For the first time in 102 years, both of Chicago’s Major League Baseball teams are playing in the post season.   At another venerable Chicago institution—DePaul University—faculty members are available for media interviews about this historic moment for the Cubs, White Sox and the city.  They include:

Scott T. Young, chair, Management Department

Phone: (312) 362-6289; e-mail: syoung16@depaul.edu

Expertise:  Teaches in DePaul’s Sports Management MBA concentration program. Leadership styles of Cubs manager Lou Piniella and White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen; how they manage pitchers and home run hitters, and their interactions with umpires and the media.  With Instructor Karen Burgard, Young is teaching an innovative “Streets of Chicago” management course for undergraduate students, who meet each week with Chicago business and non-profit managers for in-depth discussions of how organizations operate; the class will meet with White Sox management and marketing executives at U.S. Cellular Field Nov 5.

Mike Conklin, journalism instructor, College of Communication

Phone: (773) 325-8651; e-mail:  mconkli2@depaul.edu

Expertise: A former Chicago Tribune sportswriter who has covered both teams before joining DePaul’s full-time faculty. Historical contexts of the Cubs and White Sox franchises; key figures both on and off the field.

Joel Whalen, associate professor, Marketing

Phone: (312) 342-1043; e-mail: jwhalen@depaul.edu

Expertise: How the Cubs and Sox organizations market themselves and build fan bases in the community; how championships affect marketing success; contrast between the Cubs use of the mythical and historic Wrigley Field in marketing versus the White Sox promotion of the fan experience at its newer stadium.

Anthony Krautmann, professor, Economics

Phone: (312) 362-6176; e-mail: akrautma@depaul.edu

Expertise: Relationship between market size, allocation of playing talent and post-season success in Major League Baseball; baseball salaries, sports as a business.

Larry Bennett, professor, Political Science

Phone: (773) 325-1973, e-mail: lbennett@depaul.edu

Co-author of “It's Hardly Sportin': Stadiums, Neighborhoods and the New Chicago,” which reviewed the impact of Comiskey Park (now U.S. Cellular Field), Wrigley Field on the surrounding community.