Byrd hasn’t really made me a fan. I think everyone would be fine if he were with another team -
Remember the Ryan Theriot fishing bobblehead the Cubs handed out earlier this year?
Today, Carlos Zambrano gets the “non-baseball” treatment as the Cubs will give the first 10,000 fans a bobblehead of him with a soccer ball. Click here for the Cubs’ September promotional schedule, where you can find a photo of this masterpiece. It’s a shame Z isn’t pitching today — that’d be perfect. He’ll go on Sunday.
As for this weekend’s opponent, the Mets have been a classic .500 club for the last six weeks. On July 21, they lost to the Diamondbacks in 14 innings, making their record 49-46. Since that date — 39 games ago — they have not been more than three games over nor three games under .500. In fact, between July 24 and August 31 they weren’t more than two games under or over .500. They come into this game 66-68, having just broken their first three-game losing streak since late July. They haven’t won more than two in a row since then, either.
So, the Cubs have a reasonable shot at winning this series. They’ll be facing a tired Mets team — for some reason, they had a night game in Atlanta last night.
One more note: the Cubs have activated Welington Castillo effective today. So far, he’s the only recall. I would expect Carlos Silva to be activated in time to take Tom Gorzelanny’s next turn; other recalls, if any, are likely to happen after the Triple-A season ends.
Today’s lineup via tweet from Carrie:
#Cubs lineup vs #Mets for Fri: RF Fuke, SS Castro, CF Byrd, 3B Ramy, 1B Nady, C Soto, LF Soriano, 2B DeWitt, P Wells
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R.A. Dickey has never faced the Cubs and only three current Cubs (Alfonso Soriano, Marlon Byrd and Blake DeWitt) have ever faced him, none for more than two at-bats. But I remember a spring-training game he threw against the Cubs in 2006 when he was with the Rangers; he gave up only three hits in six innings. Here’s the recap I wrote on that March 24, 2006 game; it’s typical knuckleball. You’re either unhittable or totally hittable; like a lot of knuckleballers, it has taken Dickey into his mid-30s to really master the pitch. If this year is for real, he could throw for another ten (like Tim Wakefield) because knuckleballs put almost no stress on a pitcher’s arm.
Randy Wells threw a nice game against the Mets in New York on April 19; after Lou double-switched him out of the game in a 1-1 tie after six innings and only 93 pitches, the bullpen blew the game. Quite a few players who were in that game aren’t even on the Mets any more — Jeff Francoeur, Rod Barajas and Alex Cora are all gone. Randy won his last start vs. the Reds, his first “W” since July.
Today’s game is on CSN Chicago and SNY. Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Please visit our SB Nation Mets site Amazin’ Avenue.
Today’s first pitch thread will be up at 1:15 pm CDT, and the overflows will post at 2:15 pm, 3:15 pm and 4 pm CDT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
.
Post your thoughts below!
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same professional equipment that MVPs use? Want a great deal? Get $0 shipping on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have just about everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Byrd hasn’t really made me a fan. I think everyone would be fine if he were with another team -
Remember the Ryan Theriot fishing bobblehead the Cubs handed out earlier this year?
Today, Carlos Zambrano gets the “non-baseball” treatment as the Cubs will give the first 10,000 fans a bobblehead of him with a soccer ball. Click here for the Cubs’ September promotional schedule, where you can find a photo of this masterpiece. It’s a shame Z isn’t pitching today — that’d be perfect. He’ll go on Sunday.
As for this weekend’s opponent, the Mets have been a classic .500 club for the last six weeks. On July 21, they lost to the Diamondbacks in 14 innings, making their record 49-46. Since that date — 39 games ago — they have not been more than three games over nor three games under .500. In fact, between July 24 and August 31 they weren’t more than two games under or over .500. They come into this game 66-68, having just broken their first three-game losing streak since late July. They haven’t won more than two in a row since then, either.
So, the Cubs have a reasonable shot at winning this series. They’ll be facing a tired Mets team — for some reason, they had a night game in Atlanta last night.
One more note: the Cubs have activated Welington Castillo effective today. So far, he’s the only recall. I would expect Carlos Silva to be activated in time to take Tom Gorzelanny’s next turn; other recalls, if any, are likely to happen after the Triple-A season ends.
Today’s lineup via tweet from Carrie:
#Cubs lineup vs #Mets for Fri: RF Fuke, SS Castro, CF Byrd, 3B Ramy, 1B Nady, C Soto, LF Soriano, 2B DeWitt, P Wells
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R.A. Dickey has never faced the Cubs and only three current Cubs (Alfonso Soriano, Marlon Byrd and Blake DeWitt) have ever faced him, none for more than two at-bats. But I remember a spring-training game he threw against the Cubs in 2006 when he was with the Rangers; he gave up only three hits in six innings. Here’s the recap I wrote on that March 24, 2006 game; it’s typical knuckleball. You’re either unhittable or totally hittable; like a lot of knuckleballers, it has taken Dickey into his mid-30s to really master the pitch. If this year is for real, he could throw for another ten (like Tim Wakefield) because knuckleballs put almost no stress on a pitcher’s arm.
Randy Wells threw a nice game against the Mets in New York on April 19; after Lou double-switched him out of the game in a 1-1 tie after six innings and only 93 pitches, the bullpen blew the game. Quite a few players who were in that game aren’t even on the Mets any more — Jeff Francoeur, Rod Barajas and Alex Cora are all gone. Randy won his last start vs. the Reds, his first “W” since July.
Today’s game is on CSN Chicago and SNY. Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Please visit our SB Nation Mets site Amazin’ Avenue.
Today’s first pitch thread will be up at 1:15 pm CDT, and the overflows will post at 2:15 pm, 3:15 pm and 4 pm CDT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
.
Post your thoughts below!
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same professional equipment that MVPs use? Want a great deal? Get $0 shipping on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have just about everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Byrd hasn’t really made me a fan. I think everyone would be fine if he were with another team -
Remember the Ryan Theriot fishing bobblehead the Cubs handed out earlier this year?
Today, Carlos Zambrano gets the “non-baseball” treatment as the Cubs will give the first 10,000 fans a bobblehead of him with a soccer ball. Click here for the Cubs’ September promotional schedule, where you can find a photo of this masterpiece. It’s a shame Z isn’t pitching today — that’d be perfect. He’ll go on Sunday.
As for this weekend’s opponent, the Mets have been a classic .500 club for the last six weeks. On July 21, they lost to the Diamondbacks in 14 innings, making their record 49-46. Since that date — 39 games ago — they have not been more than three games over nor three games under .500. In fact, between July 24 and August 31 they weren’t more than two games under or over .500. They come into this game 66-68, having just broken their first three-game losing streak since late July. They haven’t won more than two in a row since then, either.
So, the Cubs have a reasonable shot at winning this series. They’ll be facing a tired Mets team — for some reason, they had a night game in Atlanta last night.
One more note: the Cubs have activated Welington Castillo effective today. So far, he’s the only recall. I would expect Carlos Silva to be activated in time to take Tom Gorzelanny’s next turn; other recalls, if any, are likely to happen after the Triple-A season ends.
Today’s lineup via tweet from Carrie:
#Cubs lineup vs #Mets for Fri: RF Fuke, SS Castro, CF Byrd, 3B Ramy, 1B Nady, C Soto, LF Soriano, 2B DeWitt, P Wells
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R.A. Dickey has never faced the Cubs and only three current Cubs (Alfonso Soriano, Marlon Byrd and Blake DeWitt) have ever faced him, none for more than two at-bats. But I remember a spring-training game he threw against the Cubs in 2006 when he was with the Rangers; he gave up only three hits in six innings. Here’s the recap I wrote on that March 24, 2006 game; it’s typical knuckleball. You’re either unhittable or totally hittable; like a lot of knuckleballers, it has taken Dickey into his mid-30s to really master the pitch. If this year is for real, he could throw for another ten (like Tim Wakefield) because knuckleballs put almost no stress on a pitcher’s arm.
Randy Wells threw a nice game against the Mets in New York on April 19; after Lou double-switched him out of the game in a 1-1 tie after six innings and only 93 pitches, the bullpen blew the game. Quite a few players who were in that game aren’t even on the Mets any more — Jeff Francoeur, Rod Barajas and Alex Cora are all gone. Randy won his last start vs. the Reds, his first “W” since July.
Today’s game is on CSN Chicago and SNY. Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.
Baseball-reference.com game preview
Please visit our SB Nation Mets site Amazin’ Avenue.
Today’s first pitch thread will be up at 1:15 pm CDT, and the overflows will post at 2:15 pm, 3:15 pm and 4 pm CDT.
Discuss amongst yourselves.
.
Post your thoughts below!
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same professional equipment that MVPs use? Want a great deal? Get $0 shipping on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have just about everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Many times, I have been asked, “Why do you go to every single game?” or “What is it about the bleachers that you like so much?” or “Why do you sit out there when you could get a better seat closer up?”
The answers to these questions are difficult to give, but now I can simply tell people who ask, “Go buy ‘Wrigley Regulars’, because it answers all these questions better than I possibly can.”
Before I tell you about this book, you should know a couple of things. First, Holly Swyers, who is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College, is one of the “Wrigley Regulars” and has been a personal friend of mine for more than ten years. She asked me (and other regulars) to read through her drafts to make sure all the facts were correct, and that means you’ll find things about me (and about this site) in the book. It’s also written not just about baseball and the Wrigley bleachers, but it’s designed to be a college-level sociology/anthropology textbook about communities and how they come together.
Because this is a college text, it went through a different process than most baseball-related books; Holly told me often of how it had to be reviewed by a panel, then edited, then re-reviewed. Most of the events she describes in the bleachers are from 2005 and before — thus, the “old” bleachers, before the reconstruction and expansion. For that reason it’s an interesting snapshot of what the life and culture of bleacher regulars was like before the bleachers were rebuilt. (Honest opinion from me: it hasn’t changed all that much.)
You’ll meet a lot of the people I know and hang with every day, whether it’s in line waiting to get in, or in various conversations we have as we all walk around the bleachers to our seating groupings — that’s another topic examined, how the various groups of bleacher regulars (now, mostly season ticket holders) formed and stay together and change over the years. This is how the narrative of life in the bleachers is connected to the academic subject matter of communities.
I won’t pretend to be an expert on that, but I will tell you that this is no dry college text. It’s very readable, and even the parts that are more academically and less baseball focused are accessible to someone who’s not into the sociology or anthropology discipline.
This book is highly recommended for anyone who’s a Cubs fan — or baseball fan — to understand why some of us spend so much time in the bleachers. Yes, it’s about baseball, but as Holly points out, it’s also about community and those you get to know so well over the course of many baseball seasons become family. We all found this out just within the last week, when someone who is a bleacher season ticket holder and one of the “Wrigley Regulars” became seriously ill. The outpouring of love and concern I saw everyone show is a perfect example of the family and community that Holly writes about.
If you’d like to meet Holly Swyers and get your copy of “Wrigley Regulars” signed, there will be a signing event/launch party at Houndstooth, 3369 N. Clark in Chicago, next Thursday, September 9, from 6 to 9 pm.
.
I have always been a fan of eyre, but I have to say, seeing stuff like this gives me mixed feelings.How do you think this news will affect the team this season?
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same type of professional equipment that MVPs use? Want to buy it for less? Get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Many times, I have been asked, “Why do you go to every single game?” or “What is it about the bleachers that you like so much?” or “Why do you sit out there when you could get a better seat closer up?”
The answers to these questions are difficult to give, but now I can simply tell people who ask, “Go buy ‘Wrigley Regulars’, because it answers all these questions better than I possibly can.”
Before I tell you about this book, you should know a couple of things. First, Holly Swyers, who is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College, is one of the “Wrigley Regulars” and has been a personal friend of mine for more than ten years. She asked me (and other regulars) to read through her drafts to make sure all the facts were correct, and that means you’ll find things about me (and about this site) in the book. It’s also written not just about baseball and the Wrigley bleachers, but it’s designed to be a college-level sociology/anthropology textbook about communities and how they come together.
Because this is a college text, it went through a different process than most baseball-related books; Holly told me often of how it had to be reviewed by a panel, then edited, then re-reviewed. Most of the events she describes in the bleachers are from 2005 and before — thus, the “old” bleachers, before the reconstruction and expansion. For that reason it’s an interesting snapshot of what the life and culture of bleacher regulars was like before the bleachers were rebuilt. (Honest opinion from me: it hasn’t changed all that much.)
You’ll meet a lot of the people I know and hang with every day, whether it’s in line waiting to get in, or in various conversations we have as we all walk around the bleachers to our seating groupings — that’s another topic examined, how the various groups of bleacher regulars (now, mostly season ticket holders) formed and stay together and change over the years. This is how the narrative of life in the bleachers is connected to the academic subject matter of communities.
I won’t pretend to be an expert on that, but I will tell you that this is no dry college text. It’s very readable, and even the parts that are more academically and less baseball focused are accessible to someone who’s not into the sociology or anthropology discipline.
This book is highly recommended for anyone who’s a Cubs fan — or baseball fan — to understand why some of us spend so much time in the bleachers. Yes, it’s about baseball, but as Holly points out, it’s also about community and those you get to know so well over the course of many baseball seasons become family. We all found this out just within the last week, when someone who is a bleacher season ticket holder and one of the “Wrigley Regulars” became seriously ill. The outpouring of love and concern I saw everyone show is a perfect example of the family and community that Holly writes about.
If you’d like to meet Holly Swyers and get your copy of “Wrigley Regulars” signed, there will be a signing event/launch party at Houndstooth, 3369 N. Clark in Chicago, next Thursday, September 9, from 6 to 9 pm.
.
I have always been a fan of eyre, but I have to say, seeing stuff like this gives me mixed feelings.How do you think this news will affect the team this season?
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same type of professional equipment that MVPs use? Want to buy it for less? Get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Many times, I have been asked, “Why do you go to every single game?” or “What is it about the bleachers that you like so much?” or “Why do you sit out there when you could get a better seat closer up?”
The answers to these questions are difficult to give, but now I can simply tell people who ask, “Go buy ‘Wrigley Regulars’, because it answers all these questions better than I possibly can.”
Before I tell you about this book, you should know a couple of things. First, Holly Swyers, who is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College, is one of the “Wrigley Regulars” and has been a personal friend of mine for more than ten years. She asked me (and other regulars) to read through her drafts to make sure all the facts were correct, and that means you’ll find things about me (and about this site) in the book. It’s also written not just about baseball and the Wrigley bleachers, but it’s designed to be a college-level sociology/anthropology textbook about communities and how they come together.
Because this is a college text, it went through a different process than most baseball-related books; Holly told me often of how it had to be reviewed by a panel, then edited, then re-reviewed. Most of the events she describes in the bleachers are from 2005 and before — thus, the “old” bleachers, before the reconstruction and expansion. For that reason it’s an interesting snapshot of what the life and culture of bleacher regulars was like before the bleachers were rebuilt. (Honest opinion from me: it hasn’t changed all that much.)
You’ll meet a lot of the people I know and hang with every day, whether it’s in line waiting to get in, or in various conversations we have as we all walk around the bleachers to our seating groupings — that’s another topic examined, how the various groups of bleacher regulars (now, mostly season ticket holders) formed and stay together and change over the years. This is how the narrative of life in the bleachers is connected to the academic subject matter of communities.
I won’t pretend to be an expert on that, but I will tell you that this is no dry college text. It’s very readable, and even the parts that are more academically and less baseball focused are accessible to someone who’s not into the sociology or anthropology discipline.
This book is highly recommended for anyone who’s a Cubs fan — or baseball fan — to understand why some of us spend so much time in the bleachers. Yes, it’s about baseball, but as Holly points out, it’s also about community and those you get to know so well over the course of many baseball seasons become family. We all found this out just within the last week, when someone who is a bleacher season ticket holder and one of the “Wrigley Regulars” became seriously ill. The outpouring of love and concern I saw everyone show is a perfect example of the family and community that Holly writes about.
If you’d like to meet Holly Swyers and get your copy of “Wrigley Regulars” signed, there will be a signing event/launch party at Houndstooth, 3369 N. Clark in Chicago, next Thursday, September 9, from 6 to 9 pm.
.
I have always been a fan of eyre, but I have to say, seeing stuff like this gives me mixed feelings.How do you think this news will affect the team this season?
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same type of professional equipment that MVPs use? Want to buy it for less? Get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Many times, I have been asked, “Why do you go to every single game?” or “What is it about the bleachers that you like so much?” or “Why do you sit out there when you could get a better seat closer up?”
The answers to these questions are difficult to give, but now I can simply tell people who ask, “Go buy ‘Wrigley Regulars’, because it answers all these questions better than I possibly can.”
Before I tell you about this book, you should know a couple of things. First, Holly Swyers, who is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College, is one of the “Wrigley Regulars” and has been a personal friend of mine for more than ten years. She asked me (and other regulars) to read through her drafts to make sure all the facts were correct, and that means you’ll find things about me (and about this site) in the book. It’s also written not just about baseball and the Wrigley bleachers, but it’s designed to be a college-level sociology/anthropology textbook about communities and how they come together.
Because this is a college text, it went through a different process than most baseball-related books; Holly told me often of how it had to be reviewed by a panel, then edited, then re-reviewed. Most of the events she describes in the bleachers are from 2005 and before — thus, the “old” bleachers, before the reconstruction and expansion. For that reason it’s an interesting snapshot of what the life and culture of bleacher regulars was like before the bleachers were rebuilt. (Honest opinion from me: it hasn’t changed all that much.)
You’ll meet a lot of the people I know and hang with every day, whether it’s in line waiting to get in, or in various conversations we have as we all walk around the bleachers to our seating groupings — that’s another topic examined, how the various groups of bleacher regulars (now, mostly season ticket holders) formed and stay together and change over the years. This is how the narrative of life in the bleachers is connected to the academic subject matter of communities.
I won’t pretend to be an expert on that, but I will tell you that this is no dry college text. It’s very readable, and even the parts that are more academically and less baseball focused are accessible to someone who’s not into the sociology or anthropology discipline.
This book is highly recommended for anyone who’s a Cubs fan — or baseball fan — to understand why some of us spend so much time in the bleachers. Yes, it’s about baseball, but as Holly points out, it’s also about community and those you get to know so well over the course of many baseball seasons become family. We all found this out just within the last week, when someone who is a bleacher season ticket holder and one of the “Wrigley Regulars” became seriously ill. The outpouring of love and concern I saw everyone show is a perfect example of the family and community that Holly writes about.
If you’d like to meet Holly Swyers and get your copy of “Wrigley Regulars” signed, there will be a signing event/launch party at Houndstooth, 3369 N. Clark in Chicago, next Thursday, September 9, from 6 to 9 pm.
.
I have always been a fan of eyre, but I have to say, seeing stuff like this gives me mixed feelings.How do you think this news will affect the team this season?
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same type of professional equipment that MVPs use? Want to buy it for less? Get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Many times, I have been asked, “Why do you go to every single game?” or “What is it about the bleachers that you like so much?” or “Why do you sit out there when you could get a better seat closer up?”
The answers to these questions are difficult to give, but now I can simply tell people who ask, “Go buy ‘Wrigley Regulars’, because it answers all these questions better than I possibly can.”
Before I tell you about this book, you should know a couple of things. First, Holly Swyers, who is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College, is one of the “Wrigley Regulars” and has been a personal friend of mine for more than ten years. She asked me (and other regulars) to read through her drafts to make sure all the facts were correct, and that means you’ll find things about me (and about this site) in the book. It’s also written not just about baseball and the Wrigley bleachers, but it’s designed to be a college-level sociology/anthropology textbook about communities and how they come together.
Because this is a college text, it went through a different process than most baseball-related books; Holly told me often of how it had to be reviewed by a panel, then edited, then re-reviewed. Most of the events she describes in the bleachers are from 2005 and before — thus, the “old” bleachers, before the reconstruction and expansion. For that reason it’s an interesting snapshot of what the life and culture of bleacher regulars was like before the bleachers were rebuilt. (Honest opinion from me: it hasn’t changed all that much.)
You’ll meet a lot of the people I know and hang with every day, whether it’s in line waiting to get in, or in various conversations we have as we all walk around the bleachers to our seating groupings — that’s another topic examined, how the various groups of bleacher regulars (now, mostly season ticket holders) formed and stay together and change over the years. This is how the narrative of life in the bleachers is connected to the academic subject matter of communities.
I won’t pretend to be an expert on that, but I will tell you that this is no dry college text. It’s very readable, and even the parts that are more academically and less baseball focused are accessible to someone who’s not into the sociology or anthropology discipline.
This book is highly recommended for anyone who’s a Cubs fan — or baseball fan — to understand why some of us spend so much time in the bleachers. Yes, it’s about baseball, but as Holly points out, it’s also about community and those you get to know so well over the course of many baseball seasons become family. We all found this out just within the last week, when someone who is a bleacher season ticket holder and one of the “Wrigley Regulars” became seriously ill. The outpouring of love and concern I saw everyone show is a perfect example of the family and community that Holly writes about.
If you’d like to meet Holly Swyers and get your copy of “Wrigley Regulars” signed, there will be a signing event/launch party at Houndstooth, 3369 N. Clark in Chicago, next Thursday, September 9, from 6 to 9 pm.
.
I have always been a fan of eyre, but I have to say, seeing stuff like this gives me mixed feelings.How do you think this news will affect the team this season?
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same type of professional equipment that MVPs use? Want to buy it for less? Get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Many times, I have been asked, “Why do you go to every single game?” or “What is it about the bleachers that you like so much?” or “Why do you sit out there when you could get a better seat closer up?”
The answers to these questions are difficult to give, but now I can simply tell people who ask, “Go buy ‘Wrigley Regulars’, because it answers all these questions better than I possibly can.”
Before I tell you about this book, you should know a couple of things. First, Holly Swyers, who is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College, is one of the “Wrigley Regulars” and has been a personal friend of mine for more than ten years. She asked me (and other regulars) to read through her drafts to make sure all the facts were correct, and that means you’ll find things about me (and about this site) in the book. It’s also written not just about baseball and the Wrigley bleachers, but it’s designed to be a college-level sociology/anthropology textbook about communities and how they come together.
Because this is a college text, it went through a different process than most baseball-related books; Holly told me often of how it had to be reviewed by a panel, then edited, then re-reviewed. Most of the events she describes in the bleachers are from 2005 and before — thus, the “old” bleachers, before the reconstruction and expansion. For that reason it’s an interesting snapshot of what the life and culture of bleacher regulars was like before the bleachers were rebuilt. (Honest opinion from me: it hasn’t changed all that much.)
You’ll meet a lot of the people I know and hang with every day, whether it’s in line waiting to get in, or in various conversations we have as we all walk around the bleachers to our seating groupings — that’s another topic examined, how the various groups of bleacher regulars (now, mostly season ticket holders) formed and stay together and change over the years. This is how the narrative of life in the bleachers is connected to the academic subject matter of communities.
I won’t pretend to be an expert on that, but I will tell you that this is no dry college text. It’s very readable, and even the parts that are more academically and less baseball focused are accessible to someone who’s not into the sociology or anthropology discipline.
This book is highly recommended for anyone who’s a Cubs fan — or baseball fan — to understand why some of us spend so much time in the bleachers. Yes, it’s about baseball, but as Holly points out, it’s also about community and those you get to know so well over the course of many baseball seasons become family. We all found this out just within the last week, when someone who is a bleacher season ticket holder and one of the “Wrigley Regulars” became seriously ill. The outpouring of love and concern I saw everyone show is a perfect example of the family and community that Holly writes about.
If you’d like to meet Holly Swyers and get your copy of “Wrigley Regulars” signed, there will be a signing event/launch party at Houndstooth, 3369 N. Clark in Chicago, next Thursday, September 9, from 6 to 9 pm.
.
I have always been a fan of eyre, but I have to say, seeing stuff like this gives me mixed feelings.How do you think this news will affect the team this season?
Want to give yourself an edge? Want the same type of professional equipment that MVPs use? Want to buy it for less? Get FREE SHIPPING on orders over $99 when you shop at BaseballRampage. These guys have everything you need, from bats balls and gloves to cleats, bases, even pitching machines.
Many times, I have been asked, “Why do you go to every single game?” or “What is it about the bleachers that you like so much?” or “Why do you sit out there when you could get a better seat closer up?”
The answers to these questions are difficult to give, but now I can simply tell people who ask, “Go buy ‘Wrigley Regulars’, because it answers all these questions better than I possibly can.”
Before I tell you about this book, you should know a couple of things. First, Holly Swyers, who is an assistant professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College, is one of the “Wrigley Regulars” and has been a personal friend of mine for more than ten years. She asked me (and other regulars) to read through her drafts to make sure all the facts were correct, and that means you’ll find things about me (and about this site) in the book. It’s also written not just about baseball and the Wrigley bleachers, but it’s designed to be a college-level sociology/anthropology textbook about communities and how they come together.
Because this is a college text, it went through a different process than most baseball-related books; Holly told me often of how it had to be reviewed by a panel, then edited, then re-reviewed. Most of the events she describes in the bleachers are from 2005 and before — thus, the “old” bleachers, before the reconstruction and expansion. For that reason it’s an interesting snapshot of what the life and culture of bleacher regulars was like before the bleachers were rebuilt. (Honest opinion from me: it hasn’t changed all that much.)
You’ll meet a lot of the people I know and hang with every day, whether it’s in line waiting to get in, or in various conversations we have as we all walk around the bleachers to our seating groupings — that’s another topic examined, how the various groups of bleacher regulars (now, mostly season ticket holders) formed and stay together and change over the years. This is how the narrative of life in the bleachers is connected to the academic subject matter of communities.
I won’t pretend to be an expert on that, but I will tell you that this is no dry college text. It’s very readable, and even the parts that are more academically and less baseball focused are accessible to someone who’s not into the sociology or anthropology discipline.
This book is highly recommended for anyone who’s a Cubs fan — or baseball fan — to understand why some of us spend so much time in the bleachers. Yes, it’s about baseball, but as Holly points out, it’s also about community and those you get to know so well over the course of many baseball seasons become family. We all found this out just within the last week, when someone who is a bleacher season ticket holder and one of the “Wrigley Regulars” became seriously ill. The outpouring of love and concern I saw everyone show is a perfect example of the family and community that Holly writes about.
If you’d like to meet Holly Swyers and get your copy of “Wrigley Regulars” signed, there will be a signing event/launch party at Houndstooth, 3369 N. Clark in Chicago, next Thursday, September 9, from 6 to 9 pm.
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I have always been a fan of eyre, but I have to say, seeing stuff like this gives me mixed feelings.How do you think this news will affect the team this season?
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