs baseball’s economic drink, and […]

Chicago Cubs fans – Let’s stay in this magnificent moment as long as we can
November 3, 2016

What do we do now? If the smiles ever fade, Cubs fans are going to have to figure out how to behave without endless references to 1908 and 1945 ringing in our heads. “Wait ’til next year” is gone – replaced by “This year was was everything I dreamed!” When Kris Bryant made the throw to […]

Top nine great things about a trip back to Wrigley Field – or the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
June 7, 2016

Wrigley Field still exists mostly in the same form as when my Dad first took me to a game in 1968 – a 9-8 loss to the Reds despite an Ernie Banks home run. Being able to walk up the same steps to the box seats that Dad and I used on that beautiful Spring […]

Baseball’s new commissioner – Meet the new boss, same as the old boss – no matter who it is
August 14, 2014

by Kent Sterling Regardless of which of the three finalists (if any) owners elect today as the next commissioner of baseball, it will be a guy who will do the bidding of the owners and little else. And that may result in the slow death of the game. Ticket prices, financial inequity among franchises, and […]

Chicago Cubs – Reason for Bidding on Masahiro Tanaka Even More Nefarious Than I Thought
January 17, 2014

by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs are supposedly putting their best foot and checkbook forward in trying to lure Japanese hurler Masahiro Tanaka to ply his wares on Chicago’s North Side, but there is no chance at all that he accepts – and the Cubs know it. On its face, the bidding is idiotic. The […]

Chicago White Sox Should Still Regret Letting Harry Caray Walk to the Cubs 32 Years Later
July 15, 2013

by Kent Sterling The Chicago Cubs are a bad baseball team without a compelling player or hope of contending for the postseason in the foreseeable future, and they will still draw 2.5 million fans this year. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Through 48 home dates, the Cubs have averaged 33,000 tickets sold, and […]

Chicago Cubs – Wrigley Field Rooftop Owners Need to Tone It Down
May 28, 2013

by Kent Sterling “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” appears to be a phrase near and dear to the hearts of the Wrigley Field Rooftop Association. They email their literature to me on a regular basis, and appear to have misjudged my feelings toward them. The Cubs business office is run by an […]