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Post#1 » by SportsWorld » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:09 pm

Pictures are from Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/story/20 ... commenttop
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Post#2 » by WEFFPIM » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:35 pm

I certainly hope they plan on re-sodding that, otherwise that'll make for some awkward bounces
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Post#3 » by The Sheik » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:43 am

Actually they are going with a more rustic look, I really like the big dirt hill in the middle of CF should add a great dimension to the game.
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Post#4 » by Posey H8er » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:46 am

So that's what Aaron Rowand was complaining about, I didn't notice that hill.

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Post#5 » by SportsWorld » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:36 am

The Sheik wrote:Actually they are going with a more rustic look, I really like the big dirt hill in the middle of CF should add a great dimension to the game.

We are technically stealing Houston's dumb idea:
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Post#6 » by WEFFPIM » Sun Oct 28, 2007 1:20 am

Architect: *takes gulp from Jack Daniels bottle* Ok...hear me out...what if...WHAT IF...we put a giant hill in center field...but make it...*holds back laughter*....in fair territory!!! *bursts into uncontrollable laughter, passes out*

Drayton McClane: *sober, stone-faced, eating a small child* Only if a flagpole can be place on the top of it, also in fair territory. *stabs architect, begins drawing plans for bleachers 20 feet from home plate in left field*
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Post#7 » by SportsWorld » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:33 am

willeatfire4playoffsinmil wrote:Architect: *takes gulp from Jack Daniels bottle* Ok...hear me out...what if...WHAT IF...we put a giant hill in center field...but make it...*holds back laughter*....in fair territory!!! *bursts into uncontrollable laughter, passes out*

Drayton McClane: *sober, stone-faced, eating a small child* Only if a flagpole can be place on the top of it, also in fair territory. *stabs architect, begins drawing plans for bleachers 20 feet from home plate in left field*

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Post#8 » by Howling Mad » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:57 pm

So last night was my birthday...

After the g/f took me out (with my cousin and her b/f-who also has the same birthday as me!) we got together with a bunch of others.

Sometime in the middle of the night we talked about what we would want for our birthdays. Gavin(cousin's b/f) said he wanted a beer from Goose Island, from the tap... some seasonal beer. So we got it.

Then my turn was up and I said I wanted some dirt from Wrigley(already have some ivy, I know its illegal to rip off the ivy). So this morning I wake up and I have a jar of dirt in my living room. My g/f payed two of my buddies $40 to steal dirt from the Wrigley renovation.

So now I have my jar of dirt!

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Post#9 » by GYBE » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:59 pm

I tried twice to steal a piece of ivy from Wrigley. Both times it was confiscated and thrown away.

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Post#10 » by WEFFPIM » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:14 pm

Not to try and rain on your birthday parade, but that can be dirt from anywhere, you know.
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Post#11 » by Howling Mad » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:22 pm

willeatfire4playoffsinmil wrote:Not to try and rain on your birthday parade, but that can be dirt from anywhere, you know.


Yeah I know. I told my g/f and her friend that this morning and they said my buddies scraped it from the ground right by the knot-hole fence.

Whether thats truth, I'm not sure, but I trust my boys.

First they told me they jumped the bleachers and got onto the field. That I know was BS!
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Post#12 » by Howling Mad » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:25 pm

GYBE wrote:I tried twice to steal a piece of ivy from Wrigley. Both times it was confiscated and thrown away.

8)


Really? Wow! Usually its pretty easy, but I guess if you try to rip off a piece during a game it could be a lot harder.

We usually rip a piece off when we walk by on our way home from the bars.
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Post#13 » by Posey H8er » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:22 pm

10/30 Update
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Post#14 » by Posey H8er » Thu Nov 15, 2007 3:58 am

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Sod finally.
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Post#15 » by SportsWorld » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:01 am

The top 2 pictures look amazing.
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Post#16 » by Howling Mad » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:13 am

My old apartment was right HERE
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...my dog wondering why the Cubs suck so bad.
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Post#17 » by Posey H8er » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:19 am

BULL even PAX wrote:My old apartment was right HERE
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...my dog wondering why the Cubs suck so bad.

:rofl:

I would love to live in the city area.
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Post#18 » by Howling Mad » Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:30 pm

That picture was taken before the Bleachers turned into the "Bud Light" bleachers.
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Post#19 » by The-Rejuvenated » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:11 pm

Wait so this is all fake?
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Post#20 » by Howling Mad » Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:37 pm

No its not fake, its real, I just took that picture(with my dog) before the bleacher expansion, which happened last year.

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