tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8050123701989379545..comments2024-03-28T22:15:17.067-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Post-COVID Wrigley Field looking goodNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52164037034522155142021-06-05T07:26:11.955-05:002021-06-05T07:26:11.955-05:00Thanks for sharing the links! Now I know what all ...Thanks for sharing the links! Now I know what all the hubbub is about. Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89139682668859295202021-06-05T07:18:26.329-05:002021-06-05T07:18:26.329-05:00Makes me want to go to a game! Makes me want to go to a game! Carenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948322374348472360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59183726167056785442021-06-04T21:01:07.690-05:002021-06-04T21:01:07.690-05:00My jaw dropped when I heard and read about June 4,...My jaw dropped when I heard and read about June 4, 1974.<br />I was living in Florida then. It was a stain on the pages of baseball history. Very much like Disco Demolition night at old Comiskey in '79. Almost went to that one. Glad I missed it.Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87603895248949095582021-06-04T16:01:18.118-05:002021-06-04T16:01:18.118-05:00I've been to about 20 MLB ballparks, too. The...I've been to about 20 MLB ballparks, too. The weirdest I recall was the old Toronto place.<br /><br />I'm guessing you can say Tribe around these friendly EGD confines, particularly on the anniversary of Ten Cent Beer Night at Municipal Stadium. ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9270652307814803022021-06-04T13:59:17.867-05:002021-06-04T13:59:17.867-05:00You had great seats, Mr S.--I was a Bleacher Creat...You had great seats, Mr S.--I was a Bleacher Creature for decades, and watched hundreds of games from out there, but my favorite grandstand locations were in the upper deck, along either baseline. Upper deck seats at Wrigley are far superior to any "club seats" or mezzanine seats in any of the ballparks built over the last thirty years. Ask the man who knows...when I get to either D.C. or Milwaukee, that will be my twentieth MLB venue. Mostly in the Midwest, plus a few in the East.<br /><br />Best "old" park? The Cubs, natch. Best "new" park? Pittsburgh. Worst "old" stadiums? The two long-gone parks in Minnesota. Worst "new" stadium? Miami--it's a mall with a ballfield in the middle. Despite the Disneyfication of Wrigley by the Trumpian Ricketts family, the House That Juicy Fruit Built is still a shrine...a green cathedral. The best of the best.<br /><br />But all that crap you have to wade through now, to obtain MLB tickets and buy "cashless" merch? It really honks me off. I need to refresh, too. Been putting off going to any Tribe games because of it. Oops...my bad...can I still call them the Tribe here?Grizz 65https://www.blogger.com/profile/02892702223228764894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50428186983706934592021-06-04T12:38:15.861-05:002021-06-04T12:38:15.861-05:00As somebody who pays just slightly more attention ...As somebody who pays just slightly more attention to baseball than Neil, that play really captured my attention last week, Coey. While I've not actually watched any games, I spent plenty of time reveling in the response to the glorious folly of the play on Twitter.<br /><br />2 links: Presaging our host's remark about calliopes in his column, the Pirates radio announcer moaned: "What was THAT? ... Ohhh, the calliopes can be heard from here to Sewickley." (Sewickley being a suburb of Pittsburgh.)<br /><br />https://twitter.com/bubbaprog/status/1397975925971632128<br /><br />Then, you have this still photograph, the likes of which has never been seen in the annals of ML baseball, I daresay:<br /><br />https://twitter.com/SonRanto/status/1398266235708743680/photo/1 Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62614729511520968092021-06-04T08:55:19.092-05:002021-06-04T08:55:19.092-05:00Hope to make it there this summer myself, even tho...Hope to make it there this summer myself, even though I’m more a fan of the experience than the game. Speaking of Javier Baez, many of your readers have probably already seen this, but if not it’s well worth your time: https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/nmchtb/javy_baez_avoids_getting_out_to_let_wilson/Coeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06130250489695215525noreply@blogger.com