Game 14- The Dark Side

It had to happen sometime. I'm not proud of it, but BaseBlog would not be complete without a visit to US Cellular Field.

Game 13- Quick Turnaround

Two days ago, I was in Milwaukee, getting shut out yet again. It was good to be back home.

I was with Sean for the second game in a row. Luckily, this worked out to where we could make it to BP if we left right after he got off work. It went down to the wire; the time stamp on that picture was 4:54, with just over 10 minutes until the gates opened.

Disco Demolition Night

Instead of wasting my time typing out what happened at Comiskey Park on July 12th, 1979, just watch the video to understand the background story.

Game 12- The Wrong Kind of Streak

I was back in Milwaukee with my dad and the Ehrhardt's, with a little bit of a different schedule than before.

The parking lots opened three hours before the game, but the gates opened an hour and a half later. Hmmm....what could we possibly do with that extra time?

I Created the 'W' Flag

In 1937, the famous manual green scoreboard was brought to Wrigley Field by Mister P.K. Wrigley himself. Flag poles were added on top in 1938. Much like today, the American flag flew at the center, and (at that time) the 8 other National League teams were on the left and right, split by division.

The W flag, as well as the L flag, started in the 1940s. P.K. wanted to let the neighbors and El riders know what the team did that day. He had lights affixed to the board so it could be visible after sundown.