balfanman Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Mr. Rogers has an article in the Tribune, along with other baseball writers from around the country about dangerous ballparks where he makes this statement. "more bad things seem to happen near U.S. Cellular Field than Wrigley Field in Chicago." You would think that he is either choosing to ignore the crime rate around "Lakeview" (a nice way of saying lying), or he is too lazy to research the actual stats. Let alone not mentioning the falling concrete. Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, then adds this gem. "U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, home of the White Sox, seems to attract its share of far-too-raucous fans. Who can forget the father-son team that ran onto the field and attacked then-Kansas City Royals first-base coach Tom Gamboa in 2002, and the fan who came onto the field and assaulted umpire Laz Diaz in 2003?" Failing to point out that one of these was actually committed by a Cubs fan. I usually make a point to ignore any article penned by Mr. Rogers, but I had already clicked on it before I realized who the writer was. He once again proves to me that he is a sorry excuse for a sports writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 It's total bulls*** and generally unethical to paint an entire fan base as crazy and dangerous when the events they cited occurred AT LEAST 8 years prior to the writing of the article. For Christ's sakes, the term "contraction" was still being thrown around during that time frame. The Red Sox STILL hadn't won a World Series. It's totally illogical and just terrible reporting all together. I can't believe Rogers' is still employed by the Tribune with the garbage that he produces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodAsGould Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 The one incident with the father/son, the father just got out of prison today or tomorrow I cant remember... I work at the prison he is at...overall not a bad inmate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 (edited) Wasn't there a person shot just a couple of years ago right near Wrigley Field? What about the Dodgers catcher that had his hat stolen? What about the fan that charged Bob Howry at Wrigley in 2007? Or the fan that attacked Randy Myers in 1995? Amazing how all these incidents are forgotten. Edited April 8, 2011 by Iwritecode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve9347 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 10:17 AM) Wasn't there a person shot just a couple of years ago right near Wrigley Field? What about the Dodgers catcher that had his hat stolen? What about the fan that charged Bob Howry at Wrigley in 2007? Or the fan that attacked Randy Myers in 1995? Amazing how all these incidents are forgotten. Amazing, yet expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G&T Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 11:17 AM) Wasn't there a person shot just a couple of years ago right near Wrigley Field? What about the Dodgers catcher that had his hat stolen? What about the fan that charged Bob Howry at Wrigley in 2007? Or the fan that attacked Randy Myers in 1995? Amazing how all these incidents are forgotten. Or the fact that every drunken yahoo is pissing on residential lawns after games. Residents around there don't want night games for many reasons, and the drunken nonsense is one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iwritecode Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Apr 8, 2011 -> 10:37 AM) Amazing, yet expected. True. It's not like he works in a large city for a major newspaper that would've swept these occurences under the rug with as little fanfare as possible reported these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleHurt05 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 For everyone's amusement, I found this discussion while Googling that 2004 shooting. http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=18486 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanne Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Yeah...aren't Cub fans great. I have to share this picture with you guys (it's on my Facebook too)...but this picture was taken a couple fridays ago when the Cubs played at Peoria Sports Complex towards the end spring training. My office pretty much butts up against the stadium and this is our parking lot. What a dip s***... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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