The good news is that the Cubs beat the Pirates yesterday 4-3. In order to do that, they had to come back from a 3-0 deficit. The winning run came in the 8th inning when pinch-hitter Xavier Nady hit an RBI single to drive home Alfonso Soriano. Soriano was the hitting star of the game [...]
Category Archives: Business of Baseball
Starlin Castro Is The Greatest Baseball Player Ever
May 8, 2010 – 7:36 am
Why didn’t the Cubs call him up sooner. The hysteria over Cubs rookie shortstop Starlin Castro got a jump start last night as he hit a three-run home run in his very first major league at-bat. The opposite field shot came on a looping curving ball from Reds pitcher Homer Bailey. Later in the game, [...]
Arizona Turns Its Back On Cubs And Major League Baseball
May 3, 2010 – 5:56 am
The Arizona Legislature adjourned this past week without passing legislation that would help fund a new Spring Training facility for the Cubs. The agreement with the City of Mesa and the Cubs gives the city until July 15, 2010 to put funding in place to pay for the facility. After July 15, the Cubs are [...]
Chicago Cubs: The Most Expensive Ticket In Baseball
April 14, 2010 – 5:48 am
The Cubs may not have won a World Series in over one hundred years (had you heard?), but that’s not stopping the team from charging more for their tickets than any other team in baseball. This bit of “good” news comes to us from the good folks at Team Marketing Report. With an average ticket price [...]
