If you've been to Wrigley Field this year, don't read this unless you want to be GROSSED OUT!

Just disgusting... so disgusting.

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That is why I just

drink when I’m at the ball park. Cold beer here!

by Cubsfan Waveland on Sep 9, 2011 3:14 PM CDT reply actions

Is beer Antispetic?

"Just shut up and play" - Matt Garza

by RiskyBusiness on Sep 9, 2011 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions

In quantity

Alcohol can kill most water-based life forms – it’s a desiccant, after all.

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by Clutch16 on Sep 9, 2011 4:56 PM CDT up reply actions

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is strength, in water there is bacteria.

Cracker Jack does not have an "s", even in the plural.

by katie casey on Sep 9, 2011 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Water?

Fish (fornicate) in water!

by MN exile on Sep 9, 2011 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions

So that's how girls get pregnant in pools

"Just shut up and play" - Matt Garza

by RiskyBusiness on Sep 9, 2011 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions

they do a bunch of disgusting shit in water...

by daily2b on Sep 9, 2011 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions

News flash :*)

The beer spigots can have mold and unacceptable bacteria levels too. They have to be flushed periodically with proper detergent and hot water.

There isn’t enough alcohol content in beer to destroy the organic matter (grains, yeast etc) present in the beer.

The place I managed many years ago had to have the lines flushed every 2 weeks or when 100 gals (about 6.5 half-barrels) flowed through the spigot, which ever occurs first. Since our place wasn’t an actual “bar” the 2-week limit was always reached first. It took 15 minutes to flush and rinse the 3 lines we had. Detergent cost was minimal.

That was the Norridge health code law in the early/mid 80’s. Our lines were inspected perhaps once a year max but I never screwed around with health codes, whether this or any other requirement, like the food temps. BTW, 165F was the lower limit for hot food, not 140F as cited in the video.

Just win the next game...!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 12, 2011 9:22 AM CDT up reply actions

Black slime?

Is that the same thing as black mold?

by nandy on Sep 9, 2011 3:17 PM CDT reply actions

I believe it's a punk band

out of Portland

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by Fukudometer on Sep 9, 2011 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions

Yes...

Disgusting, eh?

Just win the next game...!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 12, 2011 9:26 AM CDT up reply actions

Eh, not a problem.

I’ve long since been priced out of buying any concessions at Wrigley Field.

by Flatley on Sep 9, 2011 3:22 PM CDT reply actions

Just trying to keep the food on par with the play

Just because we have chiseled abs and stunning features, it doesn't mean that we too can't not die in a freak gasoline fight accident.

by Fat Punk Kicker on Sep 9, 2011 3:32 PM CDT reply actions

Well this isn't good.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 9, 2011 3:32 PM CDT reply actions

To be honest it is not surprising.

I am sure Wrigley is not alone.

by Grockcubs on Sep 9, 2011 3:41 PM CDT reply actions

Ate a bunch of those $1 dogs Wednesday night

Yummy in my tummy!!!!

by doofus cubs guy on Sep 9, 2011 3:48 PM CDT reply actions

Gimme one dog with onions

and one with mustard and black slime, please.

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by Fukudometer on Sep 9, 2011 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions

That is why food prices are so high. You get extra slime!

by ZeoBandit on Sep 9, 2011 3:55 PM CDT reply actions

Am I the only one who can't get Slums Mackenzie out of his head while reading this?

by Nunyabidness on Sep 9, 2011 4:03 PM CDT reply actions

Slurms Mackenzie

by Nunyabidness on Sep 9, 2011 4:03 PM CDT up reply actions

WAIT A MINUTE......

…they have concessions at Wrigley?

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by Fukudometer on Sep 9, 2011 4:03 PM CDT reply actions

Somehow this doesn't surprise me at all.

Honestly, I think food poisoning is just another risk you face at a Cubs game. Y’know, along with getting nailed in the head with a foul ball and having to watch Rodrigo Lopez pitch for five innings.

Baseball is pitching, offensive production, baserunning and defense.

by daver on Sep 9, 2011 4:05 PM CDT reply actions

I think I'd take the food poisoning over more Rodrigo Lopez.

At least food poisoning goes away after a couple days.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 9, 2011 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions

...and RoLo keeps coming back every week!

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by daver on Sep 9, 2011 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions

Like a bad case of Montezuma's Revenge!!

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by troutfishin on Sep 9, 2011 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions

Jeez Al what did this guy do to you?

he is not even close to being the kind of horrid player you seem to have a vendetta against.
I am sorry he is blocking Bibins Dirkx from making the rotation.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 9, 2011 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions

I was joking.

Mostly.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 9, 2011 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions

I have a feeling Jessica is going to be giving us weekly updates on Rodrigo Lopez

next year when he’s pitching for the Kansas City T-Bones

by Nunyabidness on Sep 9, 2011 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Not even if he pitches for the Mud Hens

I just think it is silly to pick on the guy who is not terrible as 5th starter who is really the 4th starter. He is not blocking anyone and more effective than Coleman. Give him an NRI next year.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 10, 2011 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions

The point is...

… that he (and Ortiz) are symbols of what the organization had sunk to.

The new GM, hopefully, will clean up this mess so guys like this won’t be in Cubs uniforms again.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 10, 2011 7:42 AM CDT up reply actions

Not exactly

They are signs of what a desperate organization suffering misjudgments and injuries will do fill out a starting rotation, but Coleman has stunk for worse than Lopez whose numbers are in fact those of mediocre 5th starter which is why I have no problem with the Cubs offering an NRI. Right now the Cubs need 2 extra starting pitchers, I see literally no one in the minors to fill that role next season so they will have to go shopping by trade and FA, Lopez is worth keeping around if he accepts a Spring Training invitation and depending on his desire to play I would offer him a good split contract to stay in the system if he does not make the MLB roster.

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Me either

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 10, 2011 11:12 PM CDT up reply actions

Lopez needs to go.

As I said (and as you agreed), he’s a symbol of the failure of the previous GM.

I’m sure Lopez is a real good guy. But he’s a fifth starter on a bad team. If the Cubs want to improve, he needs to go elsewhere. Maybe the Orioles will take him back.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 11, 2011 7:26 AM CDT up reply actions

He can be cheap back up insurance

As I said I don’t see a single starter ready by next season in the entire Cubs system. Coleman is MUCH worse than Lopez. He could be perfectly decent insurance against injuries etc. Giving him an NRI is harmless and good baseball.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 11, 2011 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Move on.

There are other guys like this around, or will be this offseason. I’m tired of seeing him and don’t like what he represents. Enough. Move on.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 11, 2011 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions

I really do not get your obsessive dislike of him.

Unlike most of the team, he has done what was expected. What he represents is insurance to have a warm body that can get you 5 innings without being totally blown out. If the Cubs had two of him starting in April they would not have had either the James Russell experiment or the Casey Colman disaster. There is a reason guys are “5th” starters. He can presumably be “replaced” by another vet one goes dumpster diving for. but the Cubs are not going to be getting 3 reliable pitchers in the off season. This is rather like the Gorzo argument. The Cubs believed they had pitching depth, traded him to save money and got burned. Exactly what is the harm in giving him an NRI and seeing if he would be willing to pitch in Iowa if he does not make the cut?

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 11, 2011 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions

You'll never understand this, will you?

He represents failure. There are plenty of other guys out there who can fill a fifth starter role; there will be non-tenders and guys who can be traded for in the offseason.

I don’t want Jim Hendry’s failed 2011 acquisitions on the team in 2012. Clear enough now?

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by Al Yellon on Sep 11, 2011 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Oh, and...

… like YOU never obsess about ANYTHING.

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by Al Yellon on Sep 11, 2011 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions

Lopez was dumpster diving pick up

to make up for previous bad moves like trading Gorzo. Giving an NRI and letting go to Iowa if he is willing gives the Cubs SOME back up. It is a move with ZERO risk and some upside. I do find it ironic that as someone who largely defended Hendry you now want to assume everything he touched must be dumped. Lopez has no great upside and on a team which actually HAD viable minor league starters ready for a try, this would be a non issue but the Cubs don’t.

However if you want to make hating Lopez your obsession be my guest, I prefer Fuld, Murton, bad marketing/ticket sales.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 11, 2011 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs

+1 well said

by ryno23hof05 on Sep 12, 2011 4:01 AM CDT up reply actions

I don't know how I feel about this post.

But I rec’d it anyway.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 12, 2011 4:14 AM CDT up reply actions

A cruel and unusual comment... ;-)

If the Cubs still have a chance, no matter how small, it’s still Go Cubs, damn the math and pass the KoolAid.

by eths on Sep 9, 2011 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Did you ever have food poisoning Al?

You’ll puke for a couple days, then a couple more. Then after maybe holding down just water for a couple/three more days, you can have real food, like say a saltine cracker.

Just win the next game...!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 12, 2011 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions

AND....your stomach will be very sensitive for months afterward to anything even a little questionable.

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by cooliogirl47 on Sep 12, 2011 9:35 AM CDT up reply actions

Got that right....

The last time I had food poisoning is the last time I want food poisoning. Yikes !

Just win the next game...!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 12, 2011 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions

I got food poisoning from a Long John Silvers, and every time I'd pass one afterwards I would gag....I swear.

can’t eat that kind of food to this day.

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by cooliogirl47 on Sep 12, 2011 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions

First I laughed, then I cried.

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on Sep 9, 2011 4:32 PM CDT up reply actions

Maybe we should call Ghostbusters.

Didn’t they have something for catching slime?

Cracker Jack does not have an "s", even in the plural.

by katie casey on Sep 9, 2011 4:23 PM CDT reply actions

Speaking of Slimer, you know what sucked?

This stuff:

Just try and tell me I’m wrong, haters.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 9, 2011 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions

WHAT?!

by bdlugz on Sep 9, 2011 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Dude. You're just...you're very wrong

by Nunyabidness on Sep 9, 2011 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions

wtf? That stuff was great.

"They sell every ticket to every game, win or lose!" - Tom Ricketts

by bluemagic9 on Sep 9, 2011 11:46 PM CDT up reply actions

SWL'd

I'm a happy panda.

by jesus christos on Sep 10, 2011 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions

The Fruit Punch was far superior.

Made Ecto-Cooler look like Blake DeWitt.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 10, 2011 1:15 AM CDT up reply actions

blazin blueberry

good stuff

I'm a happy panda.

by jesus christos on Sep 10, 2011 10:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Now we're talking.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 11, 2011 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions

I think this belongs in reddit's

r/firstworldproblems

"The riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money." --Ernie Banks

by dtpollitt on Sep 9, 2011 4:32 PM CDT reply actions

So we blaming Kenney for this or what?

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 9, 2011 4:44 PM CDT reply actions

Isn't it Fleita's turn this week?

by bdlugz on Sep 9, 2011 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions

Nah, we're blaming Ricketts for that.

You know, kinda like how no one actually hates Koyie Hill, they just hate Hendry for giving him 850 grand.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 9, 2011 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions

I hate you

by Nunyabidness on Sep 9, 2011 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions

You are the Ecto-Cooler of posters.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 9, 2011 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions

So I taste divine?

by Nunyabidness on Sep 10, 2011 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions

You've been discontinued.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 10, 2011 9:51 PM CDT up reply actions

My buddy Doug was right I guess

Wrigley is a dump. I love it – but never spend a penny inside except on soda.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry

by Hammer on Sep 9, 2011 4:59 PM CDT reply actions

And what's a soda cost there nowadays?

About 450 pennies?

You know life is good when you hear "Die Hard 5" is in production. Yippee ki-yay, &%^##(&(#&%-ers !

by Easy Ed on Sep 9, 2011 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions

I use it as a mixer

I guess now I am rethinking the ice.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry

by Hammer on Sep 9, 2011 5:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Bacardi 151 should do for that....

But don’t go for lower proof.

by ClarkFan on Sep 9, 2011 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions

black slime in the ICE machine

you are screwed…. you might be dead already and just haven’t realized it yet…..

unless of course you get your soda sans ice

by NorCalCubsFan on Sep 9, 2011 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions

or use a healthy dose of the 151....

by NorCalCubsFan on Sep 9, 2011 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions

Want to be scared of ice??

Keep an eye on your next waiter or waitress when they refill your drink. If you have a glass cup watch and see if they dip the cup into the ice to refill it or use the scoop.

If you dip the glass cup and it breaks….?? Well then there is a lot of glass in that ice. I worked at Hackneys for a few years and saw it happen more then once.

"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Cubs win....what a lucky break!!" ---Harry

by Hammer on Sep 9, 2011 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions

That rule should have changed twenty+ years ago

Refills shall be in a fresh glass/cup when the server brings it back from a table. In fact, when anything has left the counter/kitchen and brought out to be served in no way shall any food or drink item be returned to the kitchen area except for disposal or washing.

Only exception is a refill at a table. Sounds like common sense, however…….

I won’t doubt one minute what you cited happened there and would believe its happened in hundreds of places in the city and surrounding towns.

Just win the next game...!

by blackhawk24 on Sep 12, 2011 9:36 AM CDT up reply actions

You mean...

…you mean I might be a zombie?!

Baseball is pitching, offensive production, baserunning and defense.

by daver on Sep 12, 2011 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions

...

If the Cubs still have a chance, no matter how small, it’s still Go Cubs, damn the math and pass the KoolAid.

by eths on Sep 9, 2011 6:32 PM CDT reply actions

I miss Gak

that stuff was fun to play with

by JOVE23 on Sep 9, 2011 8:40 PM CDT reply actions

Gak was fantastic.

Seeya Jimbo! Good job, Tommy Boy!

by shoemile on Sep 9, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions

I can understand why no one noticed

Everyone probably just assumed all the uncontrollable vomiting was from watching the team.

by Wreckard on Sep 9, 2011 11:07 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs

That's funny right there.

by troutfishin on Sep 10, 2011 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions

I wonder how this guy took the news

The Frustrated Fan

by Jody Jody Davis on Sep 9, 2011 11:21 PM CDT reply actions

This marketing campaign has clearly reached a new level of fail.

Baseball is pitching, offensive production, baserunning and defense.

by daver on Sep 12, 2011 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions

I've eaten at Wrigley multiple times this year.

I always felt fine afterwards.

Any restaurant/food service is always a gamble.

"They sell every ticket to every game, win or lose!" - Tom Ricketts

by bluemagic9 on Sep 9, 2011 11:46 PM CDT reply actions

I NEVER buy food at Wrigley

but only because I am cheap and prefer better stuff anyway.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either

by Doggie Stalker on Sep 10, 2011 1:05 AM CDT reply actions

I prefer a nice plate of sashimi with my baseball.

by troutfishin on Sep 10, 2011 9:31 AM CDT up reply actions

i never

eat at ballparks. too damn expensive.

by NOMAR on Sep 10, 2011 7:08 AM CDT reply actions

This is not the only reason I don't eat anything at Wrigley

.. but .. it’s a compelling one to continue my complete boycott of the vendors there.

I bring my food and drink in.

Now, I have fed Dipping Dots to my nieces and nephews. Thankfully, no casualties.

Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we shall go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..

coda

ELO, 1975

by cubnational on Sep 10, 2011 7:14 AM CDT reply actions

For utter visceral disgust .. nothing equals

.. this abomination of foodstuffs that mercifully died as quick as it was created.

.. NSFW – the commercial will make your ears bleed, lower your IQ and trigger any MK ULTRA damage you may have incurred. Plus, if a Twinkie could talk, you heard what it sounded like. O.M. Gosh ..

Blue mountains high .. Blue valleys low
I don't know which way we shall go ..
One summer dream .. one summer dream ..

coda

ELO, 1975

by cubnational on Sep 10, 2011 7:17 AM CDT reply actions