May 29th Gameday Thread

[Navel Lint]

so- coz and naval- do you like the new wrigley where bryants homer bounces off the video board- or the old wrigley where you get to see a bunch of out of work 40 year old men chasing after it on waveland?

I wasn't sure how I would feel about the new board, but as soon as I walked in on Opening Night last year, I loved it. I like seeing replays and getting all the statistical information that was not possible on the center field board.
The funny thing is, I still look at the old board for the outs and count on the batter.

As for HR's on Waveland, I do sort of miss them.
Yes, there are still a few, but not as many.
The HR's on Waveland were actually cut way down a few years ago when the Cubs expanded the bleachers prior to the 2006 season. They added about 3/4 rows and 15 feet to the back of the bleachers.
I'll try and find some pictures, but the bleachers used to end at the start of the sidewalk on Waveland. In 2006 they added the extension that overhung the sidewalk on Waveland. That extra ~15 feet really made a difference with baseball flying out of the park.

This picture is a little old, but it's actually one of the better ones I could find....



See how the wall raises straight up. It essentially stayed that way with the bleachers going straight up until 2006.

Then they added about 2000 seats to the bleachers in 2006 and it looked like this....



That extra approximately 10-15 feet out over the sidewalk really cut down on balls flying out of the park.

[TOXIC ASSETS]

Good stuff.
Personally I hope they find a way to keep both Fenway and Wrigley as they are now, and that the teams don't get greedy and decide to demolish them and/or move to the suburbs. Wrigley I guess is pretty safe considering all of the $$ that the team has put into the building. Fenway....who knows.

[headhunters]

russ- is that you at the top of the tree- training for that air traffic control job?

[COZ]

so- coz and naval- do you like the new wrigley where bryants homer bounces off the video board- or the old wrigley where you get to see a bunch of out of work 40 year old men chasing after it on waveland?

I love the new video boards...they integrated it nicely into the design of the ballpark and it has the same look & feel of the old scoreboard, green background, white lines, & same font. Intetestingly enough, unless I missed it, they do not show the score or count anywhere but on the old scoreboard. As for the middle-aged men with their gloves chasing foul balls, I say get a life.

[Navel Lint]

With the four scoreless innings out up by Lackey, all five Cubs Starters have E.R.A.'s below 3.00
To those whose strategy it was to roster all Cubs Starters on fantasy teams....A big SALUTE to you!

They are on fire.

I just looked this up.
Through the first 54 games of the season, which includes todays win, Cubs starting pitchers have won 32 games.
That number ties for the most in the division era (1969>>).
The 1998 Atlanta Braves starters also had 32 wins through 54 games.

The most wins for starters in the division era is also the 1998 Atlanta Braves. Braves Starting Pitchers won 90 games that year. The record for the Atlanta Braves in 1998 was 106-56. The lost in the NLCS to the Padres.

[Edwards Kings]

Donaldson a double shy of hitting for the cycle!