About Our Company:

The Bleacher Bum Bear Collection © is the property of Bleacher Bum Holdings, LLC, a company owned by Joe Carlucci and Rich Ehrenreich, two Chicago area entrepreneurs who have been friends for 20 years.

Joe Carlucci’s established CARLUCCI RESTAURANT brand has been well known throughout Chicago for over 20 years. In addition to owning restaurants, Joe is also a partner in a Digital Signage Media company and a hospitality consulting company that specializes in concept development for resorts, hotels, and golf courses. Prior to owning restaurants, Joe produced concerts for Dick Clark Productions. Joe’s degree in psychology from Duquesne University explains his title as the Company’s Director of Karma.

Rich Ehrenreich has been the Managing Partner and President of the Schaumburg Flyers Professional Baseball Club since 1998. Ehrenreich’s wacky baseball promotional ideas have been featured in national media, including: ESPN, The Fox News Channel. CBS Evening News with Katie Couric, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, The L.A. Times, The Chicago Tribune, and The Wall Street Journal.

The mission of our Company is simple: to provide affordable, unique products that integrate popular music into colorful plush characters, suitable for kids aged 3 to 103. The “Stevie Bear” is the Company’s first collectable Bleacher Bum Bear © character, and it plays music from the original Steve Goodman song “Go Cubs Go”. Additional characters will be added to the collection over the coming months, all capturing the unique flavor of BLEACHER BUMS.