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1905950, I honestly don't get it...
Posted by disco dj, Thu Jan-26-12 05:41 PM
I must admit, I'm a Chicagoan ( White Sox fan), so I've been to both Chicago parks ( and Old Comiskey ) a gazillion times.

All this Wrigley Worship is a recent phenomenon. Before the 80's and the whole "Bleacher Bum" thing got national attention, Wrigley was pretty much an old piece o' shit ballpark. Nobody really gave a shit about going to a game at Wrigley. Day OR night. you could walk up and get tickets to just about any game. Then the Yuppies took over Wrigleyville and turned the neighborhood into a tourist trap.

I'm not shittin' on it, but once you get there, you'll be like: "is this IT?"


Lee Elia said it best:

"85% of the world has jobs...the other 15% come here"

It looks more grand on TV than it does in real life. The sightlines are terrible. The food and beer suck, and the bathrooms are worse than gas station bathrooms. And I know it's bad, but it's kind of annoying not to have a modern scoreboard sometimes, especially if you wanna see in-game stats and such.