Awful Announcing
On the day of the Cubs' first regular-season game of 2020, Comcast customers in Chicago are finally able to watch Marquee Sports Network.
Renovations at Wrigley Field made since 2015 were passed off as 1998 settings.
The 1998 MLB season was an absolute blast, but it's now remembered as much for PEDs. How will Long Gone Summer depict the home run chase? We'll find out on June 14.
Marquee looks a lot better financially if they're able to strike a deal with Comcast and gain access to large numbers of Comcast's 1.56 million Chicago-area subscribers. We'll see if that happens, though.
The talent roster includes Ryan Dempster, Lou Piniella, Doug Glanville, Rick Sutcliffe, and Chris Myers.
So that could have gone better, Tom.
In addition to broadcasting, Ross has been a special assistant to baseball operations for the Cubs.
WGN had been broadcasting Chicago Cubs games since 1948. Saturday's game against the Cardinals marked their final home broadcast.
Fox's decision to get their wrestling in MLB fans' baseball took some criticism Thursday.
The Cubs are in the middle of a playoff chase, yes, but this is the finale we're talking about here.
While NBC Sports Chicago analyst Doug Glanville was doing a live hit during Cubs-Marlins at Wrigley Field on...
Contacting a site to demand that one of their writers take down a tweet doesn't seem like the best way to prove that you can handle critical media coverage, but that's what Cubs' VP (communications and community affairs) Julian Green did.
"Russell Mania" wasn't the wisest choice here.
The Cubs are reportedly pressing some writers not to negatively cover Addison Russell in advance of his return to the major league roster.
The Cubs just keep tripping on rakes.
