Sounds like Crane gave a long interview with the media today about the baseball and business sides of the franchise.  Dave van Dyck covers it.

I found this the most interesting:

A new restaurant, run by Harry Caray's restaurant, will be ready for the start of the season. The indoor-outdoor "sports bar" facility will envelope the entire triangle at Sheffield and Addison and surround the statue of the late broadcaster. It will be open year round and will seat 491, replacing the Friendly Confines restaurant in the right field corner.

Read the rest here:

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2009/03/cubsd-add-restaurant-may-move-from-mesa.html

This was a terrible idea from the beginning, and now thankfully it looks to be officially dead.  Hopefully with the book going out this week, they can finally move the sale forward.  It will be interesting to see what happens next.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-080609wrigley-isfa,0,2452470.story

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This is going to be announced later today, but according to my sources the Peoria Chiefs, the Cubs "A" affiliate will play a game against the Kane County Cougars on July 29th at Wrigley Field.

It will be cool to see Ryno in the dugout again.

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Cubs will play the Padres on June 16th in Cooperstown in what will be the final Hall of Fame Game.  The Cubs played in the first one ever in 1940.

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Seems like McDonough is taking one of his employees with him to the Blackhawks.  Check out the story here:

http://blackhawks.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=348618

I wonder where this will leave the Cubs marketing.

Full story below.

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