Old Style, on tap at Wrigley Field since 1950, will remain available to Chicago Cubs fans for the next two years under a deal between the team and brand owner Pabst Brewing Company. It wasn’t that long ago — 30 years or less — when Chicago wasn’t the corporate-swill town it is today; we remember […]
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New Marlins ballpark under budget, 80 percent completed
Work proceeds on the new Florida Marlins ballpark slated to open for the 2012 season: construction is 80 percent completed and so far under budget, according to team president David Samson. Samson led media on a tour of the $515-million facility today, and it certainly looked like a facility under construction: almost all the seats […]
Will spring training return to City of Palms Park any time soon? Not likely
A Lee County Commissioner charged with exploring options for City of Palms Park, the former spring home of the Boston Red Sox, says there might be interest out there from MLB teams, but any move would be an extreme long-shot. Commissioner John Manning says he’s heard second-hand that two teams — one currently training in […]
Mets/Einhorn deal collapses
David Einhorn’s bid to buy a minority share of the New York Mets has fallen through, leaving the team to beat the bushes for other limited investors. The official word is that the Mets ownership, which could owe upwards of a billion dollars as a result of investments with swindler Bernie Madoff, can cover this […]
Rangers fall victim making good progress on recovery
A 24-year-old fan who fell down a staircase at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Saturday is alert and making “good progress” toward a full recovery, according to family members. Dallas resident Charles Conner accidentally fell down the staircase leading down to the home-plate gates near the end of game, falling some 21 feet onto a […]
Giants’ payroll manager allegedly embezzles millions from team
Robin O’Connor, the payroll manager for the San Francisco Giants for the past four years, has been charged with allegedly embezzling $1,513,836.28 from the team payroll between June 2010 and June 2011. O’Connor, an $80,000-per-year employee, was outed after applying for a house loan and forging a letter from the Giants’ HR manager to explain large […]
World Championship Baby honored by Giants cable home
We have a winner in the Search for the World Championship Baby: the child presumably conceived in a celebration of the San Francisco Giants 2010 World Series victory. The search, undertaken by broadcast partner Comcast SportsNet, uncovered Brooklynn Olivia Bird of Folsom, California as the winner of “The Search for the World Championship Baby” contest. […]
Weirdness bubbles to surface in Dodgers bankruptcy
A lawyer representing five Los Angeles Dodgers season-ticket holders — including the Frank Sinatra estate — is asking a Delaware bankruptcy court to force the team to pay for her representation of fans in the court proceedings. The Sinatra heirs control eight primo season tickets at Dodger Stadium. Bankruptcy attorney Robbin L. Itkin is asking […]
Indians extend Snow Days promotion with Buckeyes-Wolverines hockey bash
The Cleveland Indians struck gold last winter with a Snow Days promotion that turned Progressive Field into a winter wonderland, and the team is poised to do much more after scheduling a Ohio State-Michigan hockey game at the ballpark. The Indians drew over 50,000 fans to the ballpark for “Snow Days” last winter by bringing […]
Twins searching for new play-by-play voice
With John Gordon stepping down at the end of this season, the Minnesota Twins have posted an opening for a new radio play-by-play broadcaster, we’re told — and we know the perfect guy for the position. It’s a big decision for the Twins; after all, the team has only had three lead broadcasters since the […]
Angels facing labor woes — but not on the field
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are in negotiations with their Angel Stadium hourly game-day employees over hourly wages, and there’s a chance the workers could go on strike before the end of the season. A three-year contract between the Angels and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) expired earlier this year, but the two […]
Brochu: No way MLB returns to Montreal
Claude Brochu, the man who dismantled the 1994 Montreal Expos and still blamed by fans as triggering the decline of the franchise, says there’s no way Major League Baseball returns to the city while Bud Selig remains in charge of the game. Which may not be long: Selig insists he’s stepping down next year to […]
Marlins to open new park with Yankee exhibitions
The Florida Marlins — or, rather, by then the Miami Marlins — will kick off their new ballpark with a pair of April 2012 exhibition games against the New York Yankees. The games against the New York Yankees will take place on Sunday, April 1 at 1:10 pm and Monday, April 2 at 7:10 pm. […]