Dollars and sense is a column about Chicago sports media and business
You know it’s a bad offseason when your TV guy designates himself for another assignment.
But that’s the state of affairs for the Cubs, who already lost Theo Epstein and Kyle Schwarber before The Athletic’s Sahadev Sharma broke the news Thursday night that Len Kasper, who has been calling Cubs games on TV since 2005, was leaving to be the radio voice of the White Sox.
What’s next, the Wrigley Field Starbucks closes?
No matter how good the White Sox look on the field and how dicey things seem for the Cubs right now, Kasper to the Sox is a shocking move that had people in the broadcast industry buzzing Thursday night. Cubs fans were aghast when the #SharmaBomb dropped at 10:54 p.m. in Chicagoland.
Kasper had to wait until the morning to address the news, though I’m sure his phone took a beating Thursday night.
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