In documenting the best sports cities in America, I have already written about New York and Philadelphia. This week, it's Chicago.
Chicago. Chi-Town. The Second City. A town of Brats, Beer, and Barack. And yes, some of the best sports fans in the United States.
Best Attraction
I have only been to Chicago once, so I am not an expert on all things Chi-Town, but I highly recommend strolling over to Millennium Park in The Loop, a part of the bigger Grant Park, overlooking Lake Michigan.
The park boasts award-winning architecture, including "Cloud Gate", which Chicago residents call "The Bean", due to it's shape.
This 110 ton steel structure is now the city's most famous structure, and it is great picture taking material, and it's a great place to stroll, especially in the summer, when it is physically possible to walk outside in Chicago, because hell, it clearly isn't possible in the winter!
Best Food
Brats or Bratwurst. Whatever you would like to call them. Bratwurst is a delicious German Sausage, commonly served in sports stadiums in the Second City. Chowing down on one of these bad boys with a little sauerkraut and mustard at Wrigley Field is one of the most enjoyable ballpark experiences a person could have. Is the smell off-putting? Yes, but once you dig your teeth into one of these, you will never go back to Hot Dog's.
Some might say Chicago Deep Dish or The Chicago Style Dog - being from NY, I like Chicago's brats, not their pizza. Thin crust for me, if you please.
All things being equal, if you're at a game in Chicago - the best bet is to go for the Brat.
The Accent
I have done a few Youtube searches on this one, and I have come away with a few things. The first thing I noticed, is how fast they talk.
Chicagoans hurry their words a little bit, and they can get muddled. They basically have a Midwestern accent, but with a few twists.
For example, they would say "Saaasages", while most Americans say sausage like "sawsage". Also, they use a lot of "dems" and "deys", instead of "them", and "they".
Another notable pronunciation would be "tree" for the number three. Overall, this is a pretty funny accent, very reminiscent of Frances McDormand in Fargo.
Why This Is A Great Sports City
With five major sports teams, the Blackhawks(NHL), Bulls(NBA), White Sox and Cubs(MLB), and Bears(NFL), this town splits it's allegiances pretty fairly.
While the Cubs and the Bears are the two favorites for the most part, there is still a considerably even amount of rooting for all the teams, unlike cities such as New York, where the Yankees are MUCH more cheered for than say, the Knicks or Islanders.
Out in Chicago, there are tons of people who care about the Bulls, Bears, Sox, and Cubbies, and the Blackhawks are making a rapid comeback as they currently stand in 2nd place in the Western Conference Central Division - behind the terrific Detroit Red Wings.
The Fans
When I think of Chicago fans, the first word that comes to mind is loyal.
Considering the tundra forecasts that grace Chicago winters, butts are still in seats during Bears games, and fans in Chicago absolutely LOVE their teams.
Something that separates the Second City from the Big Apple, is that in New York City, there are the several die hards, but there are also TONS of casual fans - not that there is a problem with that.
In Chi-Town, fans tend to be well informed and incredibly supportive, there is a lot less pessimism in Chicago - more than in a Philadelphia, or a New York.
The Team
This is an extremely tough question, as the answer clearly is between the Cubbies and Da Bears.
On one hand, the Cubs are the most lovable franchise in baseball. They play at the coolest stadium in baseball and their stadium is always packed. On the other hand, the Bears are loved by everyone in Chicago and have had so many legends play for them its hard to consider another team as "more liked."
With that said, I am going to have to choose the Cubs.
As a Chicago outsider, when I think of Chicago sports, I think of sitting in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field (formerly CUBS PARK), the smell of old style and bratwurst seizing the air - which is the best baseball food around.
I think of crazies in the bleachers who paint their stomachs along with their friends, in order to spell out Fukudome.
I think of Harry Caray getting the Wrigley crowd into Take Me Out To The Ballgame. And when I think of the Chicago, I think of the Cubs.
The Media
Chicago has two major newspapers, the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago Sun-Times.
The Tribune is a broadsheet style paper, while the Sun-Times is a tabloid, although it is much more even-handed and respectable than the NY Daily News or something like that. Reading some of their coverage online, I must say I prefer the Sun-Times' sports coverage, not to mention their excellent online layout.
When it comes to Radio, Chicago has 1000 ESPN Radio, and 670 The Score, which is an extension of Sporting News Radio. When it comes to local coverage, 670 seems to have the upper hand, as it had Mike North, who was the face of Chicago sports radio, until he parted ways with The Score this year.
The Players
For the Cubs, it is shortstop Ernie Banks.
For The White Sox, I have to go with Frank Thomas.
The Bears? Walter Payton.
The Bulls, MJ... Michael Jordan.
And The Blackhawks, I would have to go with Bobby Hull, although it's painfully close.
So, who is the face of Chicago sports? I have to go with "sweetness" Walter Payton. I think of him flying past linebackers, of him winning a Super Bowl on the '85 team. He, in my mind, is the quintessential Chicago athlete.
The Venues
Hm... this is tough. Yeah right, we all know it's the "Cell", the U.S Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox. I had you there for a sec, didn't I?
Nope, it's Wrigley Field - home of a matinee ballgame, the sunshine hitting the ivy on the outfield fence, the rooftop bleachers overlooking the outfield.
Not only does Wrigley Field represent Chicago baseball, it represents baseball.The Bears even used to play there too.
It was originally contructed to be the home of the Chicago Whalers baseball team, which was part of the old Federal League & it was originally named WEEGHMAN PARK (for its owner, Chalres Weeghman)when built in 1914. It replaced Comisky Park as the oldest park (FIELD) in Chicago.
Not only does Wrigley represent Chicago Sports, it represents - above all - Chicago.
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TAB BAMFORD 6 months ago
If you've only been here once, don't go half-way on rating the city.
First off, the best food in Chicago is deep dish pizza, not brats. Anyone on earth could tell you that. Is there a "Chicago-style Brat" you can buy in the Miami airport? In Munich? in China?
Secondly, you couldn't nail down the accent on youtube? Did you search for the old SNL "Superfans" sketches? Or aren't you old enough to remember that?
Finally, anyone who claims Milllenium Park and "the Bean" are the city's best attraction needs to go to someone else's website and rewrite a legit review. The Bean is a nice eyesore in the middle of one of the most beautiful cities in the country. If you're going to say that a metal bean is a better attraction than the oldest ballpark in major league baseball, a river that has some of the best architecture in the country next to it, the Wrigley building, the Sears Tower (still the tallest in North America) and the best auto show outside Detroit, you don't know jack about Chicago.
Nice try,
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Jacob Nitzberg 6 months ago
I second everything said above. And it's Wrigley Field, not Wrigley Park. Come on.
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
What are you, a f'n food critic? Chi is a shitty town, their dogs stink and their pizza is WORSE - Chi is always second class and is merely a wannabe NYC type town.
I dont think Ethan tried to piss you off personally, he is doing a series of articles about sports cities (I personally wouldnt have included Chi as # 4) - but for some reason you come into this article with both guns a blazin as if ol Ethan just smacked yo momma.
Ethan is in high school - so no, he isnt old enough to recall that SNL skit...I am though. Wanna try me on for size? Someone more your own age?
Lay off and get a life -
The Black Hawks suck too!
Signed
LETS GO RANGERS!
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
Thanks Patrick, I admit that I made a few mistakes in this article, but for someone to get so worked up over something so small is ridiculous.
Let's go Yanks.
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
I remember reading on ESPN.com a few months back that more residents INSIDE Chicago leaned towards the White Sox, while suburban fans usually went for the Cubs... of course, this does not apply to everyone, but to say that a team heavily supported by a large urban population is not loved is ridiculous.
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
Sorry about the Wrigley Park thing, it was a mental error, because later in the article, I put Wrigley Field, so it just slipped by me.
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
Ethan - dont take shit from these guys.
It was a good write and I think you qualified the piece by admitting you've only been there once.
'You took the time to throw Chi Town a bone and look at how the fans treat you. Typical.
You obviously did some research on Chicago and screw their pizza - YOUR FROM NYC, the home of PIZZA.
No wonder you didnt list the deep dish - you prefer THIN CRUST or NY Style. ;^O
My family used to live in Chicago back in the 70s...my dad worked for Bristol Labs as a Sales Exec. He says its a dirty place to live. I was offered a job at Midway Airport in Chicago...I tuned them down to go to Hollywood Florida....
Great write - good research and solid writing ability. I give this one a 5. There has always been a thing between NY and Chi. We like our hot dogs - where they were invented on Coney Island - so Chi tries to steal the home of the dog title by putting sea salt, cucumbers and tomatoes on em - disgusting. Same thing with pizza - as if it f'n matters.
Chicago is a wannabe NYC town.
PR
nothing like kicking it off, huh Ethan? lol
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
TAB, Other than the food thing, I have no idea why you would be so angry... I am talking about best sports cities in America and you are yelling at me (on a sports site) for not nailing down the accent? I would at least halfway respect your criticism if it was something sports related.
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TAB BAMFORD 6 months ago
Your piece attempted to encompass more than sports, and I criticized what you were way off about. If you would like me to criticize your assessment based on sports, I can certainly do that as well.
Allegiances are not split evenly between the Sox and Cubs. If you knew the city, you would know that there is an enormous media bias that favors the Cubs, and the Sox have issues selling out every game. While the play might not historically merit this bias, it's there and it's real. The Cubs are more popular and more covered in the media than the Sox.
This used to be a Hawks town. Payton made it a Bears town before Jordan made it a Bulls town. But now it's a Cubs town. The city unites on Sundays for the Bears and cheers for the young Hawks (who, I might add, have three players starting the All Star Game), but the Cubs run the city. For now...
Next, is your picking Frank Thomas, maybe one of the five least hospitable players in White Sox history, as the player to represent the Sox? How about this idea: the former Rookie of the Year who spend almost his entire career as a player on the South Side before coming back to manage them to their World Series in 2005? Ozzie Guillen, pal. Not Thomas.
Next, Ernie Banks played shortstop for the Cubs for 8 years of an 18-year career (a career that was played at WRIGLEY FIELD). In fact, if you go to the Chicago Cubs website and utilize a tool by which you can look up every player who has ever played for the Cubs by position, Banks isn't ever an option at short. He played first base for the better part of his career.
Finally, how do you write a story about Chicago as a sports city and not mention Mike Ditka? He was one of the pioneering Tight Ends in the NFL and is a Hall of Fame player for the Bears (and Cowboys) who, like Guillen, came home and coached his team to a championship.
Please, please don't knock my LIGHT criticism and say you "halfway respect" it because I didn't start blowing up your lack of knowledge of what Chicago really is. I went easy on you the first time, and this article doesn't even merit me "halfway" respecting the piece.
Again, write about what you know kid. And you don't know Chicago.
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
1) The Cubs have been around since the 1800s - the "Hawks" werent founded until the 1920s...Chicago has always been a CUBS TOWN. The Hawks were a part of the original 6 ... but the cubs were there almost 30 yrs before the Hawks. The point is that the Cubs made Chicago a sports fan town...not the Hawks.
2)Media bias against the Sox? Did any Cub fans vote for Obama? The Sox are about to get a big boost in their following - I think. In NY we deal with the same issues - one team over the other. Whatever - its about who WINS the WSC. THough they've come close - the White Sox are the team to beat, until the Cubs prove that they can finally do it (without blaming any fans)
3) Does Ozzie Guillen still play? Frank Thomas was the face of the team for a long time. Judging from your anal-retentive posts, you and Frank might have some things in common.
4) I agree about Ditka :)
How about letting Ethan write whatever he feels like writing about - regardless of how much it might offend you?
It is still America where we do retain the right of free speech and a free press ... at least for now we do. Who knows what'll happen under Obama - I know he shunned the media critics pretty well during the election.
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TAB BAMFORD 6 months ago
Patrick: my initial reaction to this piece was subdued and simply pointing out where I disagreed with his assessment of a city he didn't know much about. When he came on my personal message board and mouthed off, and then tried to talk about my criticism not being about sports, i simple answered his request for "legit" criticism.
New York sucks. The Yankees are a disgrace to professional sports and America as a whole. The Steinbrenners are just like all the other SOB CEOs in this country that think you can buy any and everything. The Mets are trash, just like their fans. The Knicks are the laughing stock of the NBA, not only for trading away their future for Eddy Curry, but for how they've dealt with Stephon Marbury (not that it isn't merited), and the Rangers? Islanders? Seriously? All New York has is the Giants, which I will say I can and do appreciate (even though they play in Jersey). I've been to New York, unlike our author talking about Chicago, so I can qualify my statements by saying I have actually been there enough to have experienced it.
To the point that you think this has always been a Cubs town, you're wrong. This was a baseball town early in the century, and then the Hawks took the town over. If you look at simple attendance records, the Hawks sold out the Chicago Stadium for nearly every game for the first forty years of their existence; even when the Cubs were good in the 60s they were only drawing 50-70% capacity. In the 30s-50s this was a college football town; if you really knew anything about Chicago you would know that George Halas picked the Bears colors and wrote their fight song to directly compete with the University of Illinois because U of I was bigger than the NFL's Bears. From baseball it gave way to hockey in the first half of the century. In the late 70s the Bears began running this city when Sweetness arrived, and baseball joined them in this being one of the great sports towns on earth when the Sox went to the playoffs in 83, the Cubs in 84, and then the Super Bowl Bears in 85. Oh, and Michael Jordan arrived in 84 and the rest is history there. But since Jordan left this has been a baseball town again, with the Cubs getting a media bias that isn't even close. Whether or not Obama's a Sox fan doesn't matter; the Cubs get top billing even on days they aren't playing and the Sox make news.
Finally, just because you're from NY and feel the need to stick up for a kid who did shotty research to write a story that makes Wikipedia look like the Bible of City Knowledge doesn't qualify what he wrote. Yes, New York does have a thing with Chicago. I don't have a thing against the city to the point that I'm going to write inflamatory articles about them, but I can certainly smell crap when it's out there and this article is crap. Wrigley Park? How's the new Yankee Field coming? Or Citi Stadium?
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
Yeah Tab - the Yankees suck so much that they have 26 WSC - almost as many as the CUBS- right? Talk about disgrace - I wouldnt root for that team if I was paid. Course now the Cubs are the Junior Yankees - with Lou as their Coach and our old second baseman as their ONLY star.
"The Steinbrenners are just like all the other SOB CEOs in this country that think you can buy any and everything."
BUY WHAT? How many hoem-grown players do you have on your team right now? We have Jeter, Posada, Mo, Pettitte, Cano, Cabrera, Joba, Hughes, Kennedy, Aceves, Robertson and Ramirez....how many more should we have?
Your just another socialist hater TAB - who apparently has something against CEOs. What is that? Arent they Americans too or do you just hate them b/c they make more than you?
Hating the Yankees over money makes as much sense as arguing with a Yankee fan - when youre a Cub's fan.
We lost a HOFer in Moose and replaced him - what, we shouldnt be allowed do that - but everyone else can? The Sox picked up Brad Penny and are now 5 deep in their rotatio, but maybe we should just let minor leaguers play for the ALMIGHTY YANKEES so as to give everyone else a chance to catch up...
Its called competition - if you dont like it, then wait for another HAND OUT from the evil CEOs...they'll pay for your team while your owner absorbs all the revenues made off anothers team. You want the MLB to become even more socialist than it already is --- do you know why that will never happen? THE PLAYERS WILL STRIKE AGAIN. They have the right to make whatver they can - regardless of FRAIL EGOS by stupid fans who are a glutton for punishment.
Save your money this year son - its all about the Yanks.
I hate Basket Ball and Played Hockey my whole life. Whens the last Cup you all took? Decades, right? Its been since the 60s brother - I wouldnt throw stones, especially when your house is made of glass.
The Rangers are tied for 1st right now & won their last Cup in the 90s - I'll take that over the Black Hawks anyday - tho I gotta tell ya...I always liked the Hawks, they seem like a real gritty team.
You wouldnt have a hockey team if the CUBS did not already DEVELOP Chicago as a FAN-ORIENTED CITY.
The Cubs have been around since 1870! Agreed the Hawks earned some bigger crowds - but then again, you guys havent won the WSC since 1908.
It must be hard to maintain a fan base at all, thats why this author threw your fans a bone in this peice. Or tired too anyhow. My brother is a Red Sox fan (I ask him why he likes Cinn so much all the time - the original Red Sox) - so I know your type pain, but to take it out on a hugh-schooler seems like a bit much.
Of course Chi became a football town in the 70s and 80s - they won the Super Bowl and had the talent to get there - hell, I watched Perry run that thing in back in the 80s and I cheered him on too.
Right now - its shifting back to the Cubbies because they made the post season again, but I am still tempted to say ChiTown is All WHITE SOX - because they won it.
Again TAB - I dont think that the kid intentionally meant to slam "your town" - he wrote a piece and did some good research. Hell - my family used to live in Chicago - north side - and he brought up shit that I hadnt heard in years. I appreciated his article - its informative to those who dont live in Chicago - and as he said, he'd only been there one time.
Let it go TAB. It wasnt a slam against Chicago at all.
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
Also Tab, to say Ernie Banks shouldn't be regarded as a shortstop is nothing short of stupid. His one gold glove season came in 1960. Position? Yep, you guessed it, shortstop.
So, maybe YOU should do some research next time.
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
TAB, what, you want me to pick Billy Martin as face of the Yankees because he was a solid scrappy player who later managed? That is exactly what Ozzie Guillen is.
As I said, your thoughts about the allegiances when it comes to Sox/Cubs is wrong, as urban Chicago leans far towards the Sox.
I will be honest in saying that I am not a hockey expert, especially when it comes to history, so I won't debate your point.
I agree with you that I should have mentioned Ditka, but as the franchise player? Nope, everyone knows that that title belongs to Sweetness.
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TAB BAMFORD 6 months ago
To your Banks point, then I'll say Craig Biggio was the greatest catcher in the history of the Astros. Don't bring weak crap and expect it to stick. He was a great SS, but he made the Hall of Fame as a first baseman.
Also, if you've been in Chicago once, you have no place telling me where people's allegiances lie in this town as far as baseball teams go. What I said is that the media gives the Cubs an unfair amount of space and headlines; the city is probably 55-45 or 60-40 Cubs fans, but by all means, tell me about how empty Wrigley Park is while the Cell is packed every day.
Next, I didn't say Ozzie put up huge numbers. But what I did say was that Thomas was a prick that nobody liked. If you want to go by numbers, then let's talk about the two guys who have statues at US Cellular Field - Harold Baines and Carlton Fisk. Either of them could have been the face of the Sox more than Thomas, because people in this city still respect the two of them. Thomas is gone, and the door slammed behind him.
Finally, I don't need to google Banks to know my Chicago history so I can try, TRY to talk a decent game about Chicago sports. I LIVE HERE, AND I KNOW MY TEAMS. I know enough to tell you that you need to not dig a hole you can't get your uninformed tail out of by getting fired up about something you have no way to successfully defend. Your article is weak tripe. So just leave it alone and accept the loss and move one. Some of the stuff you've written about the Yankees, something you DO know, is pretty good. But you have no idea what you're talking about here, so stick to what you know.
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
Not to beat the point into the ground, but you are yelling at the facts.
1. Craig Biggio didn't win a gold glove at catcher, so don't even begin to compare him as a catcher to Banks as a shortstop.
2. It IS true that urban Chicago leans towards the White Sox, now that I think about it, it was a Gary Smith SI article (the most respected sports writer in the country) who stated this.
3. Frank Thomas had the best career as a White Sock. Look at the numbers. Yogi Berra is a nice guy with a plaque out in Monument Park. Does that make him a better baseball player than Babe Ruth?
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Pat De Marco 6 months ago
Nice try Ethan, but Chicago is not the type of city you see in one day.. Best food Brats and sausage? I don't think so try deep dish pizza an Italian beef. As for the "Bean" being Chicago's best attraction, are you serious??? Tribune building, Wrigley Field, Michigan Ave, Sears Tower, Navy Pier, ETC, ETC. The list goes on and on.
That said, i do appreciate the kind words about Chicago, and we invite you to spend more then one day here.
You are correct about the fans. Other then the White Sox, Chicago sport teams rank at the top when it comes to attendance. Chicago's sports passion is second to none.
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
Italian beef? do you mean sausage?
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TAB BAMFORD 6 months ago
Patrick - come to Chicago. Go to a restaurant or a game. There a difference between Italian Sausage and Italian Beef. Don't just type for the sake of seeing words appear on a screen; you make as much sense as the author.
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
Hey Tab - eat me. Hows that for Italian Sausage? LOL Its a JOKE dude. Relax.
I was asking a question. Is that okay with you?
Being Sicilian I am not used to seeing Italian Beef written anywhere & could give two shits about Chicago (wannabe NYers) - certainly not enough to write an article about it & much less would I ever attempt to offer Chicago any praise at all - like the author tried to do, before you jumped his shit.
I'm pretty comfy with my writing and research abilities TAB & look to help like minded fans out when they write. (yankee or otherwise) I only post negatively when its obvious that the author is inviting it - which is not the case here.
Personally I dont get the whole troll thing - but I can play too, all the same.
Shall we continue to dance or just leave it where it is - the dude wrote a pretty decent piece about your town - and you freaked out on em - whats that about?
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
See TAB,
Look what Pat wrote ...
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"That said, i do appreciate the kind words about Chicago, and we invite you to spend more then one day here.
You are correct about the fans. Other then the White Sox, Chicago sport teams rank at the top when it comes to attendance. Chicago's sports passion is second to none. "
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How is it that you and he had such different takes on the same article? I take a bit of exception to that last sentence, but who wouldnt? Otherwise its a good comment and a THANK YOU note to Ethan.
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Ricky Butts 6 months ago
He said "Wrigley Park"
Thats all I can say.
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
I understand your thoughts on this, and I was horrified when I saw this as well. Obviously I know that it's Wrigley Park, I just typed the wrong thing, thinking of Fenway Park for a second... I obviously knew the right one because I typed Wrigley Field later in the article.
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
Jeff Gordon called it Wrigley Park too - after consideration I decided to share this with you...it was originally called PARK.
Weeghman Park actually and it was constructed for the Chicago Whalers as part of the Fed League (a type minor league). The Cubs didnt take it over until 1916 and then they re-named it Wrigley Field...which isnt exactly its given name
8o)~
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Ricky Butts 6 months ago
"Obviously I know that it's Wrigley Park"
He did it again...
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
Wow, okay, now I can understand your anger, that is pretty bad. Trust me, I know it's Wrigley Field, my brain just went on autopilot for a second. If you don't believe me, give me a little Cubs trivia.
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
TAB - Carlton Fisk is the face of the Sox, just not the White ones. That sound about right? Hell - a lot of peple think A-Rod is just a stuck up snob (actually he was from a poor, single mother home who worked 3 jobs to put Alex and his brothers through Catholic School) - either way, he is the face of the Yanks (along with Mr Baseball - Jeter) ... his point about Thomas wasnt supposed to answer who was the most popular or most well liked. But I agree with your assessment - he is an asshole - just another pampered athlete who plays a game for living and thinks it means he can treat people like crap.
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
Thanks.
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Patrick SJ Read 6 months ago
No sweat Ethan - hang in there & never mind the critics. Keep on truckin along with your digs & I'll keep reading them. Use more tags in your articles when publishing to get more reads... this expose of yours probably belongs on the front page - so use that tag too. Great idea for a series.
PR
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6 months ago
Thanks, man. I have had trouble with tags... what kind of tags should I use for this article for instance? Or my DeJesus article? Anyway, thanks for the backup, and LET"S GO YANKEES!
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
That was me, by the way Patrick(I forgot to log in).
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Ricky Butts 6 months ago
Ethan, I know you mean well. I am not trying to run you off or anything, but I think you would have been better off researching a little more. These types of articles are great to read, but you were way off on Chicago.
I understand that you have only been there once, but you obviously have the internet (or I wouldn't be reading this article) at your disposal. I wish you well, just put more time into your articles and I am sure they will be just fine.
Also, read through them after you write them. I am sure you would have caught the Wrigley Park thing if you had.
Best of luck man.
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Ethan Gooderum 6 months ago
Thanks... I did some research, but obviously I could have gone more in depth with it, I just tried to make it a New Yorker's take on Chicago.
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Ricky Butts 6 months ago
It's all good kid, its not like I am perfect, but backing up your claims is very important. Just a little advice is all.
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King J 5 months ago
Being born and raised in Chicago I can assure you that Chicago has the most loyal sports fans on the planet.
Read my article titled: The Power of That Damn Billie Goat Curse Over the Chicago Cubs?
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James Hill 4 months ago
Ethan, your probably the first new york dude ive ever heard say even semi-nice things about chicago. Everyone else I've heard or read assumes chicago sucks because its not in NYC. Yea the best food in chicago is obviously between what you said, but it is also personal opinion too. And if you've never seen the old superfans skits i suggest you look them up. Enjoyable article tho, best of luck.
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