Watching Paint Dry At Wrigley Field
by Al Yellon on Feb 14, 2010 12:14 PM CST
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Laugh if you will, but they are indeed painting the exterior at Wrigley Field, and that will make the ballpark, as you approach on either the Addison or Clark St. side, look brighter and newer. In this photo you can see the difference between the newly painted panel (left) and unpainted panel (right).
After the jump, more photos of the work being done at Wrigley, taken on Saturday, February 13 around noon.
Click on photos to open larger versions in new browser windows. All photos by David Sameshima
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Does this mean
we will have a future post “watching the grass grow at Wrigley”?. All kidding aside, the photos make me very homesick, as I am working in Philly at the moment.
Which raises the question.
What goes faster: paint drying or grass growing?
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Schrödinger's cat is alive and well and living in Mesa under an assumed name
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
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Not exactly Vegas coloring...:)
But lookin’ better all the same! :)
These 50 days can’t go by fast enough…
by CubsWin!Oregon on Feb 14, 2010 12:38 PM CST reply actions
These little upgrades are looking nice
I just hope they plan on doing something other than chain link fencing sometime sooner than later..
"You must try to generate happiness within yourself. If you aren't happy in one place, chances are you won't be happy anyplace."
I like those...
…blue strips they’re adding where the concrete panels used to be.
by daver on Feb 14, 2010 12:44 PM CST via mobile reply actions
Unfortunately...
… those appear to be temporary — maybe blue tarps.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
That's too bad.
They do offer a nice highlight element to the facade.
by CubsWin!Oregon on Feb 14, 2010 2:06 PM CST up reply actions
i agree
wish they would add a blue trim like in the photo
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
I also agree,
my favorite photo of Wrigley is when it was painted blue with the blue marquee. just saying
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 14, 2010 4:56 PM CST up reply actions
It's nice to see Wrigley is getting a facelift
Ricketts must be doing this because he learned of my intentions of travelling to Chicago this summer
Start Sean Marshall!!
Chanman25 Project 2010
Wait for it....POUND SAND Without me this board is Al Yellon talking to himself.....................by BLou
Oh.
Now I understand your great interest in this color.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
It's tongue firmly in cheek interest.
The local furor over the Nike-induced brand changeover for the MSU sports teams has been amusing (and somewhat baffling) to watch.
"Pantone 567", thanks for asking...
Almost here...
Been a while, but the wait is almost over.
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
Master plaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
"Pounding sand since 1982...."
by cubswynn on Feb 14, 2010 4:54 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Let's say you're thinking of a nose job.
You still gotta get a hair cut now and then, and change your clothes in the morning.
One of Lee Elia's 15%
by waiting4cubs on Feb 14, 2010 5:27 PM CST up reply actions
Master?
"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off." ~ Bill Veeck
by Musicdude10 on Feb 15, 2010 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
MASTER?!
"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off." ~ Bill Veeck
by Musicdude10 on Feb 15, 2010 11:37 AM CST up reply actions
MASTER!
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Feb 15, 2010 12:26 PM CST up reply actions
Not to forget that behind each and every Master Plan, there is a Mistress
"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
Lady Callia?
She was always so .. pneumatic!
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
Nice pics
Nice pics.
Happy Valentines Day everyone!
Okay is it just me or is spring training kind of sneaking up on anyone else? The last time I felt this way was 2007 but I think that was because of the Bears finishing their run a week before pitchers and catchers report.
Got my CD ready to listen to Here Comes the Sun on Wednesday.
2/18/2010 B&B become a We
Just drove by and it was
weird to think pitchers and catchers report in a few days while the skating rink is still open, and busy today! BTW over the weekend I saw an old baseball film that included footage of Wrigley Field shot during the 1935 World Series. The wrought iron around the facade looked great. A return to that look would be just the thing.
One of Lee Elia's 15%
by waiting4cubs on Feb 14, 2010 5:18 PM CST up reply actions
Did the same thing this afternoon...
Had to go see it first hand… the ice rink was busy, busy: V-Day skating on a nice sunny afternoon.
"You win because of the quarterback. We have to get that position stabilized. We're fixated on that." -- Jerry Angelo (12.30.2008)
Jerry Angelo trades for Jay Cutler! (4.2.2009)
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Voice of the Turtle...
Every year, Tiger’s HOFer Ernie Harwell began the first Spring Training broadcast with the following:
For, lo, the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of the singing of birds is come,
And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.
THEN and only then did we know that it was truly spring!
Soon…very soon :)
"Pantone 567", thanks for asking...
what is that from?
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Feb 15, 2010 12:27 PM CST up reply actions
The Song of Solomon...(I think)
http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/det/history/harwell/det_history_feature_harwell.jsp
"Pantone 567", thanks for asking...
yes.
http://www.voiceoftheturtle.org/show_article.php?aid=261
My beloved spake, and said unto me,
Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
The flowers appear on the earth;
the time of the singing of birds is come,
and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
The fig tree putteth forth her green figs,
and the vines [with] the tender grape give a good smell.
Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
THE SONG OF SOLOMON, I. 10-13
Forget all that other stuff. I gotta believe.
by drewishdrewid on Feb 16, 2010 4:24 PM CST up reply actions
oooo that's nice
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 16, 2010 4:28 PM CST up reply actions
It is. God bless Ernie Harwell.
I’m so lucky to have been able to grow up hearing him broadcast in his prime.
"Pantone 567", thanks for asking...
Yes, you are.
I have heard Harwell call games. He was one of the very best to ever get behind a microphone.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Here's my favorite pre-spring quote, I put it up when ST starts.
“It’s spring fever – you don’t know what it is you want, but it fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so.”—Mark Twain
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
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
Soon, we can stop staring out the window.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
how come "the waiting" never gets any easier?
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 14, 2010 5:42 PM CST up reply actions
The waiting is the hardest part.
Some men learn through what they read. Some men learn through what they're told. Some men have to piss on the railroad tracks. And some men keep on pissin'.
....showed you stars that you never could see
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 15, 2010 3:58 PM CST up reply actions
everyday you see one more card, you take it on faith or you take it to the heart
baseball.........is Kool Aid the remedy, or the cause of my desire for it
by cooliogirl47 on Feb 15, 2010 3:57 PM CST up reply actions
I saw this on twitter and got a nice laugh
It went something like this
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. Ill tell you what I do. I stare out the window and count Rogers Hornsby quotes.
by MissouriKev on Feb 14, 2010 10:18 PM CST up reply actions
One of my favorite quotes
Of all time
"Baseball is almost the only orderly thing in a very unorderly world. If you get three strikes, even the best lawyer in the world can't get you off." ~ Bill Veeck
by Musicdude10 on Feb 15, 2010 11:38 AM CST up reply actions
Simply the best quote eveh!
"Chicago baseball fans, who are composites of scar tissue and mortifying memories..." - George F. Will
Didn't make it up last season...
…so I had not really gotten a good look at the Captain Morgan’s Club. I must say, that is hideous looking! I can’t believe the Cubs were allowed to add that kind of an addition to a historic structure such as Wrigley.
I agree.
They could have done a better job. It doesn’t seem consistent with the park.
"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day." ~ Frank Sinatra
I'm hoping...
… that when they finish the Triangle Building, they’ll demolish it. There won’t really be a need for it then.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Doubt it.
You are basically saying “there won’t really be a need for an extra revenue source”.
Dum spiro spero... | Follow me on twitter or else: @andrewjstone.
by AndrewJStone on Feb 15, 2010 12:48 PM CST up reply actions
In a way, yes.
But they can’t be making much from that place, considering it’s closed most of the year. Any bar/restaurant they put in the Triangle Building can be kept open year round.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
I like how the green doesn't match
Would seem like a pretty easy thing to do if you ask me.
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Triangle Building
Would it be possible to add an outdoor viewing area at the Triangle building? I decry ribbon boards but it would be cool if people could gather outside Wrigley and watch on a big screen!
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"A waist is a terrible thing to mind." - Terry 'Fat Tub of Goo' Forster
@Twitter as @brommmietze
50 days
An old boyfriend said to me he knew I was a special girl when I said "Valentines shmalentines Pitchers and catchers report tomorrow!
2/18/2010 B&B become a We
+ 10000000 BCB points
Al, what did patriots win today?
Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we will go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..
coda
ELO, 1975
i'd say
those concrete panels will be replaced with nice big glass windows… it will happen.. brings a modern look to an old ball park without changing the old time feel… it’ll happen.
by ThisIsResolute on Feb 14, 2010 10:14 PM CST reply actions
looking at pictures like these makes me antsy. i need baseball to start.
---AC 00 00 00 - Believe
by mjk83 on Feb 16, 2010 11:08 AM CST via mobile reply actions
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