TV listings for Chicago Cubs fans - May 2008

Go ahead and add this page to your bookmarks. I'll add to this page as I find new listings.

For daily games, visit this page, since it includes the schedule for WGN, Comcast Sports, WCIU, Fox, ESPN, etc.

http://wgntv.trb.com/sports/wgntv-cubsbroadcastschedule08,0,6548227.htmlstory

1984 NLCS, Game 4: Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres
ESPN CLASSIC [Closed Captioned]
Airs Mon, May 12, 3:00p - 5:00p
Original date: From Oct. 6, 1984.
2008 | 120 mins
Click here for the boxscore
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN198410060.shtml
More about 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Chicago_Cubs_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_National_League_Championship_Series

Hello,

I just wanted to let everyone know about a book I've written called THE COMEBACK SEASON. It's intended for young adults, but at its heart, is a story about what it means to be a Cubs fan, and about the way they teach us to hope. I love this site, and would really appreciate any help in spreading the word to everyone out there in Cubdom!

Here's the Amazon link to the book:
http://www.amazon.com/Comeback-Season-Jennifer-E-Smith/dp/1416938478/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205940925&sr=8-1

Cheers,
Jennifer E. Smith

From the Chicago Tribune: "As recently as Sunday, Stone planned to call just 13 Friday Sox home games, serve as a three-days-a-week baseball analyst for WSCR-AM 670 and perhaps continue his postseason work for TBS. Then Sox vice president Brooks Boyer called to ask if he wanted a roster spot on the Sox broadcast team. Within 36 hours, the one-year contract was done."

(Hat tip: Baseball Primer.)

He's calling games for the wrong Chicago team. How did it come to this? Wrigleyville23 blames Dusty.

2008 Chicago Cubs & White Sox Preseason MLB Baseball Schedule on WGN 9

http://wgntv.trb.com/sports/wgntv-cubs-sox-preseason-schedule,0,1522783.htmlstory

CHICAGO CUBS 2008 SCHEDULE (Spring training and regular season) Includes broadcast dates for Comcast, WGN, WCIU and some ESPN and Fox National games. Subject to change as always...
http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/team-cubs-sked-08.asp

Comcast Sports Chicago - daily listings
Programs to look for include: SportsNite, Chicago Tribune Live, Cubs Pre-Game Live, Cubs Post Game Live...
http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/tv-listings.asp

WGN TV NEWS Sports Reports
http://wgntv.trb.com/sports/

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TV listings for Cubs fans June 2007

Sources: Tivo listings, etc. Thanks Tivo!

Eastern time zone listed unless otherwise noted.
Check your local tv listings.

WGN 2007 Season Cubs Baseball
On-air Schedule
Central Time --(subject to change)

All games played in Chicago will be in high-definition in the Chicago area.
(Note to WGN and Comcast : please expand high def Cubs games to all of Illinois. Thanks!)

http://wgntv.trb.com/sports/baseball/cubs/wgntv-sports-cubs2007,0,1696245.htmlstory

Chicago Cubs television schedule, includes WGN, Comcast, Fox, ESPN, WCIU and Comcast Plus games.

Subject to change (as we all know.)
http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/team-cubs-sked-07.asp

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Comcast Sports Chicago - daily listings

Lou Piniella may not have had a consistent lineup this season, but the Chicago dailies have been running a consistent theme lately: lamenting the changing lineup. Tuesday's Chicago Tribune treats us to Dave van Dyck's "All Cubs know is who's on first." (Well, and third, and left, and catcher.) Why is it so important to the Chicago MSM to have a settled lineup? The Cubs entered Monday's games 6th in the National League in runs per game (4.9), and well above the league average (4.44), and rising. And that is with the outfield having shown almost no power during the month of April. It is not a bad thing that the manager mixes and matches to put forth the best lineup that day. It is not as if Piniella is doing things like putting Neifi Perez (or, as the case may be, Cesar Izturis) at the top of the order. And it is not a bad thing that the Cubs finally have some bench players worth playing. I don't blame Piniella if he is "growing weary and more than a little impatient with questions about his lineup choices." I'm growing weary with articles discussing the beat reporters' collective obsession.

TV listings for Cubs fans April - May 2007

Source: Tivo listings, etc. Thanks Tivo!

WGN 2007 Season Cubs Baseball
On-air Schedule
Central Time --(subject to change)

All games played in Chicago will be in high-definition in the Chicago area.
(Note to WGN and Comcast : please expand high def Cubs games to all of Illinois. Thanks!)

http://wgntv.trb.com/sports/baseball/cubs/wgntv-sports-cubs2007,0,1696245.htmlstory

Chicago Cubs television schedule, includes WGN, Comcast, Fox, ESPN, WCIU and Comcast Plus games.

Subject to change (was we all know.)
http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/team-cubs-sked-07.asp

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Comcast Sports Chicago - daily listings
http://chicago.comcastsportsnet.com/tv-listings.asp

Quote from the front page of the Chicago Sun Times...

Tribune on trial

The Cubs radio booth is a man down. "Masur, who spent the last eight years on Cubs broadcasts, including
five seasons doing one-half inning of play-by-play during Pat Hughes' breaks, agreed to a two-year deal with an option for 2009 to serve as play-by-play and color man on Padres' radio broadcasts," reports the Chicago Tribune. "Masur will join veteran Padres announcers Jerry Coleman and Ted Leitner in the booth and do up to three innings of play-by-play and six innings of color, plus pregame interviews."

With Bob Brenly not getting much attention for the managerial openings and thus staying in the Cubs' broadcast booth, the Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan gives us an update on Steve Stone:

TV listings for Cubs fans - offseason 2006

Best of Baseball Tonight Web Gem Awards
Fri 10/20 8:00 PM ESPN2
(re-airs at 2am Central time.)
Duration: 1 hour
No Rating
Interests, Sports, Award Show, Baseball, Sports Non-Event

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Viva Baseball
Latin ballplayers impact the game in the United States.
Fri 10/20 9:00 PM SPIKETV
Duration: 2 hours No Rating
Sports, Baseball, Special, Sports Non-Event

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Wait 'Til Next Year: The Saga of the Chicago Cubs
Dedicated fans trace the history of the Chicago Cubs.

HBO Oct13 5am and 5pm repeating program. Check local listings.
Also available via HBO On Demand.

http://www.hbo.com/events/waittillnextye...

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Globe Trekker

The storyline came from the book of the same title.

The movie reminded me of my work on a college magazine where we interviewed a retired player from the negro leagues who was living in Southern Illinois. (I was the photographer.) I'll have to find that magazine to see who it was an re-read it. It was a long time ago.

"National Baseball Hall of Fame: Home Base" The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., is the sport's home base.

Sun 10/8 2:00 PM PBS (Check local listings)

Duration: 1 hour

No Rating

Arts, Fine Arts

www.pbs.org

PBS Baseball quiz

www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/quiz/

(Statue not from the baseball museum)

Photos from Ryne Sandberg Day at Wrigley Field

Meet Ronnie the Collie

I'd be really interested to know Paul Sullivan's source (don't ask him; I've tried that before; he doesn't take kindly to such requests). Or, if he even has a source.

A little over two weeks ago, Sullivan reported in the Chicago Tribune that the "Cubs are desperately hoping to re-sign center fielder Juan Pierre." Sullivan further suggested that Pierre will be able to get a multi-year contract on the open market worth more than $10.5M per year (more than double what Pierre is making this season).

Sullivan now reports:

An disturbing article in USA Today on Cubs fans and the racism and hatred brought by Cubs fans. Including a quote from Baylor: