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Why Your Stadium Sucks: Wrigley Field [Why Your Stadium Sucks]
deadspin.com - 6/14/2009
Why Your Stadium Sucks: Wrigley Field [Why Your Stadium Sucks]
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This is a new weekly feature in which I (and maybe you, too, readers) detail the various reasons for hating your ballpark. This week: The Chicago Cubs ' Wrigley Field Confined: In 1914, Weeghman Park was built quickly and on the cheap — by the same architect who designed Comiskey Park, ...
blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com - 6/15/2009
Guillen rips Wrigley Field (again), McDowell
— blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com — (more) Guillen rips Wrigley Field (again), McDowell

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Wrigley Field Bleacher fans are a bunch of slobs
homerderby.com - 6/12/2009
Wrigley Field Bleacher fans are a bunch of slobs
— homerderby.com — Hoow much trash do fans in the Wrigley bleachers leave after a game? A lot. And I'm... not talking about the drunken floozies either. (more) Wrigley Field Bleacher fans are a bunch of slobs

Comments vote down Richie Rich Richie Rich posted 6/12/2009posted this
A Few Thoughts on Wrigley
majorleaguejerk.com - 6/17/2009
A Few Thoughts on Wrigley
— majorleaguejerk.com — So this weekend I had the pleasure of making my first trip to the Friendly Confines of... Wrigley Field and I gotta say, I was thoroughly impressed with the park. It’s a great park in the middle of a great neighborhood with a ton of stuff to ... (more) A Few Thoughts on Wrigley

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Cardinals Front Office:  Why Wrigley Field Sucks

The Hardball Times:  Wrigley: Shrine, dump, or false dichotomy?

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Why Wrigley Field Sucks
Cardinals Front Office — ... We all know that nobody likes the Cubs, but what about their stadium? Confined: In 1914, Weeghman Park was built quickly and on the cheap — by the same architect who designed Comiskey Park, only Weeghman was done at ...

Wrigley: Shrine, dump, or false dichotomy?
The Hardball Times — ... . Last week Deadspin did its Deadspiny thing with the place. Of course, neither Ozzie nor Deadspin can be said to represent mainstream sentiment (the latter hates everything; the former lives for chaos), so this morning ...

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Ozzie Guillen Hates Wrigley Field
bleachernation.com 6/17/2009 — Whatever, Ozzie. “But one thing about Wrigley Field, I puke every time I go there,” Guillen said Sunday morning. “That’s just to be honest. And if Cub fans don’t like the way I talk about Wrigley Field, it’s just Wrigley Field. I don’t say anything about the fans or anything ...
Concert time at Wrigley Field
blog.cubhub.net 7/16/2009 — With the Cubs on the road coming out of the All Star break, Cubs management are continuing the Wrigley Field concert series. Within the next week, the Friendly Confines will host concerts by Billy Joel with Elton John on July 16 and 21, and Rascal Flatts with Vince Gill and Darius Rucker on ...
The Woes and Pros of Selling Out Chicago Baseball
thesportsbank.net 6/12/2009 — By Melanie Zanona It starts with beer endorsed bleacher seats and frat boys in the Captain Morgan Club imitating the mascot’s signature leg-up pose. Before you know it, Wrigley Field will be renamed TGI Fridays Field and the Harry Caray statue will be wearing a giant Arby’s hat. Ok, ...
Seen Around Wrigley Field
waitingfornextyear.com 6/23/2009 — What else do you do when your team is blowing leads at Wrigley Field? Why not do a little investigative work for your favorite website? Andy was at Wrigley last weekend, and returned with these gems. Thanks Andy! Classics! Personally, I doubt this guy even hits like Mays… Wonder if ...
Historic Wrigley Field
sox35th.com 6/16/2009 — The Sox kick off a three-game series with the Cubs this week. The series, for the record, will be held at “historic Wrigley Field,” a field so historic it has seen exactly as many World Series victories as the Little League field in Lombard. So historic its regulars commemorate a ...
College Football at Wrigley, Coming Soon
bleachernation.com 6/16/2009 — An interested aside for those of you who are college football fans. There’s a chance a game or two might be played at Wrigley Field as soon as next year. The Wildcats and the Illini last met at the home of the Cubs in 1923. The following year, Soldier Field opened in downtown Chicago. ...
Ozzie: We All Celebrate The Glory Of Wrigley Field In Our Own Way
cantstopthebleeding.com 6/15/2009 — In light of the Twins’ 3B Joe Crede’s recent auditory confirmation that four-legged vermin do in fact infest Wrigley Field , Ozzie Guillen’s personal Wrigley ritual for Tuesday’s Sox-Cubs tilt suggests that Cub Nation’s Department Of Health and Human Services ...
$50 To Park Next To Wrigley Field
metspolice.com 6/22/2009 — I didn't frame this shot right....what you are not seeing is Wrigley Field about 30 feet to the right....but if you want to park that close to the stadium...  It is going to cost you $50. Take the El or the subway or whatever they call it.   You ...
Let’s Play A Game Where You Guess What This Wrigley Field Tattoo Really Means
mouthpiecesports.com 7/28/2009 — OK, you can see the tattoo right? Now that you’ve properly acclimated yourself, (taken by MPS’ own Sarah Spain at Wrigley Field yesterday), I would ask you: “What about said tat makes it even slightly less reprehensible than ...
Go see "We Believe."
chicagocubsonline.com 6/15/2009 — Whether or not you are a Cubs fan, and chances are, if you are reading this, you are a Cubs' fan. But, nonetheless, go see the movie. Making a documentary about the Cubs is not easy. Why? Because so many have been made. WGN and HBO dipped into the Cubs history recently, but "We Believe" ...
Sputtering Cubs fire hitting coach Perry (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 6/14/2009
The Chicago Cubs fired hitting coach Gerald Perry after 2 1/2 seasons on Sunday in an attempt to spark a sputtering offense that ranks among the National League's worst. The Cubs had high expectations after winning back-to-back NL Central titles, but ...
Offense sputtering, Cubs fire hitting coach Perry — SI.com - MLB 6/14/2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Cubs have fired hitting coach Gerald Perry after 2½ seasons in an attempt to spark a sputtering offense that ranks among the National League's worst.
Cubs make switch at hitting coach — Major League Baseball News 6/14/2009
In an effort to get out of their offensive funk, the Cubs dismissed hitting coach Gerald Perry on Sunday and will promote Triple-A Iowa hitting coach Von Joshua to take over the team.
Ozzie Guillen spews against Wrigley Field — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago White Sox :: 6/15/2009
MILWAUKEE -- The White Sox have never held back when it comes to the Cubs and Wrigley Field.
Frank Thomas comes to defense of Milton Bradley — Chicago Sun-Times :: Chicago Cubs :: 6/15/2009
Former White Sox star Frank Thomas gave Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley a vote of support Monday and predicted Cubs hitters might "take a step backward before they move forward" with new hitting coach Von Joshua, who was Thomas' hitting coach for four ...