tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post4786958951160019374..comments2023-11-05T06:51:51.312-06:00Comments on Here Comes Johnny Yen Again...: Wrigley Today, ? Tommorrow...Johnny Yenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06561248220244037567noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-86451520285690788222008-03-20T00:11:00.000-05:002008-03-20T00:11:00.000-05:00Nothing compares to a day at Wrigley with a brew a...Nothing compares to a day at Wrigley with a brew and dog in hand. Nothing.<BR/><BR/>Being from the land of new stadiums (Coors Field, Pepsi Center and Invesco Field), I'll be very upset to see that happen there. <BR/><BR/>The journalists around town started calling the Pepsi Center "the can" (it kind of looks like a squashed one from the outside) but Pepsi but the kibash on that right away since that doesn't use their name in vain.<BR/><BR/>And don't believe you if they tell you they will keep a great name like Mile High and incorporate that in, because they end up putting those words in such tiny print, in a cursive typeface, that you can't read it next to the big INVESCO Field part.GETkristiLOVEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873004576844292852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-30354360595595890932008-03-19T10:12:00.000-05:002008-03-19T10:12:00.000-05:00Thanks for calling out the WSox and their awful so...Thanks for calling out the WSox and their awful soulless shell of a stadium. They should never have torn down Comisky. Now, THAT was a ballpark. Not as beautiful as Wrigley, but still. And yes, the stereotype of Cubs fans being baseball-ignorant texting yuppies is not true. <BR/><BR/>$22???<BR/><BR/>Things sure have changed since we dropped out of high school, Dee Dee.vikkitikkitavihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501311175482530001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-39482330307453427082008-03-17T14:18:00.000-05:002008-03-17T14:18:00.000-05:00I went to Wrigley in 1984. Just before lights, I ...I went to Wrigley in 1984. Just before lights, I think. We used to live within walking distance of Miller Park in Milwaukee. I have a hard time remembering not to say County Stadium. The funniest thing to have been said about the old county stadium it by Bud Selig's son-in-law. He said that if it didn't have corrugated metal siding [which made it an eyesore] they'd never have convinced the citizens of Milwaukee to tear it down and build them a new one.<BR/><BR/>Going to a Brewer game was never too difficult. But I suppose that getting into Wrigley these days is a bit like trying to go to Lambeau Field.Jess Wundrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07627683239720941969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-88583549421043967522008-03-17T03:22:00.000-05:002008-03-17T03:22:00.000-05:00MnMom's comment brought back memories... memories ...MnMom's comment brought back memories... memories I didn't even have. I hope to see it someday, but I didn't even get to see Tiger Stadium before they abandoned it.<BR/><BR/>"Iowa Baseball Confederacy" is a great book.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-50144902224521508472008-03-17T00:28:00.000-05:002008-03-17T00:28:00.000-05:00Bleacher seats are $22??!!! My parents were big C...Bleacher seats are $22??!!! <BR/>My parents were big Cubs fans, and the sound of a Cubs game on TV on a hot summer day or evening is like a lullaby to me. For me, heaven will be warm summer evenings, a nice bath, followed by the Cubs on TV while slurping a big bowl of chocolate ice cream.<BR/>I love that Carlin bit, probably because I love baseball.<BR/>Read The Iowa Baseball Confederacy by WP Kinsella.Mnmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004472091756966173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-559198570901869392008-03-16T21:29:00.000-05:002008-03-16T21:29:00.000-05:00Ah...the friendly confines. Thanks for reminding ...Ah...the friendly confines. Thanks for reminding us that Wrigley field was, in itself, a corporate name.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how to put a link in a comment, so you'll have to come visit to see it--you've been tagged.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747874295331152779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33543511.post-16542467885962386862008-03-16T12:13:00.000-05:002008-03-16T12:13:00.000-05:00We used to be able to catch the el and go see the ...We used to be able to catch the el and go see the Phillies on a weekday afternoon for under $7.00. That included el-fare, the ticket and lunch. Those days are long gone!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com