Comments on: No Jumbotron for Wrigley Field

By: smokehouse

smokehouse — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 07:10:38 +0000

Jason, I do not agree with your thinking. The large flat screen TV’s everyone wants are 21st century technology even though TV was 20th century technology, developed around the late 1930′s for the NY Worlds Fair. The Jumbotron certainly is 21st century technology, being developed only recently, within the last several years. And if Craig uses incorrect information in his column, no matter where the quote comes from, he has to be called on it. He should have alluded to the obvious.

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:08:32 +0000

Mr Meoffer knows not of what he speaks….the seats in the lower boxes point toward the infield and in the upper deck that feature is not needed because most of the patrons have eyes to watch the game and see the whole expanse of the field….what’s wrong with the walls Mr. Meoffer…..the vines look better than the stark walls of Citifield….sure, some of the amenities at Wrigley are not the greatest and some of the sight-lines in the lower deck are obstructed by the upper deck and the suites, but on the whole Wrigley is not a bad place to watch a game and it has something that Citifield does not…….history and tradition..

By: Jack Meoffer

Jack Meoffer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:44:59 +0000

While Wrigley Field may look nice on television, all I have ever heard about it from people who have gone to games it that it is horrible to watch one. The seats are small, pointed to the outfield (not 2ne base or homeplate), and “rustic” is not the word I have heard. I heard it’s a dump.
We here in New York finally got rid of Shea Stadium. Which had to be the worst stadium built of all time. The last time I went to a game I had a back ache from having to watch the game at a 90 degree angle just to see home plate.
So Chicago, and Wrigley, just because you have funny looking outfield walls, and no electronic score boards, it does not make you nostalgic, it makes you dumb. Upgrade already.

By: jason

jason — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:00:15 +0000

Smoke… it was the quote that said 20th century, not Craig. Also, the jumbotron was not invented in the last nine years, thus I believe 20th century would be accurate.
If we’re going to grammar-police… be correct.

By: smokehouse

smokehouse — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 21:46:01 +0000

Ah Craig, 21st century technology. This is 2009, not 1909.

By: N

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:38:48 +0000

This has been a strange pet idea by Sullivan and some of the other beat guys for a while now – that the team is losing great amounts of cash by not having a jumbo screen, and that they could easily pay someone to put it on their rooftop (which would more likely drive the people in the neighborhood insane.)
I don’t know why every ballpark doesn’t have some sort of wireless solution. Monatize it however, it’s still a lot better than watching scores get posted 10 minutes after they happen. The only losers would be phone companies, losing all that data traffic.

By: sirsean

sirsean — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:10:37 +0000

I absolutely LOVE the idea of streaming video replays and other stuff to smartphones during the games. I live in Chicago, and if the Cubs start doing that I might have to actually go to more than 1 of their games every couple years.