Michael Erin attended the Virginia Military Institute before embarking on a career that has included leadership positions with PacificRock, the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance, and the U.S. Army. Now working as a consultant in Chicago, Illinois, during his free time Michael Erin enjoys attending the theater, swimming, and reading. Also an avid baseball fan, he lists the Chicago Cubs as his favorite major league team. Though the Cubs spent most of the 20th century known as the “lovable losers” for their inability to win a World Series, many dynamic players have thrilled die-hard Cubs fans over the years. Perhaps none was as exciting as Kerry Wood, a young pitching phenom from Texas who sent Cubs fans into a frenzy when he debuted in 1998. Considered one of the top pitching prospects in baseball at the time, the hard-throwing right-hander stunned the baseball world when he struck out a record 20 batters in just his fifth start. Wood walked nobody in his complete game victory, and the only hit was a ground ball that could easily have been scored an error. As such, the performance is considered by many to be the greatest pitching performance in history. In April of 2018, Major League Baseball announced that Wood’s historic outing would be memorialized in a short film. Scheduled for release on May 6, 2018, the 20th anniversary of the famous game, the film will be promoted at Cubs games throughout April.
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Michael Erin is a former U.S. Armed Forces Captain and current chief of staff and director of operations for the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance. Among other interests, Michael Erin is a fan of opera and theater. Hamilton, a sung-through hip-hop opera, became a Broadway hit in the past year, so much so that it set the record for most money earned in a single week. After pulling in $2.45 million the week prior, Hamilton's gate revenue for the week ending Nov. 27 was $3.3 million, breaking the record previously held by Wicked, which pulled in $3.2 million during a nine-performance week in 2013. The Tony Award-winning musical also broke the record for most expensive premium ticket offered by a Broadway box office by charging $988. By doing so, Hamilton needed only eight performances to reach the $3.3 million total. The previous ticket price high was held by Barry Manilow on Broadway, which charged $700 for premium tickets in 2013. |
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