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How is that fair?
The wasn't ANY other place to have the games but the closest park to Chicago?
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...=.jsp&c_id=mlb
How is that fair?
The wasn't ANY other place to have the games but the closest park to Chicago?
anyone going to go to the games? i kind of want to go on monday!
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i would go if the tix were $10 like last year when cleveland played here, but because its so close to Chicago they can charge full price because it'll be 90% chicago fans
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The question is; if you go who are you going to rout for?
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I think he meant "closest NATIONAL league park to Chicago"
Regardless, this was a very crappy thing to do to the Astros, even a Cub fan should be able to see that. This gives the Cubs two more home games. You can bet the farm these games will have HUGE amounts of Cub fans, and that isn't right. Houston is on a tear and making a serious run for the playoffs, and taking away two home games is a pretty big deal. Playing these games at "Wrigley Field NORTH" is grossly unfair. They should have played them in a neutral zone or somewhere much closer to Houston.
Bud Selig strikes again...
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Where else were they going to go? There's rain all over the country right now, and only 2 weeks left in the season. They gotta play the games, and with us having a roof, it was the best destination to still even get some fans to the game. Especially since it worked out so well when Cleveland came to town last year.
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i saw today they're considering this a marquee game and tickets are like 25-60?? wtf! i think they know they can get easy money from the FIBS!
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Just bought two tickets!! Go Cubs!!
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wah wah wah poor astros wah wah. These guys are professionals and I'm sure they are grateful that we have a stadium capable of hosting a game no matter how shitty it is. There isn't time to put off these games a whole lot and Miller Park is a haven of sorts seeing as how the whole f'n middle of the country is getting poored on and we're one of the few with a retractable roof in the country. Why risk having an already delayed game getting rained out in an open air ballpark?
P.S. Go cubs
-Tyler
I would go on Monday but I'm not going to pay $25+ for a ticket on top of parking etc.....
ditto justin!
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Chicago is what you would get if Milwaukee had sex with it's sister. Said by a co-worker of mine arguing w/ somebody on how Milwaukee is better then Chicago.
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Its a whole lot better than having to play a double header loke the brewers and a lot of other teams.
I'm not even a cub's fan and I really don't feel sorry for the astro's for getting a chance to acually play a regular game in a safe haven (minus crazy cubs fans). Miller Park is MLB's shining gem
-Tyler
Chicago is what you would get if Milwaukee had sex with it's sister. Said by a co-worker of mine arguing w/ somebody on how Milwaukee is better then Chicago.
Reverse the situation, you and every other Cub fan in America would scream and shout and that's all there is to it. Period.
And it is NOT "raining all over the USA" as evidenced by the fact that the Brewers are playing at this moment. Who can blame a Cubs fan for seeing this like you do? I'm not. It's just like when an obviously bad call by an ump goes for your own team. You take it. You don't give it back. When they go your way, yea. When they don't.. BOO.
BOO
The Cubs got awarded two free "home" games. That's a fact. Who's at fault can be discussed at length. Does not change the facts. This was the EASIEST thing for Bud to do. He's shown how well he makes "snap decisions" before, hasn't he?
Ask the Astros how they feel. I'm guessing they don't agree. I'm surprised you don't see this as him trying to help the Brewers. Aren't the Astros coming up fast behind Milwaukee in the Wild Card race? Hmmmm.... Interesting... I guess 'cuz I'm a Brwers fan I'll rejoice in the unfairness of this decision because hey, what the hell it might help the Brewers..
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I'm sorry....philladelphia's stadium is unavailable because there is a game being played there. Like I said before....why risk getting an already rained out game rained out again when you have a perfectly good dome available for use which just happens to be close to chicago. Find another roofed stadium available in the midwestern/central region that is available and maybe your point will be somewhat valid.
Yes I'm sure Selig is intentionally trying to help the Brewer's.
-Tyler