Baseball: Cubs
What can’t you say about Wrigley Field? Wrigley opened in 1914, so it’s about 6 years shy of a century old. Wow. I have plenty of pictures to come, but I’m having trouble uploading tonight. I won’t list out all the pros/cons of Wrigley. It’s a great park. I haven’t been to Fenway yet, but as far as baseball atmosphere goes, Wrigley would be tough to beat. It’s a small park. I love the bleachers on top of the buildings surrounding it. It is old. There is nothing fancy about it. No escalators. It’s not particularly clean. If there was anything I didn’t like about it, I have to say I miss the video screen. They have an old school outfield scoreboard. It’s electronic, but looks like a manual one. However, the scores for the other games going on is manual, which is pretty much awesome. But, like I said, I do miss the big screen replays. What can I say? I’m spoiled. Suffice to say though, the Ivy, the bleachers, the fans, Wrigleyville, and everything else more than makes up for that one thing.
Best ballpark, I’ll buy that. Nicest, not a chance, but who ever said those two things went hand-in-hand.
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Ah Melissa…. is that all the write up Wrigley gets?
Talk about the 7th inning stretch that just give people chills. Sung by a Cubbie legend, Mark Grace.
When the Cubs won (which you failed to mention), everyone sang “Go Cubs Go”.
It was a chilly 60 degrees and the place was packed.
Talk about getting to see the Bartman seat, which is now just another part of the Cubs curse.
Talk about the buzz and atmosphere of Wrigleyville that made you know you were going to THE team of choice in Chicago.
The small thinks like the AC006299 sign over right field.
Talk about the lack of advertising that makes Wrigley less like a commercialized and more like a ball park. (US Cellular had Interstate-sized billboards in their outfield).
Talk about the tradition of waving a white “W” flag on the scoreboard if the Cubs win, or an blue “L” if they lose… just so people in Wrigleyville know the outcome.
You’re right, luxury, it ranks low. But for a TRUE baseball experience when all that matters is baseball and the tradition of America and baseball… it gets no better than Wrigley Field.
Okay, so I love the place.
eh, i was gonna cover some of that with pictures. which i can’t find my card reader and my reader in my computer sucks and screws up my pics :(
i’ve had a bad week since coming home :(