I will be posting a photo-filled, complete recap of my recent trip to Chicago in the next few days. Until I am able to do so, I wanted to let you know about an important event paying tribute to Ron…
Posts Tagged ‘Ricketts’
Pay Tribute to Ron Santo with JDRF on May 19th at Wrigley Field As They Honor the Ricketts Family and the Chicago Cubs as Their ‘Best of Illinois’
Posted: April 30, 2011 in DailiesTags: 2011, Best of Illinois, Cubs, JDRF, May 19th, Ricketts, Santo, Wrigley
Love MLB. Love This Kid. Love This Video.
Posted: April 20, 2011 in DailiesTags: 2011, Cubs, fundraiser, Giants, JDRF, Keenan Cahill, MLB, Ricketts, Santo, YouTube
MLB is full of characters as is YouTube. This video is the perfect mix of both. Cubs fan, Keenan Cahill has been featured on this site before and his videos are great. He suffers from a very rare disease called…
New Beginnings
Posted: November 3, 2010 in DailiesTags: 2010, 2011, Baby, Cubs, Giants, Hendry, Quade, Rhys, Ricketts, World Series
Recent post on my Twitter page: ”Good thing about the Giants win last night? The Cubs are once again in the running to win the World Series.”Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants on winning the 2010 World Series. Not many paid…
The Qualm After The Storm
Posted: October 4, 2010 in DailiesTags: 2010, 2011, Cubs, Girardi, Hendry, manager, MLB, off-season, Quade, Ricketts, Sandberg, Torre
Oct 15th. That is my son’s due date. About a week ago my wife and I finished up cleaning the entire apartment. They call it ‘the nesting period’ according to our very expensive and nearly as informative child care/lamaze classes….
(Don’t) Passonmikequade!
Posted: September 8, 2010 in DailiesTags: 2010, 2011, Cubs, Hendry, manager, Mike Quade, MLB, Piniella, Quade, Ricketts
With the recent success of the Cubs interim manager, Mike Quade, many Cubs fans are torn as to who should get the gig next year. Lots of fans, while Lou was still here, thought it was a no brainer: get Sandberg…
Blessing in Disguise
Posted: June 29, 2010 in DailiesTags: 2010, Brewers, Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Cubs, Fukudome, Lilly, Marmol, MLB, NL Central, Piniella, Pirates, Pittsburgh Pirates, Reds, Ricketts, Wells, Zambrano
When it comes to Chicago Cubs baseball, if recent events have taught us anything, it’s never say always. One of my favorite things to say here at Prose and Ivy is, “We’ll Always Have Pittsburgh”. Given our performance in the…
$900 million Doesn’t Go Very Far These Days
Posted: July 6, 2009 in DailiesTags: 2009, Chicago Cubs, Cubs, MLB, Ricketts, Wrigley Field
Tribune Co. and the Ricketts family have
allegedly reached an agreement on terms that would allow the
Tribune Co. to sell the Cubs, Wrigley Field and a 25% share
of ComCast SportsNet Chicago to the Ricketts. This of
course pending…
Signs of Things to Come, But In More Ways Than One?
Posted: February 10, 2009 in DailiesTags: 2009, ads, Chicago Cubs, Cubs, meetups, New York, Ricketts, Wrigley Field
So yes, obviously, pun intended. Every year the Cubs gear up an ad campaign to get the fans excited about the team and the upcoming season. This year, it’s based around the world famous Wrigley Field marquee. The images below…









