Game Photographs

A New Addition To Wrigley Field

by Al on Jul 27, 2009 8:00 AM CDT in Game Photographs Comment 57 comments

BCB photo by David Sameshima

If you were at Wrigley Field or saw the right field corner on TV this past weekend and thought "something looks different", you were right. This corner, where there used to be large metal doors, now has see-through gates like the ones on the outfield wall in right field. The gates were installed to help move the concert equipment in and out during the road trip, and it was decided to leave them there, leaving another "knothole" for people inside the park to view the field at field level.

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Wrigley Field Scoreboard Mystery

by Al on Jun 22, 2009 7:23 AM CDT in Game Photographs Comment 76 comments

During interleague play, when the Yankees play the Mets, the Wrigley scoreboard has panels that read "NY (N)" and "NY (A)". Apparently, the two Los Angeles teams don't rate the same courtesy:

Click on photo to open a larger version in a new browser window. Photo by David Sameshima

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Carlos Marmol And The Giant Glove

by Al on Jun 18, 2009 9:28 PM CDT in Game Photographs Comment 34 comments

This one requires a bit of explanation. This glove belongs to one of the Waveland ballhawks. Somehow it made its way into the ballpark during batting practice on Thursday. Several players tried it out, including Carlos Marmol. (Ballhawk, feel free to elaborate if you know more.)

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Wrigleyville Invasion Of The Twins Fans

by Al on Jun 15, 2009 8:14 AM CDT in Game Photographs Comment 101 comments

Fans crowd Sheffield Avenue (looking south toward Addison) after Sunday's game... with more Twins fans than Cubs fans in sight.

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Blackhawks And Birds At Wrigley

by Al on May 31, 2009 1:00 PM CDT in Game Photographs Comment 16 comments

Members of the Chicago Blackhawks appear before Saturday's game at Wrigley Field

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!"

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Photos Of Carlos Zambrano From His Daytona Start On Sunday 5/17

by Al on May 17, 2009 8:31 PM CDT in Game Photographs Comment 15 comments

Thanks to BCB reader David K'Miller, who took these photos and emailed them to me:

I live in the Tampa area and we went up to Dunedin to catch [Carlos] Zambrano's rehab game today. I'd say at least ¾ of the fans had on Cubs gear and it seemed like the Cubs were the home team. Zambrano got a big hand when he went out to warm up and when he took the mound in the 1st inning. He graciously signed autographs out near the bullpen about an inning after getting pulled from the game.

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