It's hard to argue that the Chicago Cubs aren't the biggest sell for opposing teams to try to market. They have a huge fan base that travels well and a team that is fresh off winning their first World Series championship in over a century.
Plus, they're pretty damn good at baseball.
Teams throughout the National League have already started using the Cubs to put fans in seats by creating ticket packages that feature games against the Cubs. Even the Cubs biggest rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals, have taken the opportunity to use the Cubs name as a marketing ploy to benefit themselves.
In late November, the Cardinals ticket office released a 5-game "ticket pack" that only featured games against the Chicago Cubs. While ticket packs are not that unusual, the language that was used to lure fans to buy that pack was pretty strange.
Twitter went absolute HAM on the team once everyone noticed the major mistake.
https://twitter.com/pthole8/status/829014327382384640
https://twitter.com/CubsNation4417/status/829003538185482240
While using the Cubs logo wasn't bad enough, The Best Fans in Baseball Twitter page saw another great opportunity to take a shot at the Cardinals for another embarrassing blunder -- stealing player information from the Houston Astros.
https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis/status/828988823682035712
I'm sure Cardinal fans will still find a way to deny that the logo on the ball is that of the Chicago Cubs but anyone with a brain can see exactly what the hell it is.
Good work Cardinals marketing department.
Cubs, Cubs, and more Cubs… catch five great games with the reigning world champs.I'll be honest with you, I'd probably do the same thing because at the end of the day, it's about putting people in seats. However, I know the Cardinals front office had to be a little bit butt-hurt using their rivals to try and promote their own team. It appears the Red Birds have used the Cubs again for promotional reasons.....this time accidentally. The Best Fans in Baseball's Twitter page caught the Cardinals "accident" when the team appeared to use a Cubs logo to promote some Spring Training getaway package earlier today. https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis/status/828987362050977792 In case you can't see what's happening in the tweet above, the ball that was used to promote the getaway had a Cubs logo on it. Although the logo is not the traditional 'C' fans are accustomed to seeing, the logo on the ball was used to celebrate a century of the Cubs playing at Wrigley Field from 1916-2016.
Twitter went absolute HAM on the team once everyone noticed the major mistake.
https://twitter.com/pthole8/status/829014327382384640
https://twitter.com/CubsNation4417/status/829003538185482240
While using the Cubs logo wasn't bad enough, The Best Fans in Baseball Twitter page saw another great opportunity to take a shot at the Cardinals for another embarrassing blunder -- stealing player information from the Houston Astros.
https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis/status/828988823682035712
I'm sure Cardinal fans will still find a way to deny that the logo on the ball is that of the Chicago Cubs but anyone with a brain can see exactly what the hell it is.
Good work Cardinals marketing department.
