Cubs.com or Powerball.com?

I went to Cubs.com, the official website of the Chicago Cubs yesterday and was surprised by the page that loaded. Gone was the Cubs-branded backgound, replaced by the Illinois Lottery‘s Powerball game advertising. What is up with THAT?  I mean, sponsorship is a necessary element of MLB and of course the Ricketts family are certainly [...]

April 13, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Ricketts family, biz of baseball, observations, oddities, other Cubs sites, the media  No Comments