It is in many ways just a formality, but today marks the first day of the Ricketts Family era in Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field history. It is in many ways just a formality, but today marks the first day of the Ricketts Family era in Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field history. The team hasn't […]
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Lawmaker: Florida should up spending to lure spring camps for Cubs, Brewers
Tired of losing MLB teams and their spring camps to Arizona, an influential Republican lawmaker says Florida should look at spending state money to lure the Cubs and Brewers once their camp leases expire. Tired of losing MLB teams and their spring camps to Arizona, an influential Republican lawmaker says Florida should look at spending […]
First spring-training schedules emerging
Now that we're approaching the World Series, spring-training schedules are finally appearing. While only one team has released an official schedule, we have a slew of other full and partial scheds on our sister site, Spring Training Online. Now that we're approaching the World Series, spring-training schedules are finally appearing. While only one team has […]
Gila River Indian Community makes play for Cubs spring facility
The Phoenix tribe joins Mesa in pitching the Chicago Cubs on a new spring-training facility. The Gila River Indian Community, which has sought to host a spring-training complex in past years (most recently for the Diamondbacks and Rockies), is making a play to land the Chicago Cubs as a tenant in a new facility. The […]
Mortenson selected as contractor for new D-Backs/Rockies spring complex
Mortenson, which has worked with the Arizona Diamondback on renovations to Chase Field and project architect HKS on Camelback Ranch, will be reunited with the pair on the construction of the new Diamondbacks/Colorado Rockies spring complex.The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has announced the selection of a general contractor to develop and build a multi-purpose […]
Cubs, Wrigley Field sale approved by MLB owners
It may have just been a formality, but yesterday MLB owners formally approved the sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and a stake in a local sports-cable network to the Ricketts family. It may have just been a formality, but yesterday MLB owners formally approved the sale of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and […]
Fort Myers eyes Brewers as spring-training tenant
Officials from Fort Myers want to stem the flow of teams moving spring operations from Florida to Arizona by luring the Milwaukee Brewers to the Gulf Coast. Officials from Fort Myers want to stem the flow of teams moving spring operations from Florida to Arizona by luring the Milwaukee Brewers to the Gulf Coast and […]
Shedding no tears as Twins prepare to move outdoors
Tonight the Twins begin their final series under the roof at the Metrodome. They'll be paying homage to the great baseball played there — but very few fans will actually miss the place. Back in 1981 I was at one of the first Minnesota Twins games at the Metrodome, an exhibition match against the Philadelphia […]
Yankee Stadium to host college bowl game beginning in ’10
The New York Yankees will launch a college football bowl beginning in 2010, featuring a Big East-Big 12 matchup. The New York Yankees will bring a college bowl back to the Northeast with a new game between Big 12 and Big East teams slated to launch next season. The Yankees are aggressively pushing college football […]
MLB sputters to end of worst season since Truman Administration
Major League Baseball attendance will be down more than 6.5 percent this season, the biggest decline since Harry Truman was president, and we're guessing revenues declined by a much larger margin. The reaction from Bud Selig? It's the best of all possible worlds. Major League Baseball attendance will be down more than 6.5 percent this […]
Cubs’ spring-training future doesn’t lie in HoHoKam Park
Mesa city officials say they're ready to work with the Chicago Cubs on a new spring-training facility and will pass along a list of proposed sites in November. Alas, poor HoHoKam, I knew thee well. But not well enough to prevent Mesa and the Chicago Cubs from casting covetous eyes toward a new spring-training facility […]
Sarasota, Orioles pick Schwartz, Hoyt to design Ed Smith Stadium makeover
David M. Schwartz Architects and Sarasota’s Hoyt Architects are the initial choices by the Baltimore Orioles and Janet Marie Smith to make over Sarasota’s Ed Smith Stadium as the spring home of the Orioles. Washington’s David M. Schwartz Architects and Sarasota’s Hoyt Architects are the initial choices by the Baltimore Orioles and Janet Marie Smith […]
Wolff: A’s could share ballpark with MLS’s Quakes
If a new San Jose Earthquakes stadium is never built, the MLS team could end up sharing a new Oakland A's ballpark — if it is ever built. Heaping speculation upon layers of speculation, Oakland A's owner Lew Wolff admitted Saturday night his San Jose Earthquakes could end up sharing a new ballpark with the […]