Bud Light, Cap'n Morgan, Smirnoff - maybe Cubs fans ARE a bunch of drunkards...

Kinda surprised this hasn't been posted yet - did a BCB search but didn't find anything.

Anyway, Wrigley Field should be in high "spirits" this year with the latest corporate sponsorships - the Cap'n Morgan beer garden and the Smirnoff upper deck patio.

I can only imagine the pride Joe Morgan will feel, thinking he has been feted by the Cubs as their latest captain instead of that other second-baseman. Not sure what the Commissioner or Yakov is thinking...

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I thought about posting this yesterday...

… just never got around to doing it.

The Cubs are getting their ad dollars where ad dollars can be found — from companies that have it, which these days appears to be alcoholic beverage companies. If it helps us buy some midseason help, I’m fine with it.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Apr 8, 2009 1:48 PM CDT reply actions

Agreed.

I do find it silly that a BEER garden is named after a liquor drink… I bet the prices at that place are going to be crazy.

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by cubswynn on Apr 8, 2009 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions

If they are, people won't go there.

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by Al Yellon on Apr 8, 2009 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions

Sure they will.

As a transplant from Iowa, I can tell you people will pay for it just to say they “had at beer in the beer garden.” Sorta like this weekend during my first trip to Miller Park, I’ll be purchasing a brat.

Regulars like yourself won’t go there, but the average tourist probably will.

"Pounding sand since 1982...."

by cubswynn on Apr 8, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Up to a point.

After a while, overpriced drinks will drive people to the other bars in the area.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Apr 8, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions

such as murphys, for a 5$ old style?

all the bars around there are outrageously priced.

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by laidbackliam on Apr 8, 2009 11:06 PM CDT up reply actions

True enough.

But if the new Cubs place prices their drinks above what the other bars do… the other bars will get the business. They will have to be competitively priced to make it.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al Yellon on Apr 8, 2009 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions

Unfortunately

in recessionary times, people find solace in….alcohol. If you watch some CATV nets closely, during prime time, hard liquor ads are plentiful. Bed, Bath, and Beyond commercials…..not as much.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Apr 9, 2009 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions

do we ever know

what, or if, bud is thinking?

by tim815 on Apr 8, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions

bud?

if you mean budweiser I can tell you exactly what they’re thinking:

a) spend $1 on advertising/marketing/sponsorship
b) spend 15 cents producing a family of crappy beer
c) charge $2

collect 85 cent profit on every sale. Multiply by millions……..

if you mean Bud Selig – that’s a blackhole vacuum of time and sense that I dare not venture into.

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by Gibbon Jockey on Apr 8, 2009 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions

All I can say is, expect to see a lot of this outside Wrigley this summer:

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by daver on Apr 8, 2009 2:50 PM CDT reply actions

somehow I sense a tie-in with the Giants' "Balls of Fire" campaign is the next (il)logical step...

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by ballhawk on Apr 8, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Is that Matt LeBlanc?

I suppose he’s got nothing else going on.

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by Shanghai Badger on Apr 8, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions

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by daver on Apr 8, 2009 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions

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by Gibbon Jockey on Apr 8, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions

Is this a serious question?

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by daver on Apr 10, 2009 11:15 AM CDT up reply actions

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by Emelie on Apr 10, 2009 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions

The beer and booze companies are the ones willing to shell out millions on advertising

These new alcohol venues at Wrigley will be a hit. I hate them, but they will be a big hit regardless. And people will pay through the nose to drink at them. They can charge $10 a drink and the lines will still be 10 deep.

by BLou on Apr 9, 2009 10:14 PM CDT reply actions

One thing about the alcoholic beverage industry....

it’s pretty recession-proof. In fact, you could even say that a recession and hard times in general might increase sales of alcoholic beverages. Just speculating, but clearly these ballpark venues are going to the highest bidder, who all seem to be part of the booze business. Not sure that’s just a coincidence.

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by ctcoff99 on Apr 10, 2009 10:11 AM CDT reply actions