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Christmas Eve At Wrigley Field

David stopped by the ballpark with his camera this morning; as you can see, it was a beautiful day in Chicago today, with temperatures in the mid-40's.

Left: Construction in CF; rumor has it that all the benches are being replaced. Right: in David's words, "Waveland Avenue, at Kenmore Avenue. Is this tradition, or graffiti?"

Photos by David Sameshima

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Tradition!
Anybody who grew up on the North Side knows that box on the wall is the strike box for a game of "Fast Pitch". It's the reason I didn't make the bigs after blowing out my arm with 300+ innings and 200+ pitch counts throwing a 2 ounce rubber ball every summer of my chidhood. Great memories from that photo. Thanks!
AZCubsFan

by azcubsfan on Dec 24, 2006 6:49 PM CST   0 recs

On the near West Side
we called it "Fast Pitching" or "Swift."   And more often than not, we used spray paint rather than chalk.
... It's not the hangin' that I mind / It's the layin' in the jail so long ....

by kjk on Dec 25, 2006 9:20 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

In the suburbs...
... we called it "Fastball" or "Lineball". Same game, though.

by Al on Dec 25, 2006 10:52 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

those vines ...
... still look puny ...
... It's not the hangin' that I mind / It's the layin' in the jail so long ....

by kjk on Dec 25, 2006 9:18 AM CST   0 recs

That ivy...
... is going to take several years to "take", if it does at all. Toward the end of the season it appeared to be doing better. We'll see if it comes back strong in the spring.

by Al on Dec 25, 2006 10:51 AM CST to parent up   0 recs

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