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Buy High ... Ask Questions Later

Chris Sprow

There's a difference between raw wealth and sound investing, and the Yankees, today and historically, are a prime example of the former. Not content t...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 11, 2008

SECOND LOOK: HIRED GUNS

Chris Sprow

Well, so much for the massive trade deadline deal as World Series currency. When the deadline hit, we took a look at the big names on the move. Obviou...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 20, 2008

CHOKING ... BY THE NUMBERS

Chris Sprow

Unequivocally, the two best teams during the baseball regular season were the Cubs and Angels. Neither had a significant game to play for a month, until the day their seasons...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 10, 2008

WAITING HIS TURN

Chris Sprow

When Justin Cassel got the call, he was stunned. After years of waiting in the wings, toiling beyond the scope of the camera, his older brother had fi...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 16, 2008

SECOND LOOK: ASSESSING K-ROD

Chris Sprow

We all knew this was coming. When a guy seems to start the season with 30 saves, it's only a matter of time before he eclipses the briefly-great Bobby...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 12, 2008

The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

...for consistently gruesome seasons," George Johnson wrote, "the Chicago Blackhawks are a tough act to follow." Now...here: When John McDonough came over from the Cubs to serve under new chairman Rocky Wirtz, who...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 12, 2009

THE MORNING ACCORDING TO US

Chris Sprow

...complaints from fans. Some 3,000 miles away, Chicago's Mayor Daley wants the neighborhood surrounding Wrigley...again) to Wall Street. While the Vandals and Cubs try to grow their product and have a...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 24, 2008

THE MLB SEASON ... BY THE NUMBERS

Chris Sprow

...game, 136th out of 140 qualifying pitchers in MLB. 5.92 — Run support average for the Cubs Ryan Dempster, who is 17-6 with a 2.99 ERA. 4,000 — Population of Gibsons...

Blog Entry | Conversation | September 23, 2008

LIGHTS, CAMERA ... MONEY? WRIGLEY'S NIGHT GAME HURDLES

Chris Sprow

...said Dr. Allen Sanderson, of the University of Chicago, and one of the foremost sports economists in...do, sometimes." To play under the lights, the Cubs had to overcome a variety of financial, political...

Blog Entry | Conversation | August 05, 2008

OPEN LETTER: DEATH CONFRONTS THE CUBS

Chris Sprow

From: The Angel of Death To: The Cubs I'm not going to mince words. I...portion of one of my stadiums, a humble Chicago graveyard, and claim a plot of it to...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 15, 2008
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