For a baseball manager who relies on his iPad for submitting every lineup, Chicago Cubs Manager Joe Maddon had to do it the old fashioned way prior to game Game 4 of the NLCS on Wednesday night. After 90 minutes of talking with tech and IT support, Maddon succumbed to finally calling in his starting […]
The Chicago Cubs were the surprise of the baseball season in 2015 and they have made some splashy moves so far this offseason to keep the momentum going into 2016. Today they made another upgrade to the franchise that will help their players shine brighter. Ideal Industries Inc., a company that creates and provides energy […]
Have the Cubs finally done it, is “the curse” finally broken? For those of you who don’t know, for decades, the Chicago Cubs have apparently had a supernatural hex over Wrigley Field – The Curse of Billy the Goat. The team jinx has been a long-standing “explanation” of why the Chicago Cubs have not won […]
“There are two seasons in Chicago,” goes the saying, “winter and construction.” Construction season is well underway at Wrigley Field. The 1060 Project is a four-phase undertaking by the Chicago Cubs organization to modernize the Friendly Confines. Originally, the project was scheduled to take four years, but Cubs Chairman of the Board Tom Ricketts recently […]
As much as sports franchises market their players to appeal to fans, there’s much more to them than simply trying to drive ticket sales or TV ratings. Teams represent the very heartbeat of their respective city. Fans attach themselves to them insofar as looking for hope and inspiration. The glamorization of sports notwithstanding, this same […]
