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Wrigley Season Ticket 2008
An Annual Guide to Chicago Cubs Baseball |
| Edited by Al Yellon |
| PRICE: $12.99 |
| ISSN/ISBN: |
| TRIM SIZE: 8.5 x 10.875 |
| PUB DATE: February 2008 |
| PAGES: 112 | |
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 Hey, Cubs fans! Tired of another long winter? Wrigley Season Ticket 2008 is just what you've been waiting for!
Other preseason guides cover all of baseball, and only provide a glimpse inside the ivy. But Wrigley Season Ticket 2008 can quench your desire with 112 pages of the most in-depth and thoughtful Cubs analysis, along with beautiful full color photography!
After a division championship in 2007 and a number of off-season improvements, the Cubs come into 2008 hoping to claim the franchise's first championship in one hundred years. Manager Lou Piniella leads a strong club featuring Japanese import Kosuke Fukudome and holdovers such as Big Z, Ted Lilly, Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, and Derrek Lee, all of whom have Cubs fans thinking that this finally will be the year.
Wrigley Season Ticket 2008 provides a perfect reference point for this season, the past, and the future, featuring a thorough overview of the Cubs new-look roster, as well as an in-depth review of Piniella's first year in the Cubs dugout. Along with a preview of the 2008 National League Central competition and an examination of the Cubs' young pitchers, fans get to explore a statistical analysis of Alfonso Soriano's fielding, and an in-depth profile of Geovany Soto.
Cubs history gets its own special treatment as well, including a look back at the historic 1998 season and a reflection on the 20th anniversary of the first night game at Wrigley Field.
Moreover, Wrigley Season Ticket evaluates the entire organization, not just the majors. Within these pages fans will find information on the team's top prospects, features on Tyler Colvin and Alex Maestri, and a discussion of the organization's overall lack of interest in on-base percentage. On the business side, readers can get an inside look from beat reporter Bruce Miles on what it's like to cover the team on a daily basis, how WGN-TV facilitated the rise of Cubs Nation, and an in-depth breakdown of the Cubs economics, how that impacts the on-field product, and just what makes the Cubs brand so unique.
It's all packed into more than a hundred pages of ad-free Cubs information unlike anything else on the market. Written by Cubs fans for Cubs fans, Wrigley Season Ticket 2008 is all you need to get pumped up for another exciting year at the Friendly Confines!
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Al Yellon on WGN 3/12
Al Yellon joins WGN-AM (720) host David Kaplan on March 12 to discuss the Cubs and Wrigley Season Ticket 2008
Vince Gennaro on WSCR 3/12/08
Vince Gennaro joins WSCR-AM (670) mid-day host Mike Murphy on March 12 to discuss his article ''Decoding the Cubs Business Model'' from Wrigley Season Ticket 2008
Al Yellon on WSCB 3/19/08
Al Yellon joins WSCB-AM (1240) host Jon Cohn live from Mesa, AZ on March 19 to discuss the Cubs and Wrigley Season Ticket 2008
Cubs radio broadcast
Cubs radio play-by-play man Pat Hughes and color commentator Ron Santo discuss Wrigley Season Ticket 2008 during the broadcast of the March 22 Cubs-White Sox spring training game in Mesa, AZ
Cubs television broadcast (audio)
Audio of Fergie Jenkins discussing Wrigley Season Ticket 2008 during the March 24 television broadcast of the Cubs-Rangers spring training game Mesa, AZ
Bob Ibach on WSBC 3/24/08 (Part 1)
Part 1 of former Cubs PR director Bob Ibach joining WSBC-AM (1240) hosts Joel and Frank live from Mesa, AZ on March 24 to discuss Wrigley Season Ticket 2008 and the Cubs
Bob Ibach on WSBC 3/24/08 (Part 2)
Part 2 of former Cubs PR director Bob Ibach joining WSBC-AM (1240) hosts Joel and Frank live from Mesa, AZ on March 24 to discuss Wrigley Season Ticket 2008 and the Cubs
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Letter from the Editor
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The 2008 Cubs: Knocking on History's Door
by Rob Glowacki
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The Cubs Turn Japanese
By Al Yellon
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A Tale of Two Teams: The 2007 NL Central Champion Cubs
by George Castle
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Getting to Know Lou
by Bruce Miles
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Best of the Worst: A Preview of the 2008 NL Central
by Rob Glowacki
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The Best Seat in the House
by Miriam Romain
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The "Coolest" Job: Covering the Cubs 24/7
by Bruce Miles
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Decoding the Cubs Business Model
by Vince Gennaro
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Alfonso Soriano By The Numbers
by Colin Wyers
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The Superstation and The Rise of Cub Nation
by Steve Leventhal
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Geo-Friendly Confines
by Ted Cox
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The Cubs' Top 20 Prospects
by Phil Myers
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The Controversial Tyler Colvin
by Josh Timmers
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Getting to Know... Alex Maestri
by Josh Timmers
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The Cubs' Young Guns 2008
by Doug White
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On The Outside... Looking Up?
by Ken Vangeloff
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Illuminating an Anniversary: 8/8/88 by Al Yellon
by Al Yellon
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The Heckler Looks Back: the 2008 Cubs
by Brad Zibung
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1998: Two Races To Remember
by Alison Moran
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