Free
Free = read the morning wire.
Daily Wire recap, weekly Betting Brief, source ledger, lens on /account.
Balanced
Pricing · free wire & paid upgrade
The nightly recap. Free forever. Step into The Booth for $4.99 a month.
The free Wire is the recap — daily Bulls + White Sox briefing, scores, trade updates, basic archive, and the morning email. Drop your address at /signup and the next dispatch morning lands in your inbox. Chicago-local, written Chicago-local, sourced from the listing on /about. The Booth ($4.99 a month) is the readers’ lane: instant postgame recaps, the 60-second video recap, the Trade Confidence Meter, premium breaking alerts, the full archive, and the ad-free newsletter — see the table below before deciding.
The Booth ($4.99 / month, instant postgame recaps + video recap + Trade Confidence Meter + ad-free) is the optional second seat — drop in only when you want it.
Two tiers
Free forever. The Booth $4.99 a month.
The Booth is the readers’ lane — instant postgame recaps, the 60-second video recap, the Trade Confidence Meter, premium breaking alerts, the full archive, and the ad-free newsletter on top of The Wire. The Wire is free forever: daily Bulls + White Sox briefing, scores, trade updates, basic archive, and the morning email.
THE WIRE · FREE FOREVER
Free forever · nightly recap
The Wire
Daily Bulls + White Sox briefing delivered before sunrise. Scores & major news, trade updates, basic archive, and the morning email.
Daily Bulls + White Sox briefing
Balanced
Every dispatch morning, before sunrise — Chicago-local, weighted by your picked lens. The full south-side + madhouse recap in your inbox.
Scores & major news
Final scores, lineup-card lines on the Sox game, late-inning smoke, possession-by-possession on the Bulls, sourced recaps only.
Trade updates
Trades, signings, and roster moves the moment they cross the wire — every row traces back to a named source on /about.
Basic archive
Recent recap archive on /archive, tag-filterable. Bumping up to the Booth opens the older wire in full.
Email delivery
Nightly email dispatch to the address you dropped at /signup. One-click unsubscribe in every email — no tracking pixels.
Get the free wire → /signup
Free · forever · no card on file. Drop your address, the wire runs from there.
THE BOOTH · LIVE
Readers’ lane · monthly
$4.99/month
$4.99 a month for instant postgame recaps, the 60-second video recap, Trade Confidence Meter, premium breaking alerts, the full archive, and the ad-free newsletter. Everything in The Wire, plus — cancel any time.
Instant postgame recaps
The minute the final buzzer or last pitch lands, a postgame recap ships to your inbox — no waiting for the morning digest.
60-second video recap
Gated MP4 renders — vertical 60-second voiceover + shot-list MP4s — land in your Booth inbox the morning the renderer ships.
Trade Confidence Meter
/rumors surfaces per-card confidence tiers (must-watch · likely · low-confidence) so the desk hands you the read, not the noise.
Premium breaking alerts
Standout trade-deadline coverage and in-season series previews the desk flags straight from the newsroom — primary-surfaces of the Booth lane.
Full archive
Deeper archive unlocked — full tag search across the older wire, so a year-old recap stays one tap away.
Ad-free newsletter
Sponsor reads stripped out of the inbox render — the recap body and the Booth perks arrive without sponsor blocks between the rows.
Booth subscriber badge
Your /account page carries the Booth badge at the top of preferences — the desk treats you as a paying seat, not a meta-only reader.
Card billed $4.99 / month by Stripe · cancel any time from /account.
Booth vs. Free · the perk grid
What lands on the wire. What the Booth unlocks.
Five perks, side-by-side. The first two ship on the free recap; the last three move behind the Booth paywall.
THE WIRE · FREE FOREVER
THE BOOTH · $4.99/month
Perk
THE WIRE · FREE FOREVER
THE BOOTH · $4.99/month
Nightly email recap
One Daily Wire dispatch, every dispatch morning, before sunrise. Drop your address at /signup; the wire runs from there.
The Wire
IncludedThe Booth
IncludedLens tier access
Bulls-heavy
Sox-heavy
Every row on the wire carries a lens chip that names the tone the row carried (South Side or Madhouse on Madison), so the tone of the row is visible at a glance.
The Wire
IncludedThe Booth
IncludedInstant postgame recaps
The minute the final buzzer or last pitch lands. The morning email is great; the after-the-game email is unmatched.
The Wire
Not includedThe Booth
IncludedTrade Confidence Meter
/rumors surfaces per-card confidence tiers (must-watch · likely · low-confidence) so the desk hands you the read, not the noise.
The Wire
Not includedThe Booth
IncludedAd-free newsletter
Sponsor reads stripped out of the inbox render — you read the body, not the sponsor block between the rows.
The Wire
Not includedThe Booth
IncludedWhat every reader gets · what The Booth adds
The recap ships either way. The Booth moves the goalposts.
The free baseline is the wire — what the desk writes, sent Chicago-local, every morning. The Booth buys you the bits worth paying for: the uncluttered inbox, the archive, the replays.
The Wire · free baseline
FREE FOREVER
Nightly recap email
One Daily Wire dispatch, every dispatch morning, before sunrise. Drop your address at /signup; the wire runs from there.
Weekly Betting Brief
Every Monday, the prior week’s line moves across the seven sportsbooks the desk listens to. Illinois disclosure block in the body of every brief.
Lens + section length
Bulls-heavy, Sox-heavy, or balanced. Short, medium, or long recap depth. The two knobs shape the recap body — both live at /account.
The Booth · adds
$4.99/month
Instant postgame recaps
The minute the final buzzer or last pitch lands, a postgame recap ships to your inbox — no waiting for the morning digest.
60-second video recap
Gated renders — vertical 60-second voiceover + shot-list MP4s — land in your inbox the morning the renderer ships.
Trade Confidence Meter
/rumors surfaces per-card confidence tiers (must-watch · likely · low-confidence) so the desk hands you the read, not the noise.
Premium breaking alerts
Standout trade-deadline coverage and in-season series previews the desk flags straight from the newsroom — primary surfaces of the Booth lane.
Full archive + ad-free
Deeper archive unlocked for full tag search across the older wire, and the inbox render drops the sponsor blocks between the rows.
SponsoredSponsor blocks in the nightly recap dispatch are labelled “Sponsored” in every email so the read is unmistakable.
South-side · madhouse · one row each
Two sentences. Two tiers.
Paid
Paid = read, watch, and rewind the night.
Ad-free inbox, archive unlocked, 60-second video recap by 7 AM — late-inning smoke and possession-by-possession, in your pocket.
Bulls-heavy
Asked · about pricing
Four questions, in plain English.
The questions readers bounce here to ask. If yours isn’t here, mail the desk — the address is below, and on every recap footer.
What changes between free and paid?
The free Wire is the recap itself — daily Bulls + White Sox briefing, scores, trade updates, basic archive, and the morning email. The Booth adds instant postgame recaps, the 60-second video recap, the Trade Confidence Meter on /rumors, premium breaking alerts, the full archive, and the ad-free newsletter on top of The Wire.
How does The Booth checkout work?
Hit Subscribe · $4.99 / month, Stripe charges $4.99 a month, the receipt emails you. First MP4 render — and the very first instant postgame recap — lands the moment checkout confirms; the Trade Confidence Meter and the ad-free inbox render unlock the same day.
Can I cancel any time?
Yes — cancel any time from /account, no email required. Stripe stops billing the same day; access to Booth perks stays open through the end of the current month.
Is the desk editorial-only?
Yes. BrickbatDesk is editorial-only — does not accept wagers, does not facilitate betting, does not operate a sportsbook. The full disclosure block ships on /about, verbatim, character-for-character.
Free nightly wire · paid upgrade optional
Get the free nightly wire — $0 forever. Then decide.
The free Wire is the recap itself — daily Bulls + White Sox briefing, scores, trade updates, basic archive, and the morning email. Drop your address at /signup and the next dispatch morning lands in your inbox. The Booth ($4.99 / month, instant postgame recaps + 60-second video recap + Trade Confidence Meter + premium breaking alerts + full archive + ad-free newsletter) is the optional second seat — add it only when you want it.
Paid note: The Booth still works the same way it always has — $4.99 / month, Stripe, cancel any time from /account.
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