Almost done, folks, and this one will be short.
A year ago I proclaimed Wrigley Field preferable to Fenway Park and now, having been to both again within the last six weeks, I say so again.
Both are relics. But Fenway has included modern trappings that I find out of place. It has the big video scoreboard and advertising all over the place. Wrigley has none of that. It looks the way it might have looked in the 1930s, except for those bleacher seats atop the neighborhood roofs, and you can't blame the Cubs for that.
I also find Cubs fans clever in a pathetic, self-effacing way. Much of the Red Sox paraphernalia you see rips on the Yankees, or commemorates the two recent World Series wins as if they were 20. But I saw these examples of Cubs gear:
* Centurypeat!
* A jersey with Rowengartner, No. 1 on it (see previous post).
* A shirt honoring the Cubs' three World Series winners -- 1885, 1907 and 1908.
Not gonna say much about the park. What's to say? I've seen it, you've seen it. But any time I come here it brings back memories of afternoons spent away from campus in the mid-1970s, and those were good times. It was good to come back.
Thanks for reading. Maybe next year I'll learn how to do this better.
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