Casey McGehee, Immortalized Forever

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 4:43 PM CST in News Comment 46 comments

I stopped by Wrigley Field to get a ticket wristband (I like to have extras available, if I can get them) today. Incidentally, as of 2 pm there was no line at all -- was in and out in about 3 minutes. They have a gift shop open where you can buy reduced Winter Classic merchandise (sweatshirts: $35, not a bad deal).

I picked up a pocket schedule; the new ones have the TV schedule on them (which the ones at the convention did not).

Casey McGehee had four hits in a Cub uniform, and exactly zero of them were made before the Cubs clinched the NL Central last year. (He is on the Brewers' 40-man roster, so I suppose he has at least a small chance of making the Brewers' roster as a backup.)

But he will be forever remembered, since he's prominently featured in the photo on the cover of the pocket schedule:

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Sorry for making someone repeat him/herself

Where exactly do I have to go to get the wristband? The ticket windows, or somewhere else in the stadium? Thanks.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Feb 18, 2009 4:55 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

waveland corner

in front of the firehouse

Ramlee Zamfukusoridero

by hiphopgamer26 on Feb 18, 2009 4:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Correct.

Gate K on Waveland. They have security there, who will show you where to go.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 4:58 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks very much.

I hope to make it up there by 10 a.m. tomorrow.

One day I hope to come up with something worthy of this space.

by chilango2 on Feb 18, 2009 4:59 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's probably a good time to go.

The times between 10 am and noon, 1 and 4 pm, and after 8 pm are probably the best times.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 5:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Al, how long the lines in previous years?

Piniella: "This is a tougher job than I thought it would be, I'm going to be honest with you."

by Ivy Walls on Feb 18, 2009 6:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Depends on the year.

One year — I think 2004 — it was a 90-minute wait. In the last couple of years, it’s been no wait at all.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 7:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

By circumstance, I'm going to be in Chicago tomorrow...

…and through the weekend on business. Is there anyone who could do a huge Cub fan a favor and snag a wristband for me?

Proud recipient of a hot dog shot from the Iowa Cubs hot dog gun.

by IowaCubs- on Feb 19, 2009 3:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Doesn't work that way

They attach it to your wrist. To prevent scalping.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Feb 19, 2009 3:55 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Anyone know what event this is?

Is it when the Cubs clinched the division?

I haz blurg: hotbeans.wordpress.com

by digitalbenjamin on Feb 18, 2009 5:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 5:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Which player in the pic

is the Name That Cub?

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 18, 2009 5:07 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

None, because I think you all could identify all of them.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 5:10 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

haha

I could imagine 50 years from now. “Ryan Dempster, I remember he was the closer the year before and had a great year as a starter, and Harden, they picked him up in the middle of the season and he was great too, and McGhee, wait, who the heck is that?”

"Check the magic of a winning season and there are always reasons beyond the talent." Ned Colleti

by wrigleyrocker12 on Feb 18, 2009 5:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Reed Johnson

on the far left jumping, and it looks like you can see the 3 on Woods jersey on the far right

"I like coconuts, you can break them open and they smell like ladies lying in the sun" Widespread Panic

by Cubbie-Tim on Feb 18, 2009 5:19 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Is that today's gratuitous Soto photo?

I’ll defer to the Soto ~~groupies~~ ~~stalkers~~ experts here, but I believe that’s him, pretty much in the middle of the pack facing us with just his right eye and half a head of hair showing?

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 18, 2009 5:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Wow, I can't tell.

And who is the guy whose name is partially visible behind Harden? I can’t tell that one, either.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 5:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

In front of

Harden it looks like Marmol. Okay I named that Cub, Fez up the ten spot

"You can't take life to seriously, you don't get out of it alive"

by wild bill on Feb 18, 2009 5:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

LOL

I think it might be Marmol, too. But this wasn’t a contest.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 5:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

It looks like Marmol to me

by 100yearitch on Feb 18, 2009 5:33 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The EARS give it away

If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.

by Clutche on Feb 18, 2009 5:43 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Feb 18, 2009 5:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Damn you SWL and your nefarious photoshopping skills...

Us mere mortals struggling with powerpoint and grab can only come up with something like this…

I was trying to keep Milton in the crowd – otherwise he’d get arrested on a felony count and banned from Wrigley.

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 18, 2009 6:01 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yours is way better. Tiny Milton is cute.

As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.

by santoswoodenlegs on Feb 18, 2009 6:04 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Ha! that's probably first time Milton's ever been called "tiny". ;-)

Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."

by ballhawk on Feb 18, 2009 6:06 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hey-o!

That’s awesome, though.

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Feb 19, 2009 2:34 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

as much as i find it hilarious

i don’t understand the whole milton thing. is there an explanation, or just a crazy random happenstance?

There's nothing wrong with this team that more pitching, more fielding and more hitting couldn't help......"--Bill Buckner

by laidbackliam on Feb 18, 2009 6:40 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

He was posted

in every game thread after a Cubs win. It just took off from there.

make*art

by neverAcquiesce on Feb 19, 2009 2:35 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

I can't wait to see Milton pic again!

by Madison Cub Fan on Feb 18, 2009 11:50 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Good for him

Okay, just so I understand it... in your wildest fantasy, you are in hell. And you are co-running a bed and breakfast with the devil.

by bren on Feb 18, 2009 6:13 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Sadly

Some graphic designer probably got paid $10k to apply a single filter to that image to make it look more “baseball’ish.” <3 Photoshop.

by lswaidz on Feb 18, 2009 7:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Thread hijack and a non-post worthy comment:

Keith Law’s #6 best available free agent is Jim Edmonds…

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotstove08/index

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Feb 18, 2009 7:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

I'd much rather have Edmonds on the bench than Micah Hoffpauir.

Oh, and Edmonds is probably in that pile in the photo, to wrench this back sort of on topic.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 10:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

+18

"Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil," - Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Maxims, 64.

by Emelie on Feb 19, 2009 5:18 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

That's because

Keith Law is a dipshit.

That's shitastic!

by CUBSfaninYANKEEcountry on Feb 18, 2009 8:56 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Namecalling not appreciated, even if it's someone we don't know personally here.

If you don’t like what Law has to say, there are non-profane ways to say it. The profanity was also uncalled for.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 18, 2009 10:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

The irony is he couldn't figure out the "Reply" button, so I just ignored it...

Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.

by dtpollitt on Feb 19, 2009 7:11 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Interesting

Two schedule designs. I like the idea of the TV schedule being on them.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Feb 19, 2009 5:48 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

They always do this...

… put out one pocket schedule at the convention, then another later, with the TV schedule.

Usually, though, they have the same design. This is the first time I can remember two separate designs.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 19, 2009 9:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Guess I never bothered to pick ones up later

After getting a bunch w/o the tv sked

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Feb 19, 2009 10:58 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Let me clarify.

The one with the TV sked wasn’t available until yesterday (because the TV sked wasn’t announced till a few days ago).

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Feb 19, 2009 12:24 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Right . . . I meant in years past

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Feb 19, 2009 2:48 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

They did this in 2004

See http://www.cubsbythenumbers.com/ps-2004.html and http://www.cubsbythenumbers.com/ps-2004a.html I think the one with the players was the early one without the TV schedule, but since I am not at home to check the actual schedules, I am not sure.

Kasey

See what old Cubs Scorecards looked like at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/scorecards.html
Also, see the Cubs 2009 schedule at http://cubsbythenumbers.com/sched2009.html

by kaseyi on Feb 19, 2009 11:23 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Casey's first career at-bat....

immortalized him forever in my mind. I remember he came up in a tight game, in a tight situation, I think with the tying run in scoring position, or maybe the bases were loaded. Can’t recall for sure. The fans at Wrigley started chanting “Let’s Go Casey” to the same cadence of “Let’s Go Cubbies” or “Fuku-dome”. Len Kasper said on TV, “how many ballparks in the world do the fans chant your name in your first career at-bat?” As I recall, I think Casey struck out, (with apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer) but it was a cool moment while it lasted.

"Don't complain to me about the stormy weather, boys. Just bring the ship into port." --Steve Stone, September 2004

by ctcoff99 on Feb 19, 2009 12:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs