Oh, Brother!

In their response to a lawsuit files by the Chicago Cubs, the owners of rooftop businesses overlooking Wrigley Fieldhave the audacity to say that they "contribute to the 'unique character of baseball' at the ballpark. They claim that they are part of the "charm" of Wrigley Field.

So stealing a product and selling it to others is charming? That's like downloading a CD full of songs off Napster and selling them on ebay.

There may have been something charming in days past when the rooftop spectators were the lucky residents of the buildings with a view and maybe some of their friends, sitting on lawn chairs and drinking beer out of an Igloo cooler.

But have you seen what's on the rooftops today? They make the Wrigley Field skyboxes look like port-o-lets. and as the Brixen Ivy site mentions their accomodations hold up to 100 people and, "Most games are less than $99 per person."

So they're making up to $10,000 a game, or about $800,000 a season! Wow, how quaint and charming.