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Last week was Miller Park, so here is the Cell. Also if you are interested here is Wrigley and Busch.

And if interested in other stadiums around baseball, here is a link to the rest of the stadiums they've done. There are have been a total of 10 so far.

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I’ve read a few of these and they cracked me up. The Busch Stadium one was great. The US Cellular one was funny and stereotypical. “It’s always about the Cubs, even when it isn’t about them”. Golden.

by kevinbreit on Jul 31, 2009 7:33 PM CDT reply actions  

So funny.

Randy Wells. A product of the Roy Halladay School of Pitching, located in Toronto, Canada. Possible relocation.

by Cub Style on Jul 31, 2009 8:54 PM CDT reply actions  

its still newer and better than that sanford and Son junkyard you call a ballpark ballyard

its still newer and better than that sanford and Son junkyard you call a ballpark ballyard

take it easy
why care about a bloggers grammar

by angryandy on Aug 1, 2009 7:07 AM CDT reply actions  

You really don't get the point of any of this, do you?

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

by Al Yellon on Aug 1, 2009 7:33 AM CDT up reply actions  

Al, he is a Sox fan

you actually expect him to understand the running joke the site is doing about each park? In fact I bet he didnt even read the link

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Aug 1, 2009 8:40 AM CDT up reply actions  

he is an idiot who contributes nothing to SSS

"you should go back to your cowardly practice of offering no opinion of your own."
-picktoclick

by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 1, 2009 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions  

Did his last post seem eerily familiar?

Did his last post seem eerily familiar?

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

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

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 1, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

I know why US Cellular sucks

The White Sox play there.

Pretty simple to me

by Galvan316 on Aug 1, 2009 8:13 AM CDT reply actions  

rec'd

although the wrigley write up is just as funny. Especially the part where the guy sterilizes the vomit soaked seat with his beer!

"you should go back to your cowardly practice of offering no opinion of your own."
-picktoclick

by Where Triples Go to Die on Aug 1, 2009 10:20 AM CDT reply actions  

An objective White Sox fan!

Welcome.

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

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

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 1, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

i second that welcoming

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Aug 1, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

I totally forgot they threatened to move to Florida in the 1980's

Of course Dick Jr. couldn’t let that happen. Wonder how much nicer life would be in this town without them…

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

by chilango2 on Aug 1, 2009 11:28 AM CDT reply actions   1 recs

IIRC

Jim Thompson was primarily responsible for getting the public financing for the new stadium. That all happened in 87-88, before the current Daley had been elected mayor.

I often wonder how much better off the Sox would be if they’d poured the same amount of money into refurbishing old Comiskey that they spent in building the new place from scratch. The same could be said for the Tigers.

"I'd rather play baseball than eat." - Andy Pafko

by LaddieRenfroe on Aug 1, 2009 11:59 AM CDT up reply actions  

Thank you, sir, for the history refresher

I had it pegged in 88-89, right after Daley had taken over.

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

by chilango2 on Aug 1, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Old Comiskey was beyond repair.

Old Comiskey was not maintained very well. Even with some minor rebuilds to the box seat area, in the final years of the ball park, the place really couldn’t be saved. The ownnership group of the 60s, and then Bill Veeck in the 70s — did little to maintain the physical plant, save for a few coats of paint.

Neither ownership entities had any money to improve the park. I don’t know much about the 50s, but at least 25+ years of neglected maintenance doomed Comiskey Park.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Aug 1, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

IIRC

didnt they also threaten to move to Gary, In?

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Aug 1, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

That "Best fans in baseball" rant

on the Busch page had my dying. That is soooooooo true.

BSG Girls = Cubs Win! So say we all.

by neverAcquiesce on Aug 1, 2009 11:48 AM CDT reply actions  

+1

Living in St. Louis now it seeps into everything around here…articles, sports shows, post game comments…I was actually surprised the Cards took down the “baseball heaven” tag on their official website because they are so full of themselves I am sure they believe it literally. The extreme jealousy they have of Chicago as a city always amazes me. It doesn’t make sense to me if you think your club, your history, and your fans are so much better than everyone else why you would focus on the Cubs constantly when they don’t worry about you. ..at least, nothing like the Cards’ paranoia. They analyze sabermetrics to the nth extent always believing that it makes them more intelligent…of course making sure to use statistics that favor their team like starters on the road that are left handed in the 8th inning wearing black shoes. Sometimes I just laugh at the ridiculousness of it but it sure gets old.

by Sandberg's evil twin on Aug 1, 2009 1:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sox/Brewer/Cardinal fans

many seem obsessed with the Cubs, go figure

baseball is a game of outs......pop out, ground out, line out, pitch out, strike out, fly out, and Fox and Bud's favorite black out

by Cubbie-Tim on Aug 1, 2009 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

uhmm no

it is likely the other way around Cub fans are like German World War II people they think they are superior to everything

coming up for air and about to attack

by left shark on Aug 2, 2009 2:36 AM CDT reply actions  

You might want to reconsider that statement.

Do you really want to compare sports fans to Nazis? Because that’s a really uneducated, immature and assinine statement to make.

Incidentally, learn to use the ‘reply’ feature.

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

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

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 2, 2009 10:52 AM CDT up reply actions  

LOL

“German World War II people.”

"I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said." ~William F. Buckley, Jr.

by Goodie1969 on Aug 2, 2009 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah, that was pretty funny

I suppose I should consider the source.

I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT

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

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 2, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions  

Funny!

It would be even funnier if that Armour Field reference weren’t included; that’s damn interesting. He’s conceptualized what I thought would work great for Oakland.

by LeSaboteur on Aug 2, 2009 2:40 AM CDT reply actions  

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