That is the question that Robert Feder wondered aboit in his opening news story in his Robservations column today https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/01/...v-boost-score/ . Which he starts off by mentioning if Marquee Sports Network turns out to be the disaster the some of the critics are expecting it to be. Over the past weekend was the Cubs annual fan convention that when Tom Ricketss suppose to the crowed and about Marquee Sports Network, angry Cusb fans booed as he mentions in the article. As her points out there the cost is not even yet to be known how much fans will have to pay to get the network and see the games, and the the other programming that will be on the station. Which will lead fans to go to the games on WSCR 670 The Score with Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer. Robert Feder even without mentioning the person's name he quoted a reader of his page that had wrote in the comments section as far as having to go and listen to the games on the Score. And it might seem to be out of the question, of going to a Cubs home game at Wrigley Field, and instead of just hearing the game on the radio when you can't even see the game, even when the Cubs will be on the road. And there is no telling how many games will be seen on free tv, as the Cubs local broadcasts are no longer on WGN TV or WLS TV.
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Will angry Cubs fans turn off TV and boost The Score (radio)?
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Presuming the Cubs don't make the World Series, the answer is that the Cubs will be on FOX Saturday Baseball somewhere between four and six times this season. Fox currently plans four Cubs games before the All-Star break: three in June and one in July.
The answer to Mr. Feder's question, by the way, is no. Chicagoans will pay for Cubs telecasts, like it or not. The questions are how much, when Sinclair will come to terms with the various providers, and whether any providers will be left out.
Assuming the Cubs don't make it, to the World Series but right now it is anybody's guess who will make it to the World Series. Do you think a year ago at this time, I would have guessed it would be Washington Nationals and Houston Astros that would make it to the World Series? And are you sure the answer is no, the Network doesn't even make its debut until February 22nd, and nobody knows how much people are going to have to pay to get the network to see them play home or away.
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