Comments on: Wrigley Field Bleacher fans are a bunch of slobs

By: Week Sauce: Where It Wasn’t The Best Week For Birds | SportScape Sidelines

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:34:50 +0000

[...] Wednesday This fan’s biggest crime: wearing a t-shirt supporting a guy hitting .177. MLB Thursday I threw a Pepsi cup on the ground at Wrigley once and felt kinda bad about it. Not no more. MLB [...]

By: The Weekender: Won’t somebody please think of the children? | Sports News Images and Videos

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:10:17 +0000

[...] Wrigley Field, with your verdant expanses of green, your solemn waves of ivy, your … your horribly filth-stained bleachers. What in the name of Ernie Banks are you Chicagoans doing in those stands, huh? (Actually, based on [...]

By: jw

jw — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:41:30 +0000

I don’t really get why but there is a ton of Cubs hate out there. To all the people bashing Cubs fans, IMO, there are Wrigley fans and there are Cubs fans. If you want to avoid the Wrigley fans, your chances will be minimized by not going on Friday or Saturday. These people make me sick because they are there to get completely tanked and could careless about the game. They shout obscenities to their friends 15 rows up and occasionally at the players when they realize there is a baseball game going on. They are Wrigley fans and they give real Cubs fans a bad name. I’m a die hard Cubs fan from Central Illinois and when I make the drive to Wrigley, I am there to watch the game and maybe enjoy a hot dog along with a beer or two. It’s the perfect day that can be spoiled by some of these drunk fools. But to single out the Cubs on this issue is nonsense. You have drunk “fans” everywhere. There is garbage at any public event where thousands of people gather. I guess other baseball teams save money by not having to hire cleaning crews because their fans all use the proper garbage receptacles.

By: ljc

ljc — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:58:13 +0000

Littering?

Its a confined space. When you dont bus your own table at Bennigans on Friday night date-night, is that “littering”?

Don’t feel sorry for the people cleaning up. They probably dont love their job but the freaking NEED the money. If everyone pockets their own trash, those hard working men are on the street searching for something else.

get a freaking clue

By: JN

JN — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:42:43 +0000

What can you expect after the Cubs spent years promoting the bleachers as a party spot. As you may imagine , very sucessfully. Many games feature fans(?) who have no idea what team the Cubs are playing . What inning? The score? Not a clue.
Even so , there is not a better place to watch a ballgame. The regular crowd accepts and even welcomes strangers, as long as they know baseball. Even fans of the competition. After all , it’s only a game and we know how to make the best of it.

By: Miss Derriere

Miss Derriere — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:40:01 +0000

I’ve been to my share of games at Wrigley and the few trash cans they have are all full by the first few innings. I know this because I’ve tried to throw my garbage but there are not enough cans provided. I’m sure that they make a killing on all the stuff they sell and trash comes along with it.

By: JH

JH — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:27:50 +0000

Eric – if the intent wasn’t aimed at the Cubs, then why did he only show video of Wrigley? Did he even attempt to find similar videos of other parks? I don’t pretend to know, but have to believe fans in other parks behave about the same. Besides, what else are you supposed to do with the trash – I doubt very many people will miss part of the game to go find a trash can.

Philly – I was at a Cub/sTwins game this weekend and, while I wouldn’t say Twins fans ‘took over Wrigley’, there were more visiting fans than normal. If you saw/heard the crowd after the ninth inning win, you’d realize Cubs fans did dominate.

I don’t go to many Cubs games, but one thing impressed me. We hit several Wrigleyville bars after the game and the fans, much to my surprise were well behaved. There was a lot of drinking, but I didn’t see any over the top, falling down stupid drunks.

By: Rasputin

Rasputin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:12:51 +0000

So far I’ve been to 23 major league parks and I’ve noticed a trend. All the older ones (Wrigley, Fenway, Yankees v.1) are filthy because they weren’t designed with our modern mindset in place. Back then, seats were more cramped and the concept of a nearby trash can didn’t exist. It’s not the people, it’s the lack of modern civil engineering practices.
When I saw Veterans Stadium give way to Citizens Bank Park, the volume of litter decreased immensely. One might think that more people in the stands would equal more trash, but it wasn’t the case.
ps: Yes, Cubs fans are drunks, but they’re fun drunks that appreciate the game! I can’t wait for them to visit in a few weeks.

By: philly

philly — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:16:53 +0000

to all the Cubs fans telling Atl fans to buy tickets and the Cubs support, etc, etc… The Twins fans basically took over Wrigley last week, so don’t get to high on yourselves

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:03:44 +0000

hey cubs fans….it seems like your panties are riding higher than that chicks thong.

good article, he was just making a point about what his college friend told him. It wasnt a stab at the cubs, but the mess that is bleacher fans. the pictures prove he’s right.

what about new york?…blah blah philly?…blah..stop whining

How can you be mad after watching that video??…i can say that this made me actually want to attend a cubs game (ill take the old couples seats next to the blonde)

just start rootinng for the AL East as a whole….you’ll finally get a ring this year