Although baseball will soon return to our lives, it is important to remember that the union and players league did not really come to a new agreement. There were negotiations, votes were taken, talks were interrupted, and finally the owners unilaterally implemented a 60-game season based on the Agreement from …
Read More »Wrigley fans, open roofs, Comcast-Marquee chats, more
Today, Chicago Cubs President of Business Operations Crane Kenney spoke to Dan Bernstein at 670 The Score, and dropped all sorts of important information. I’ll insert the full interview when it’s available, but for now, I took live notes and paraphrased Kenney’s comments below. • The big question, given what’s …
Read More »The Cubs could be facing the White Sox for 10% of their games this year.
We’re still waiting for the official release of the schedules for MLB’s planned 60 game season this year, and that could come at any time. We know that the schedule starts on July 23 or 24 (it looks like there will be two launch games on July 23, all the …
Read More »Are the Cubs a good bet in the World Series? No time for new rules, DH ranking of the National League, more
Earlier today, I took a look at the solidity of the Cubs schedule under the new 60-game format, as well as his chances of making it to the postseason according to ZiPS. And in doing so, I learned two things: 1) Holy crap … I missed writing about real baseball …
Read More »The Chicago White Sox reportedly plan to have fans at the games this year
As you may recall, Illinois has successfully navigated to Phase 4 of its reopening process, meaning that as of Friday, outdoor sports may have fans in attendance, up to 20% capacity. One drawback, as it would relate to the Cubs, White Sox, and Bears, among others, is that the City …
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