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PostPosted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 3:35 pm 
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http://deadspin.com/wrigley-field-is-fucked-1693879894

Marchman doin' work in the comments too:

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By "preserve" you mean turn a unique ballpark into a garish monstrosity while leaving it in such bad condition that there's a non-zero chance that the Cubs will have to play games in U.S. Cellular Field this summer, in service of making slightly more money for some wealthy douche-bro family.

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I'm not shocked that they're trying to make more money, I just think that turning a ballpark unlike any other into a place with giant TV screens in place of clear blue skies is a bad, stupid idea. If it makes you happy to have the views and experience offered by the ballpark ruined so that some random dipshit can put more money in his pocket, bless your heart.


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The "blue skies" part of the 2nd quote really annoyed me. It's not like you can't just look up and past the scoreboard to see the blue sky, ya dumbass.


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half the seats you feel like you're in a cavern anyway. can't see the sky or scoreboard at all.

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I think Ricketts could feasibly convince Cubs fans to not like baseball. "Why should I care that Theo has had 26 losing seasons in a row? Baseball sucks anyways. Ricketts and Theo should be entitled to lose as many games as they want its his money and his team"


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Probably not, no.

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Darkside wrote:
Probably not, no.

He successfully convinced Hatchetman that the sky is not visible when he is outside.


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This has probably been the mildest winter in a decade, too.

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November and February were some of the coldest on record. December, January, and March were comparatively mild. It was not a particular snowy winter either. Its just that we got socked with that 19" of snow on Super Bowl Sunday and it stayed around for nearly 6 weeks.

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February was brutality, other than its been par for the course if not milder.

**I was in Oregon until mid-January.


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November and February were some of the coldest on record. December, January, and March were comparatively mild. It was not a particular snowy winter either. Its just that we got socked with that 19" of snow on Super Bowl Sunday and it stayed around for nearly 6 weeks.


That was the only significant snow of the winter.

I would hope they had some procedure in place for removing snow during a Chicago winter. If so, they really only needed to do it once in any significant way.

My snowthrower barely broke a sweat this winter...which is good...because she just turned 82.

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DON'T NEED SKIES

NEED WATCH TV

TV MAKE MONEY

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
November and February were some of the coldest on record. December, January, and March were comparatively mild. It was not a particular snowy winter either. Its just that we got socked with that 19" of snow on Super Bowl Sunday and it stayed around for nearly 6 weeks.


That was the only significant snow of the winter.

I would hope they had some procedure in place for removing snow during a Chicago winter. If so, they really only needed to do it once in any significant way.

My snowthrower barely broke a sweat this winter...which is good...because she just turned 82.


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One more snow and I'm going to need your doctor's name, jimmy.

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i'm excited.

can't wait to order my first bison dog of the baseball season.


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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
One more snow and I'm going to need your doctor's name, jimmy.


It could snow all it want's,my "strong like bull" Son handles that.

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One more snow and I'm going to need your doctor's name, jimmy.


Jack K .... I don't remember the last name for sure .... Krzyzewski? .... no, that's not right ...

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Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
November and February were some of the coldest on record. December, January, and March were comparatively mild. It was not a particular snowy winter either. Its just that we got socked with that 19" of snow on Super Bowl Sunday and it stayed around for nearly 6 weeks.


That was the only significant snow of the winter.

I would hope they had some procedure in place for removing snow during a Chicago winter. If so, they really only needed to do it once in any significant way.

My snowthrower barely broke a sweat this winter...which is good...because she just turned 82.

That is very nice of you to marry a older woman.

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America wrote:
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Probably not, no.

He successfully convinced Hatchetman that the sky is not visible when he is outside.

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yeah i zipped by the confines on the red line last night and holy shit..... that's gonna be a thing.

it's gonna hearken some of that last-year-at-shea feeling that got a mets fan to ask me "what do you think of the place?" and i was diplomatic with a lot of uhhhs and this and that and he cut me off like "IT'S A DUMP. IT'S GODDAMN DUMP.... BUT IT'S OUR FUCKING DUMP AND DON'T YOU FORGET THAT!!!!"

that man earned his beer from me. i always find someone to buy a beer for at every sporting event i go to ($$$ permitting) and that guy was my guy, akin to the one guy who has a bennie blades jersey at bears/lions games =D

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Hatchetman isn't a Sox fan.


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yeah i zipped by the confines on the red line last night and holy shit..... that's gonna be a thing.

it's gonna hearken some of that last-year-at-shea feeling that got a mets fan to ask me "what do you think of the place?" and i was diplomatic with a lot of uhhhs and this and that and he cut me off like "IT'S A DUMP. IT'S GODDAMN DUMP.... BUT IT'S OUR FUCKING DUMP AND DON'T YOU FORGET THAT!!!!"

that man earned his beer from me. i always find someone to buy a beer for at every sporting event i go to ($$$ permitting) and that guy was my guy, akin to the one guy who has a bennie blades jersey at bears/lions games =D

The pictures on bleedcubbieblue from March 29 make me more confident that it will be ready and won't look terrible in April and May. Not sure how long they will keep the Banks tarp up, but they should be able to replace it with something until June.

Either way, just like the rebuild of the team, it will be worth it in the end.

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jimmypasta wrote:
Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:
Frank Coztansa wrote:
November and February were some of the coldest on record. December, January, and March were comparatively mild. It was not a particular snowy winter either. Its just that we got socked with that 19" of snow on Super Bowl Sunday and it stayed around for nearly 6 weeks.


That was the only significant snow of the winter.

I would hope they had some procedure in place for removing snow during a Chicago winter. If so, they really only needed to do it once in any significant way.

My snowthrower barely broke a sweat this winter...which is good...because she just turned 82.


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Dr. Ken has Queen Elizabeth II shoveling his snow?


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