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Changing the Argument 5 Feb 2013 | 07:00 pm
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This is not a good time to be a rooftop owner. It’s not only that they have they been semi-vacant the past few years as the Cubs have been a pai...
The Wrigley Plan That Works 22 Jan 2013 | 08:11 am
The Cubs took the opportunity at last weekend's Cubs convention to make some real news. This is news that’s not only good for Cubs fans, but it's also good for taxpayers. Rather a shocking but welcome...
The Future On Display 27 Jun 2012 | 07:17 am
Anthony Rizzo is here. Only 172 days ago, no one in Chicago knew his name. Today, you'd think it he was the next Kerry Wood. Or Mark Prior. Or Kevin Orie. Or Mike Harkey. Or... you get the poin...
Is this Thing On? 25 Jun 2012 | 10:38 pm
Yes, it is alive. It's been about seven months since this doorstep to the Internet was darkened with my scribblings. With any luck, it won't be that long again. (Then again, you may be saying, "Oh, ...
It Keeps Getting Better 19 Nov 2011 | 05:12 am
It's been nearly a flawless offseason for the Cubs. Theo Epstein is here and he's brought with him a cavalcade of management stars. Jed Hoyer is the GM to do the dirty work of dealing with the media a...
Staying on a Theme 29 Oct 2011 | 02:57 am
IvyChat has come across a recording of Theo Epstein's exit interview in Boston: Theo Epstein: Last night we said a great many things. You said you were going to do the thinking for both of us. Well, ...
Here's Looking To You, Kid 29 Oct 2011 | 02:44 am
Of all the baseball parks, in all the towns, in all the world, he walks into ours. About time. On Tuesday, the Chicago Cubs introduced Theo Epstein as the guy to fix the organization. He gave a maste...
Big Time Move 13 Oct 2011 | 01:00 am
At about 6 PM Chicago time last night, all hell broke loose on Twitter (you can follow me there @ivychat) with the cross posting of Steve Buckley's Boston Herald article: Two baseball sources have co...
Buh Bye 20 Aug 2011 | 03:44 am
In what was the Ricketts' family's best move since refinancing some of their bank debt, Jim Hendry has been dismissed as General Manager of the Chicago Cubs. Now, this move comes two years later than...
If At First You Don't STIF Us... Try, Try, Again 19 Aug 2011 | 07:27 am
Crain's runs with a new story on the Ricketts latest attempts to get public financing to fix Wrigley Field. The details are really the same as the old story. What do they want? $200 million, same as ...
