Wrigley Field Scoreboard Renovation Photo Update #1
by Al Yellon on Jan 21, 2010 8:00 AM CST
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PrintThis is the first in an occasional series that will update all of you on the project to repaint the back of the Wrigley Field scoreboard, the side that faces the corner of Waveland & Sheffield.
So far, the Cubs have put up scaffolding, and as you can see by this photo, they have removed the neon "CHICAGO CUBS" that would light up the neighborhood at night, in order to repaint.
I'll stop by the ballpark, or David Sameshima will, every so often until this project is finished to create a photographic record of the renovation. More photos after the jump. Photos taken at 3:30 pm, Wednesday, January 20.
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This is long overdue.
I’ve stood at Murphy’s looking at this for the pas few years and the lack of paint and rotted boards really looked tacky. It needed much repair and updated painting. I’ll be anxious to see the final product.
This is only the beginning....Lou Pinella end of '07 season and Chicago Transit Authority (the band when they were really good).
Agreed.....I have always been kinda stunnded they allowed
…such a visible and iconic symbol of the organization to look so shoddy.
The good news is its clear the days of corporate ownership are long gone.
Our worst fears are being realized.
Ricketts isn’t going to sell the naming rights to the park, he’s sold them to the team. Will Chicago Vienna All-Beef Wieners fit on the pennant on the back of the scoreboard? Anyway, go Wieners!
Does that mean half of the home stands will be played in Vienna?
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
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by eths on Jan 21, 2010 9:02 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
not sure but I have no wants to see the between innings weiner toss
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Vienna would be cool, it's only a 4 and a half hour drive from Munich.
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
It's about a 3.5 hour drive from Chicago
Oh, that Vienna. NM
"Who ever heard of the Cubs losing a game they had to have?" -Frank Chance
"If [Ruth] had [called his shot], I would have knocked him down with the next pitch." -Charlie Root
If that means that's the brand of hot dogs sold at the park, I'm all for it
Just win the next game...!
by blackhawk24 on Jan 22, 2010 10:49 AM CST up reply actions
Too bad they couldn't get rid of the Budlight.
I’d like to see that replaced with something with more flavor…like Guinness or Fuller’s Porter.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
Or dirt mixed with water
anything but Budweiser
by jerry morales rules on Jan 21, 2010 11:44 AM CST up reply actions
I like it
I’m sure Bud pays big money to the team and unlike smaller brewers, they have the advertising budget to sign long term contracts giving us recurring revenue streams. IMO, the Budlight sign behind the scoreboard is one of the most unobstrusive brewing advertisements in MLB.
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
I have no problem
with the sign or the advertising. I just don’t like the taste of Budlight. I also think of Bud/Anheuser Busch as the beer of our biggest rival so I’m more of an Old Style person when I go to the games.
"Fasten those seatbelts"-Pat Hughes
by katie casey on Jan 21, 2010 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
Noted
I guess I failed to grasp the emotional connection to the whole thing.
n/m carryon.
"Ask Dad. He'll know. And on the off chance he doesn't, he'll make something up"
I think the Ricketts family...
…recognizes that Wrigley is in pretty good shape, but also that it needs some cosmetic work. Not to mention the The Friendly Confines Cafe needs major renovation.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
Once they build the Triangle Building...
… I would expect a much larger and better selection of restaurants and food choices.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I do too.
But that doesn’t mean that they should let facilities like the Friendly Confines Cafe (I believe this is the one I’m thinking of) get into such bad shape. I’m even more surprised that they start off the Wrigley Field tours there now.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
I think you're right about that being the room
And it is in very bad shape.
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 Jan 21, 2010 9:47 AM CST up reply actions
It's like stepping back into 1992!
I don’t think it would take much to make that place look decent.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
Thought Levy took over
Wouldn’t that be independent of other activities?
Just win the next game...!
by blackhawk24 on Jan 22, 2010 10:50 AM CST up reply actions
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 Jan 21, 2010 9:39 AM CST up reply actions
Is there even anything behind those scaffolds?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Sure - and they don't stay up long
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 Jan 21, 2010 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
Not because they collapse
Construction in China is fast
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 Jan 21, 2010 10:11 AM CST up reply actions
Bamboo
Surprisingly strong. Very common in Asia.
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 Jan 21, 2010 10:10 AM CST up reply actions
I haven't walked in The Loop lately
but the scaffolding was ever present on some building. Like the netting under the upper deck at Wrigley, the scaffolding would stay for years. Probably cheaper to put up the scaffolds vs. make the building repairs.
by RiskyBusiness on Jan 21, 2010 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
Go away, Sox fan.
You’re welcome to take your “enlightened position” elsewhere.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 21, 2010 12:16 PM CST up reply actions
Cut him some slack
Life can’t be all tire fires. Sometimes he needs to venture out.
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 Jan 21, 2010 1:17 PM CST up reply actions
or crystal meth
Just win the next game...!
by blackhawk24 on Jan 22, 2010 10:57 AM CST up reply actions
Hey come on guys, be nice...
He got his mullet trimmed and a new wife beater T so he could come up here…
It cost him real money to put enough gas in his old ’86 Camero to drive all the way up here…
- Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!
- Germans?
- Forget it, he's rolling.
Look who's excited for Cubbie convention?!
"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
My God! The first time in history...
that Steve Trachsel was caught smiling!
Joe, you coulda made us proud!
by copingwiththecubs on Jan 22, 2010 6:33 AM CST up reply actions
How dare you make fun...
…of Cub greats like Terry Adams and Mickey Morandini!!!! You sir, have stepped over the line.
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
What's sox fest?
and better yet, “who’s Marc Berley”? Uttered once by the great Maddog Maddux.
Just win the next game...!
by blackhawk24 on Jan 22, 2010 10:56 AM CST up reply actions
Sox fest
that is where drunken fathers take their kids and learn how to attack unpires, right?
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
There are traditions
And then there are White Sox traditions
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
those commercials are horrible IMHO
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Thus why I made fun of them :)
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
by Musicdude10 on Jan 22, 2010 11:17 PM CST up reply actions
Yippee!
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
"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
Ok, that's funny
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 Jan 25, 2010 11:05 AM CST up reply actions
And it's real, unlike the phony photographical smears.
"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
needs more mullet.
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Jan 22, 2010 4:34 PM CST up reply actions
Here you go...
Mullet wearing, NASCAR loving Cubbie fans!
Awesome YES shirt too, dude.
"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
Cowbell?
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 Jan 25, 2010 11:09 AM CST up reply actions
Although...
… no doubt the photo above of The Village Cubbies got a rise out of you.
"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
oooh!
I love it when you resort to homophobic humor! It’s AWESOME!
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Jan 23, 2010 11:27 PM CST up reply actions
If that's true, it was only following in the line ...
… of ugly smears that are welcome here.
"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
Hah...
… i said something you INTERPRETED as homophobic once (nobody else seemed to see it) and woke up to an inbox full of nasty e-mail from you.
You are fun!
Dum spiro spero... | Follow me on twitter or else: @andrewjstone.
by AndrewJStone on Jan 24, 2010 9:22 AM CST up reply actions
Big Twist & The Not So Mellow Fellow
“…inbox full of nasty e-mail from you…”
Remind me, how many emails did I send you that morning? If I filled your inbox it must have been dozens.
You’ve been lying and exaggerating that interchange for what a year now? And now a new twist to your lies.
"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
I agree!
Will you publicly condemn the ugly smears (often with a racial tinge) of Sox fans on your site rather than tacitly approving of them?
"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
have u seen this?
There were fans who would happily wear their anti-Cubs shirts, who’d yell at people that "This isn’t Wrigley!" and bash on the Cubs when the White Sox did poorly.
so yes, both teams have knucklehead fans, and coming here looking to get peoples into a pissing match, you only are adding to it. I made some comments back in reply to yours, and I should have just ignored your ignorance and attempt to get me to do exactly what i did.
I weldcome your baseball conversation, but i notice more often than not, you have a jab to take at the Cubs and their fans, which I wish you would not do, since you know it only opens up a flood gate of responses.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
I Still Haven't Found What I Looking For...
In the past we discussed this issue and you told me that Cubbie fans here often have a “visceral reaction to the White Sox” and their fans & that you disapprove of that “visceral reaction.”
You asked me if I had any ideas on how you could curtail the non-baseball ugly smears of Sox fans on BCB. My response:
“It’s really quite easy. Speak up. Let people know that those ugly smears are not allowed. If you or other prominent members spoke up against those smears it would carry much more weight and authority than condemnations by me. Your silence in the face of those oft repeated smears is taken by the offenders as tacit approval.”
"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
Actually I'd suggest that your knee-jerk tit-for-tat reactions is taken by the offenders...
…as encouragement to do more.
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Exactly.
Go play on your own teams blog and maybe your feelings won’t get hurt. And then maybe you won’t feel the need to carry out your “condemnations”, which seem to vary between equally insulting bits and feigned outrage over jokes you’d be better off ignoring than fighting.
Dum spiro spero... | Follow me on twitter or else: @andrewjstone.
by AndrewJStone on Jan 25, 2010 1:33 PM CST up reply actions
Oh, if you'd listen to yourself...
…feigned outrage over jokes you’d be better off ignoring than fighting.
"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
why is he even emailing him
only one reason I can think of Al, Dr Craw wants to push his buttons further.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
a better question might be
why doesn’t he frequent blogs oriented towards his own team?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Jan 24, 2010 6:54 PM CST up reply actions
hey my brother-in-law was a Mellow Fellow, played with Twist from the beginning till he passed
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Jan 24, 2010 5:04 PM CST up reply actions
Oh please.
Lying and exaggerating? I don’t even remember the details. It was more than one. It was unnecessary. What else needs to be said?
I just love to see you get your panties all in a twist over every perceived slight of the sox when you yourself can’t help but spew vitriol in a moment of frustration, and yet don’t even have the brass ones to do it publicly.
Dum spiro spero... | Follow me on twitter or else: @andrewjstone.
by AndrewJStone on Jan 25, 2010 1:29 PM CST up reply actions
And just keep on defending racist tinged remarks.
"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
The very definition of exageration...
…woke up to an inbox full of nasty e-mail from you.
One email is a “inbox full of nasty e-mail”?
That is clearly an exaggeration and spilling over to an outright lie.
"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
you said two
now you say one.
hmmmmmm
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Do I need to explain this to you again?
I fully explained it (below) in last nights version of Monty Python’s Argument Clinic with you. But, here is how I spelled it out for Andrew back in September.
For the record…
… as you can’t seem to recall. I’ve sent you two emails.
1. The email that you (immediately) posted.
2. I called you an A.H. for posting my email.
Following your howling of outrage, I posted this:
My thing…
… is condemning racist tinged smears.
According to “AndrewJStone”
* racist tinged jokes, acceptable
* gay tinged jokes, unacceptable
Both are wrong. That was the point of my email.
I stand by my assessment of you.
"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
i was commenting to your comment
where you said you sent him one. Now you are admitting you send two, as you had said earlier.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
"Easy as one, two..." Except for Cubbie-Tim
Andrew knew of the first email that night as he posted it within minutes of receipt. My email response was sent 10 minutes after he posted my email. He whined to Al waking up to emails from me, as though it were some surprise.
I’ve made it abundantly clear that I sent him TWO emails, one that he definitely knew of then to claim it was some shocking surprise is B.S.
But let’s get right to this, one or two emails. Does that equate to “an email box full…” That’s an exaggeration and Stone knows it.
"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
lets see here
The very definition of exageration… …woke up to an inbox full of nasty e-mail from you.
One email is a "inbox full of nasty e-mail"?
That is clearly an exaggeration and spilling over to an outright lie.
“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
The very definition of exageration… …woke up to an inbox full of nasty e-mail from you.
One email is a "inbox full of nasty e-mail"?
That is clearly an exaggeration and spilling over to an outright lie.
“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
Do I need to explain this to you again? I fully explained it (below) in last nights version of Monty Python’s Argument Clinic with you. But, here is how I spelled it out for Andrew back in September.
For the record…
… as you can’t seem to recall. I’ve sent you two emails.
1. The email that you (immediately) posted.
2. I called you an A.H. for posting my email.
Following your howling of outrage, I posted this:
My thing…
… is condemning racist tinged smears.
According to "AndrewJStone"
* racist tinged jokes, acceptable
* gay tinged jokes, unacceptable
Both are wrong. That was the point of my email.
I stand by my assessment of you.
“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
both of these were within a few inches of each other in the same thread, and DrC is trying to explain things to others?
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
I see you need a refresher
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/7/23/958996/cubs-end-phillies-10-game-winning#18615846
23. Do not use email to discuss confidential information.
Sending an email is like sending a postcard. If you don’t want your email to be displayed on a bulletin board, don’t send it. Moreover, never make any libelous, sexist or racially discriminating comments in emails, even if they are meant to be a joke.
28. Don’t send or forward emails containing libelous, defamatory, offensive, racist or obscene remarks.
By sending or even just forwarding one libelous, or offensive remark in an email, you and your company can face court cases resulting in multi-million dollar penalties.
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 Jan 26, 2010 10:15 AM CST up reply actions
looks like he ahs his hair pulled back
so is it long hair or a mullet? I cannot tell.
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Double mullet
The guy in the front row of the bleachers had a mullet. The guy in the YES shirt had a mullet too, albeit the lesser mullet.
"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
and this doesnt change the fact that he is at the game
unlike many Sox fans, who left enough empty seats for years that the Sox just removed the seats.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Confronted with photographic evidence...
… of mullet wearing, NASCAR loving Cubbie fans what does “Cubbie-Tim” do? Change the subject to a Cubbie fan favorite, The Attendance Game.
"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
it wasnt ignored
as you are. I said “atleast he is at the game” and who cares if he is into NASCAR or not, since NASCAR is really making a big push into all walks of life.
and the mullet, well, i hate it, but its better to see a fan with a mullet at the game, than claiming to be a fan while never going. just my honest opinoin.
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CUBBIES WIN THE ATTENDANCE/POPULARITY CONTEST! YIPPIE!
But here’s the point, which you are running away from, your Cubbie fan friends were smearing Sox fans as though mullets were unique to Sox fans. The proof is right there, they are not.
Interesting that so many Cubbie fans have to elevate themselves by smears & put-downs of Sox fans. Bashing the Sox and Sox fans is common even at “Cubbie Convention.” Arm-chair psycho-analyists, what is that these Cubbie fans suffer from, chronic insecurity? Delusions of grandeur? World Championship Envy?
And yes the Cubbies have more fans and hence their attendance is better than the Sox. So and you win what is apparently the most important thing to many Cubbie fans, The Attendance/Popularity Game! Congratulations!!! Where do they display those Attendance/Popularity Trophies at Wrigley? Is it next to the videos of the Cubbies last World Championship?
"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
truly I dont hate the Sox or their fans
I hate ignorance, which you sadly bring here too often. COngrats for that. And guess what, the Sox fans, and their employees (cough STEVE STONE cough) love to take jabs at the Cubs as often if not more often. I have never heard Brenley, Santo, Hughes, Otto, Kasper, etc make comments about the Sox as Stone does. So why dont you stop trying to play a game you cannot and will not win.
By the way, you did seem to skip over where I made mention of Sox fans charging the unpire, which was a true thing, right?
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Not true, Eric Dybass, the Ump Jumper is a Cubbie fan...
""He’s (Dybas) a Cubs fan anyway," Kostouros (Dybas attorney) said." - Chicago Sun-Times
A close friend and roommate, Tony Consalvo, 21, said he was surprised by the accusations leveled against Dybas, whom he said is an avid Cubs fan. - Chicago Tribune
“Dybas is a Cubs fan who had too much to drink Tuesday night, his girlfriend, Kelly Sherwood, told WGN-AM.
""Sometimes he drinks and gets like that, but nothing like (what happened Tuesday)," Sherwood said. “He’s a Cubs fan …” - Daily SouthTown
Attorney, close friend and girlfriend were no doubt Sox fans in a conspiracy to frame one of the angelic host of Cubbie fans.
"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
first time I seen that
and nice side stepping of how Sox fans and Sox employees rip into the Cubs and their fans (cue quotes from Ozzie and Stone). I have not seen or heard Cub employees ripping into the Sox and their fanbase.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Jumping around on subjects
“I hate ignorance, which you sadly bring here too often.” – Cubbie-Tim
By the way, you did seem to skip over where I made mention of Sox fans charging the unpire, which was a true thing, right? – Cubbie-Tim
3 references to the Ump Jumper being a Cubbie fan.
first time I seen that
So your Ump Jumper accusation, is that an example of you bringing ignorance here?
"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
Cubbie-Tim runs away from this evidence of his ignorance.
"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
ignorany no, I had never seen that
and I acknowledged such. Way to try and throw a personal insult over it.
fyi
Steve Stone Has A Weird Thing For Milton Bradley
that alone is one link. you are welcone to google for more of them
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Cha-cha-change...
The comment was clearly about your uninformed comment (ignorant?) about the ump jumpers and how you ran away from evidence that your accusation was bull-feces.
If you think my comment was in regards to Steve Stone, you need to read and/or follow the discussion more closely.
I briefly perused the link though and saw this comment:
Frankly, Steve Stone hates Milton Bradley. At least it seems that way. – July 2009
And now many (if not most) Cubbie fans have come to agree with Stone on Bradley.
"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
how did I run, when I said i had not read that before?
that is not running, but saying “ok, news to me”
plesae, stop trying to bait me and others, you come here wanting to stir shit, and it is old.
please cry to Al again about how you are only asking us to not try and argue with you
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
FWIW
why did Stone feel the need to constantly talk about Bradley, when it had nothing to do with him and the Sox? I guess that part was lost in your ignorance
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Again...
… Steve Stone is paid by the SCORE to be an (alleged) Chicago baseball expert and as such he had an opinion about Bradley.
I’ve made clear I do not like Steve Stone. But the guy is a baseball fan and someone who clearly follows the Cubbies. He has opinions on them as Cubbie fans often here post their opinions on the Sox.
"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
How to win the hearts of Cubbie fans, take a swipe at the Sox...
I have not seen or heard Cub employees ripping into the Sox and their fanbase.
I guess you haven’t read this recent article, with this jab at the Sox by the Cubbies new marketing goof:
When someone mentioned the South Side team during a question-and-answer session, Hayward started off his answer by saying: ""First of all, who are the White Sox?"
The response drew loud cheers.
So much for Cubbie brASS not taking swipes at the Sox. So much for Cubbie fans not caring at all about the Sox.
"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
Question
did Stone have the same comments about Buehrle pitching a perfect game that he made about Lou here?
‘’I don’t agree with allowing Zambrano to throw 110 pitches,‘’ Stone said Tuesday on ’’The Mike North Webio Show’’ on wildfirerestaurant.com. ‘’I don’t care if it’s a no-hitter. The only job that Lou Piniella has to do, and still has to do, is make sure his pitchers are ready.
’’I would have pulled him in the sixth. A manager is paid for some very tough decisions and no-hitters are delightful. You can always say you have a no-hitter.
’’He is becoming Sammy [Sosa] Jr. They are creating another monster on the North Side.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
I notice you omitted the next bit about it being good-natured
And Kenny Williams is not so good-natured when he slams the Cubs
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 Jan 25, 2010 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
and FWIW
I remember a clip on the news from the Sox fest last year where fans were refering to the Cubs as hell and the Sox as heaven, and Stone made a comment as well about it. So, again, you are the pot calling the kettle black with your link there. So yes, some fans will bash the Sox and others will bash the Cubs.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Bad link...
"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
ay to skip my comments
about Ozzie and Stone, yet again.
Have a good evening DrC, no need to waste my time talking to you about this anymore. You skip what you want to, and all you do is try to stir shit up with people here. I wish I understood why you even come here, since it doesnt seem to be for baseball talk
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
I directly answer your assertion...
… about the Ump Jumper, which you had said I skipped over. It was one of your early “ignorant” accusations posted here and it’s been proven to be based on ignorance. Perhaps you seek out Eric Dybass and apologize for calling him a Sox fan.
Regarding Stone, I’m not aware of him blasting the Cubbies while broadcasting for the Sox. I’ve often read Cubbie fans here talking about how he blasted the Cubbies unfairly in his role as (alleged) Chicago baseball expert on the SCORE. IIRC in most cases rarely is there any substance for the claims that he’s blasted the Cubbies.
But my feelings on Stone are the same as when he was a Cubbie broadcaster. He’s arrogant & condescending, especially in response to callers. I think that that is what folks mainly respond to, negatively. I don’t think Stone has changed all that much. What has changed though is many Cubbie fans reactions to him.
How about you, have your feelings about Stone changed since he left the Cubbies?
Regarding Guillen…yes he loves have fun with Cubbie fans (I think that’s largely reserved for interleague games). And the Cubbie fans give it right back to him. An example, when they showed Guillen on the Hawks video board the other day and Cubbie fans in attendance went ballistic, especially when he pointed to his World Series Championship ring.
Wrigley Field, yes I think he hates that place and in the eyes of many Wrigley-Cubbie fans that sacrilege, which I think eggs him on even more. In the end, I don’t think Guillen hates or even dislikes the Cubbies. Guillen enjoys getting Cubbie fans like you all riled up. No doubt Guillen laughs about how easy it is.
So, now I’ve answered each of your accusations, right?
"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
Anyone who says mullets are exclusive to Sox fans
Hasn’t seen Mike Fontenot
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 Jan 25, 2010 11:12 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
can you prove to me btw
that the NASCAR items were from a race, and that he is a fan of NASCAR, or are you just assuming? When I worked at Dell, I had a dell shirt, I wore it to work, I was not a fan of Dell, just enjoyed the paycheck from Dell.
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
They were NASCAR fans, FWIW.
"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
did you ask them?
you are assuming, which is exactly what you said caused you to post the pics above. sadly you continue to try and bait myself and others to argue and fight with you. I have given you direct quotes of Stone in previous conversations about him and his bashing of the Cubs, but i guess you forgot that. You mention that Ozzie is just having fun, with Cub fans, come on you cant be that stupid. he is a jackass, and he proves it time and time again. Remember how he called into a radio station to bash the comments being made, and he ripped into the on air talent? was that also just having fun?
DrC, you need to stop baiting peoplel trying to egg them into an argument, then cry to Al that you are just asking BCBers not to pick on you
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Yes, in fact I did...
… I was sitting directly behind YES shirt guy. They were NASCAR fans FWIW. I had a fun night at the game. The mullet wearing, NASCAR loving folks were fine folks. And frankly I don’t care if they wear a mullet or love NASCAR, they are not my things, but it doesn’t really bother me that they enjoy those things. It was just so funny to have the stereotype of Sox fans that’s often spewed by Cubbie fans sitting right in front of me at Wrigley. Damn funny.
I am not going to argue in behalf of Ozzie Guillen and/or Steve Stone with you. As I’ve said Stone is arrogant and many Sox fans would agree with you about Guillen being a jackass. Fine with me.
If you have complaints about Stone’s comments on the SCORE, perhaps you should address those to SCORE management.
If you find my comments here to be “baiting” or trying to “egg” folks on then some might urge you to not respond to me, which would be fine with me if you were to follow that advice.
“Cry to Al”? That’s AndrewJStone’s forte. This poster had a signature that decried “political correctness.” I sent AndrewJStone an email based on the racist-tinged post he was defending. His email address is publicly listed on his BCB page. I choose to address that matter in an email to him. AndrewJStone found my email so horribly offensive that he immediately posted it here (in an effort to rally a mob against me, no doubt). Email number 2 and my final email to him, I sent him a Pen/Teller gif calling him an A.H., which sentiment I stand by. Then Stone ran crying to Al. And he’s been inflating that exchange and whining and crying about it here every since. If I hurt AndrewJStone’s feelings or offended him, I’d apologize. However, considering how he’s lied about the discussion and continually inflated it and perpetually posts about it here it’s clear to me at least that he was not offended by my politically incorrect joke, but he keeps using it to fuel hate for me here.
I’ve cried to Al once, when a BC stalker began posting my personal information on this board in a clear effort to intimidate me. I haven’t whined to Al about the ugly emails I get from Cubbie fans. I mark them as spam/junk and move on.
"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
I'm out of the loop, in more ways than one.
What are they trying to do with this project?
"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 21, 2010 12:17 PM CST reply actions
The back of the scoreboard...
… was in disrepair, with rotting boards and fading paint. They’re going to fix it up and make it look like it did when it was new.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
From my understanding
They’re not changing anything, just giving it a new paint job
Am I correct?
"If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom,' but nobody beats me." ~ Leo Durocher
its the first step to making Wrigley a Dome
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
The next logical step in creating new revenue streams - The Condos at the Scoreboard!
Judging by the scaffolding, I think they’re basing it off of another Chicago architectural icon…
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
Well, there's an empty lot directly diagonal from the bleacher entrance.
Those towers would fit on that lot. Right?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
lol, I like that, never heard 'em called corncobs
baseball...is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Jan 21, 2010 6:52 PM CST up reply actions
that's how I found that picture - did a search on "chicago corn cob towers"
Lou Brown: "My kinda team, Charlie, my kinda team..."
wow, you really did.
baseball...is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Jan 21, 2010 8:54 PM CST up reply actions
You know, I've never heard them called anything but corn cobs.
Hey, it's a new century!
by cowsarecool220 on Jan 21, 2010 10:21 PM CST up reply actions
I never heard that one before either
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
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I've heard that term before.
“Corn cobs” is actually a rather common name for the Marina Towers.
"People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
-Rogers Hornsby-
by Vermont Cubs Fan on Jan 22, 2010 10:07 AM CST up reply actions
cubs fan who knows your pain
wishing you don’t have to say wait till next year!……………unless you end up playing a team from boston
by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Jan 23, 2010 12:36 PM CST reply actions
And as our luck will probably be...
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
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