WGN/Cubs broadcast roots go back to 1948...
I only know that because Wikipedia said so. I can only attest from the 1960's.
I don't recall seeing a lot of Yankee games but yes, the Fighting Irish were on every weekend.
Back then we had CBS, NBC, ABC and WGN that came in good reception-wise. Channel 32 on the UHF dial barely came in, but there wasn't anything on it worth watching. White Sox were on that channel which is probably why most of the city discounts them as a true major league team having never seen them.
Never had a desire to root for the Yankees and I don't recall anyone in the neighborhood that did either.
Top payrolls generally correlate to winning teams. Mostly teams in the top ten payrolls win.
Then when I look at Joe Maddon's success with bargain basement payrolls, it leads me to feel the Cubs really did this re-build the right way. They are buying up the whole Wrigleyville neighborhood. I think they will spend on free agency now that the nucleus has been formed.
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