DrCrawdad
04-11-2002, 05:55 PM
Below you might find interesting a REAL Cub fans observations about the Wrigley Field bleachers crowd.
The subject is "Yesterday in the Bleachers with Al"
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs
"The punks get into the game early by deriding the opposition with their drunken observations. And by drunken, I mean smashed, stewed to the gills if you will, and it does not get better as the game progresses...
"By the mid-point of the game the drunks are in inebriate heaven with answers to all questions, many of which have not been asked. Everyone is their best friend, they understand the event horizon concept, in their mind's eye have added thirty pounds of muscle mass and finally, they need another beer.
"At the end of the game a stillness becomes them. Accelerated hangovers,
fuelled by the heat and not compensated for by more beer seems to calm them down, at least until they can get to Murphy's for more knowledge and
inspiration.
"It seems to me that if you are going to invest twelve bucks to watch a game,
it might be fun to actually remember parts of it. But then I'm a purist I guess.
"One final note that will instigate some conversation is this. Sitting out
there yesterday, I was struck by the fact that Wrigley really is a sad Yard.
It's dated and worn. I don't advocate a complete tear down but it certainly
could use some improvement although I'm not entirely sure what to do.
Somewhere there has to be an engineer that could come up with a plan to renovate the Yard without too much inconvenience to the patrons. That or in the future, Wrigley will be history."
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The author of the post is a true baseball fan, and the team he happens to follow is the Cubs. I've had conversation with the author and he is a decent guy.
I post this here because it's interesting to see that what a REAL Cub fan has to say about the bleacher crowd. When a Sox fan says this same type of thing it's dimissed.
I've got tickets for a game at Wrigley Pirates vs. Cubs in the bleachers. Now after reading this post I'm re-thinking whether or not I'll go. I don't go to games to get feces-faced. I go to enjoy the game. Seems like I wasted my money buying bleacher seats.
Although maybe I'll get lucky and sit by a few true Cub fans like the author of the NG post.
- DrCrawdad.
The subject is "Yesterday in the Bleachers with Al"
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&group=alt.sports.baseball.chicago-cubs
"The punks get into the game early by deriding the opposition with their drunken observations. And by drunken, I mean smashed, stewed to the gills if you will, and it does not get better as the game progresses...
"By the mid-point of the game the drunks are in inebriate heaven with answers to all questions, many of which have not been asked. Everyone is their best friend, they understand the event horizon concept, in their mind's eye have added thirty pounds of muscle mass and finally, they need another beer.
"At the end of the game a stillness becomes them. Accelerated hangovers,
fuelled by the heat and not compensated for by more beer seems to calm them down, at least until they can get to Murphy's for more knowledge and
inspiration.
"It seems to me that if you are going to invest twelve bucks to watch a game,
it might be fun to actually remember parts of it. But then I'm a purist I guess.
"One final note that will instigate some conversation is this. Sitting out
there yesterday, I was struck by the fact that Wrigley really is a sad Yard.
It's dated and worn. I don't advocate a complete tear down but it certainly
could use some improvement although I'm not entirely sure what to do.
Somewhere there has to be an engineer that could come up with a plan to renovate the Yard without too much inconvenience to the patrons. That or in the future, Wrigley will be history."
*******
The author of the post is a true baseball fan, and the team he happens to follow is the Cubs. I've had conversation with the author and he is a decent guy.
I post this here because it's interesting to see that what a REAL Cub fan has to say about the bleacher crowd. When a Sox fan says this same type of thing it's dimissed.
I've got tickets for a game at Wrigley Pirates vs. Cubs in the bleachers. Now after reading this post I'm re-thinking whether or not I'll go. I don't go to games to get feces-faced. I go to enjoy the game. Seems like I wasted my money buying bleacher seats.
Although maybe I'll get lucky and sit by a few true Cub fans like the author of the NG post.
- DrCrawdad.