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Hi locals! I am traveling to Chicago for the first time this weekend for work. I am very excited to see the city. However, being from Boston, I need to see the Sox game vs. the dreaded Yankees. I actually had to give up a ticket to the game at Fenway to go to my conference. Can anyone suggest a bar that may be broadcasting any of the games over the weekend?

There's a really good sports bar that would be perfect. Can't remember the exact address, something like 1918, now what was that street, 1918..I'm thinking almost got it, 1918.., I know it'll come to me.

Wait, oh no, realized you asked about Chicago. I thought you were looking for one here in New York. That's what I get for not reading it close enough.

Jeez, sorry about that. Never mind.

Dreaded Yankees???

They're not dreaded here!

Haven't you guys gotten over giving away Babe Ruth yet?

My guess is that they'll be watching the Cubs or the White Sox in Chicago - although you may be able to find one of those multi-screen places that has one tuned to ESPN. I thinks there's one at 1918...(couldn't resist) By the way, I don't think the Saturday night game is being broadcast nationally so you may be SOL anyway.

nytraveler..

With all due respect the proper way to refer to "that team" is the Evil Empire

Isn't it amazing what a $108 million payroll can buy... The Yankees aren't a baseball team, they're an entourage for George Steinbrenner. Did you know Mike Mussina makes more per year than the entire Pittsburgh Pirates team?

Give me a little league, high school or college game any day.

Fdecarlo,
If you're going to criticize, at least get it right. The payroll for the Yankees is about $192 million. The Red Sox is about $125. The Mets spend about $108million. Given their heading for last place, $108mm doesn't buy much these days.

The Yankees can afford to spend this because their revenue is somewhere north of $300million. The Pirates revenue isn't and never will be.

If you can figure out how to rectify this, then the Commissioners job could be yours in about two years.

The Yankees are "America's Team." New York, as the largest market with the highest revenues, should spend in accordance with its vast resources.
The Yankees drive attendance, merchandise sales and TV revenues, helping to subsidize less-profitable teams - there's also the luxury tax.

Can't help you with a bar name, but do know that you can get almost every baseball game played on some cable or dish systems that many hotel/ motels use in Chicago. Ask ahead or on check-in.

My son pays for a "baseball package" through his cable system that shows every baseball game played. Sick, I know. LOL

Even without that, there is a good bet that you might get that game on regular cable. I know that comcast and mediacom systems in Michigan and Illinois show many of those east coast games.

The Saturday night game is included in Direct (satellite) TV's MLB's Extra Innings package. If the hotel's cable system gets NESN you should be able to view it also.

Thanks to the few people who actually helped answer my question.

And did you Yankee fans check the scoreboard last night?

was it 19-18?

Pretty original Craig

I'm always confused by people who don;t seem to recognize that sports franchises are businesses. Yes, its fun for fans to watch the games - but - like any other business - the owners need to spend substantial funds in order to be successful. That's not "evil empire" - it just common sense.

The teams to feel sorry for are those that make the bad choices - spending a lot and getting very little for it. The teams that refuse to spend money - well they are just dooming themselves to ongoing failure. (After all, what company - in any industry - is going to succeed when it refuses to pay the market rate for its most valuable employees?) And their owners are, frankly, failing in their responsability to the fans.

If people prefer to watch college or Little League for a "purer" game - more power to them. I prefer to watch true excellence - which IMHO you find only in the majors.

nytraveler...Theres no debating the Yankess have a more storied histiry than the Sox. Lets face it, I love it when the Patriots win every 2 out of 3, But the chance that a team from Green Bay could win also makes football the best. Yes,Florida and Anaheim have won, but I wouldn't call LA and Miami small markets. Television revenue runs baseball as a buisness, so be it. It would be far better with an even playing field across the board with revenue sharing,IMHO.

Just a side note,Players agents have done more harm to the game than Steinbrenner ever has or will.

Damn lawyers.

Hey Doc - Don't blame lawyers - blame human nature. Greed is a charateristic of man that has been with us forever. Greed is what has corrupted government, religion and even baseball. The medical profession is hardly immune from it either. Lawyers do what their clients ask of them.