Purdy Photo of the Week XII



The snow, the sweeper, the marquee message... all elements coming together at just that right moment. What a energetic photograph.

Sloop Purdy

They Are Putting a Jumbotron in Wrigley Field


The day we have dreaded is here.

Today the Cubs "braintrust" announced: THEY ARE PUTTING A JUMBOTRON IN WRIGLEY FIELD.

Are we happy about this turn of events? No sir.

Did we start drinking heavily as soon as we found out? Yessir

We will have to get back to you with some rational thoughts at a later date, but let me tell ya - no matter how much we disagree with the decision, you can count on us to document the construction every step of the way.

Go Cubs

Mid-Offseason Wrigley Upkeep Report

It seems pretty much halfway thru the offseason, so I reckon we should show you some of the goings on at Wrigley Field so far. Besides removing some 1950's concrete panels on the Clark Street side, this years round of upkeep seems to be more about patching and replacing concrete. Now don't get me wrong, they are working away in there and no doubt spending bundles of money, but I'm not too certain most folks will even notice what's been done. I reckon until they do some major renovating this work here will be par for the course.

Here are some photographs:
Removal of the concrete panels from the '50s
Behind the panels: a mess, but they're working on it
Concrete pump truck
Ramp work off of Addison St.
More concrete work by that "Captain Morgan" monstrosity
More concrete
Plenty of scaffolding over there by Waveland Ave.

Our Photos of the Year

Well sir, 2011 definitely wasn't "The Year" for our Cubs, but we had a dandy time documenting the old ballpark nonetheless. Here are some of our better photographs of the year. We sure hope you enjoy them.



Merry Christmas from The Wrigley Blog

Wherever you are today, we hope you have a Merry Christmas, and 100 days from now we hope to see you at Wrigley Field for Opening Day

TheWrigleyBlog Dictionary: Tebowing

For those of you who have something better to do than pay attention to kids these days:

Tebowing

te•bowing (tee-boh-ing) verb 1. The act of getting down on one knee and acting like you are praying to Tim Tebow.  
also see: buffoonery

via tebowing.com (i kid you not)