Casey McGehee, Immortalized Forever
by Al Yellon on Feb 18, 2009 4:43 PM CST
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PrintI 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.
waveland corner
in front of the firehouse
Ramlee Zamfukusoridero
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
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.
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
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."
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 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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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..."
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
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"
The EARS give it away
If you had to choose just one characteristic that would get you through life, choose a sense of humor.
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Feb 18, 2009 5:57 PM CST reply actions
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..."
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
Ha! that's probably first time Milton's ever been called "tiny". ;-)
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Hey-o!
That’s awesome, though.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Feb 19, 2009 2:34 PM CST up reply actions
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
That's because
Keith Law is a dipshit.
That's shitastic!
by CUBSfaninYANKEEcountry on Feb 18, 2009 8:56 PM CST reply actions
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Anybody have the email
us out-of-towners can get schedules from? It was posted last year and they mailed me two, but I can’t recall the address.
make*art
Found it.
cubstickets@cubs.com for anyone else who needs it.
make*art
by neverAcquiesce on Feb 19, 2009 2:47 PM CST up reply actions
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