[NU Sports] Season (was: Hoeppner) (fwd)

[Roy Lamberton]

Gentrification has happened in almost every baseball park where a new stadium
was built over the past 15-20 years.

We've seen it in Baltimore, with the number of corporate boxes increasing and
folks talking on cell phones instead of watching the game.

The corporate box and sky box has taken baseball away from the old time fans who
have found themselves priced out of the box seats.

We used to walk into Memorial when the kids were younger and be able to afford
lower box seats. Now when we go to the Yards [when we go] its either nosebleed
or the bleachers.

Oh well

rsl

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com 
> [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:00 PM
> To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] Season (was: Hoeppner) (fwd)
> 
> 
> > As far  as being insufferable is concerned, that's pretty much the 
> > trifecta. Add  being a cubs fan and you've probably got 
> grounds for a 
> > citizen's  arrest.
> 
> When did being a Cubs fan get gentrified?
> 
> I remember attending games in the 60's when there were only 
> 5000 or so on hand, and when rather than singing 'Take Me Out 
> To The Ballgame' the primary fan activity was shouting 
> 'whooo' in a rising and falling tone as a ball that was 
> fouled back went up and down the net between the 
> box seats and the press boxes.
> 
> Back then you could sit almost anywhere in the stands, 
> because 18,000 non-reserved seats went on sale the morning of 
> each game.
> 
> Heck, you could even sneak down into the box seats when the 
> Andy Frain 
> ushers weren't looking, and sometimes when they were.  
> 
> As George C. Scott said in "Patton", 'The world grew up.  
> Hell of a shame!'
> --
> Mike Nolan
> 
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