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Blackhawks And Birds At Wrigley

Thanks for a great season!

Thanks for a great season!
Members of the Chicago Blackhawks appear before Saturday's game at Wrigley Field

Is this a Hitchcock movie?
Dozens of ring-billed gulls invade Wrigley Field late in Saturday's game... looking for dinner. "What are all these people doing here? It's our feeding time!"

Click on photos to open larger versions in new browser windows. Photos by David Sameshima

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GO CUBS GO

Great pictures!!

Guy at bar: "Do you just like that hat or do you like Chicago?"
Me: "I'm in Love, Obsessed and Addicted to the Chicago Cubs!"

by KC in OK on May 31, 2009 1:04 PM CDT reply actions  

great photos. great game.

all those birds made me think of the Hitchcock classic movie. I expected those birds to start pecking away at Heilman if that 9th inning didn’t finish up soon. Those birds were hungry and wanted the players and fans out of there!!

"If it's obvious, it's obviously wrong." - a well known stock market guru

by LAcarl519 on May 31, 2009 1:08 PM CDT reply actions  

Interesting viewpoint.

I’m sure you’re right.

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on May 31, 2009 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

I remember reading, long ago...

…somewhere online, a story of a quite involved prank.

The prankster found a local high school football field, and made a point of walking around every afternoon, for the entire summer, scattering bird seed while wearing a black and white striped shirt and blowing a whistle.

Needless to say, the first football game of the fall season was rather interesting…

by MN exile on May 31, 2009 1:26 PM CDT reply actions  

Oh, if only there were photos.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 31, 2009 3:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Are the birds scared

away by the lights of a night game? Wouldn’t they assemble at 6pm before a night looking for food only to realize that it’s too early? Do they have pocket schedules?

Do road trips force them elsewhere? Do they then head to Navy Pier?? The Bean??

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on May 31, 2009 1:58 PM CDT reply actions  

I have never seen those birds during a night game.

I suspect you might be right about the lights.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on May 31, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Birds. What a bunch of freakin' ledge jumpers they are.

"I'm not much of a chemistry guy, you know. Chemistry to me is a pinch-hit double with the bases loaded"--Jim Frey, Chicago Tribune, 1985.

by zevkalman on May 31, 2009 2:54 PM CDT reply actions  

Out of Town Baseball scores & Info

KERRY WOOD PICKS UP WIN FOR INDIANS OVER YANKEES . Kind of a typical scary Kerry outing ( a walk , a hit etc ) but it worked. White Sox have scored three earned runs of Greinke ( game is tied) . I think his ERA doubled.
Brewers lead Reds 5-2 in the 6th

"I daydream just like everybody else, I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention."- Greg Maddux

by Doggie Stalker on May 31, 2009 3:19 PM CDT reply actions  

GO SOX GO!

Sox finish the road trip going 5-1 and sweep division rivals the Royals! AND they beat this seasons best pitcher today!

Patience and optimism, please. This season is far from dead. – Al Yellon

INDEED AL! As much as many here were tramping the dirt down on the Sox, they’ve moved into 2nd place, 4 games out. I know Al was talking about the Cubs but for the Sox ‘the season is not over’ either!

Tomorrow starts a month where I hope to be able to sing, GO CUBS GO on June 12-14 & June 19-25.

"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009

by DrCrawdad on May 31, 2009 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

nice to see

juan cruz return to form

by tim815 on May 31, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

The Royals have lost 17 of 22.

Sweeping them doesn’t seem to be that big a deal right now.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al Yellon on Jun 1, 2009 4:24 AM CDT up reply actions  

How about yesterday...

… scoring 4 runs against the best pitcher in MLB? I’m sure you’d downplay that if it were the Cubs who’d done that.

"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009

by DrCrawdad on Jun 1, 2009 7:57 AM CDT up reply actions  

That's a very cool photo of the birds!

"People shouldn’t bust your chops just because you’re a Sox fan on a Cub board — but I know it happens. FWIW, I think sites like this are more interesting when fans of other teams join in the conversation." by Shanghai Badger on Mar 13, 2009

by DrCrawdad on May 31, 2009 4:45 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm a Red Wings fan, I'd give my left you-know-what for one of those Blackhawks jerseys!

One of, if not the best looking hockey jersey ever! Sooooo glad the Hawks are back. Great for hockey and great for the Detroit-Chicago rivalry. Next year the Blackhawks are gonna be even better and challenge the Wings chokehold on the conference…

Go Green! Go White! GO STATE!
King Leonidas: Spartans! What is your profession?
Spartans: HA-OOH! HA-OOH! HA-OOH!

by Zeke on May 31, 2009 5:23 PM CDT reply actions  

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