Some Wrigley Field Questions

[DtownPride]

Hey guys....I am an avid Detroit Tigers fan, bought some tickets for the weekend, and had a few questions regarding Wrigley Field.

 

I have just been there once 10 years ago, and don't remember a whole lot from that trip. A couple buddies and I are headed out to Chicago for all 3 games of the Tigers-Cubs in mid June.

 

1. We have Bleacher tickets for Friday. We wanted to experience the bleachers once......How are the bleacher seats....is it the best experience and atmosphere in the stadium? (especially for the 20-30yr old something crowd)

 

2. Other seats are somehow, due to an online mistake/overlook, ended up in section 406, upper deck box, row 6...how are seats out there, pretty far away?

 

3. Any good suggestions for bars/restaurants right nearby?

 

 

Thanks guys.....Figured you guys would know best......and greetings from motowntigers.com, our best Tigers board

[Jon]

Welcome to the board.

 

You should enjoy the bleachers. They'll give you a great view, as well. You might want to plan on getting there early, possibly two hours in advance when gates open or before, to get good seats since they're general admission. Since it's a Friday afternoon game, though, the lines won't be as long as a Saturday or Sunday game. You'd also be able to watch the Cubs finish up batting practice before the Tigers take their turn.

 

As for 406, here's the view:

 

http://www.seatdata.com/images/mlb_cubs/170x128/406.jpg

 

I've sat in 406 before. You're obviously down the line, but because the upper deck is so close to the field, they're not bad seats. The 400 section, the first 10 rows of the upper deck, are all completely unobstructed. And in case it rains, the overhang should keep you dry.

[Andy]

Welcome DTown -

 

As a denizen of the bleachers for three games last year, I can tell you that there is no place in America better to watch a game than from the Wrigley Field bleachers. There's camaraderie everywhere and odds are you make a new friend or two before the game is over. The fans in the bleachers also tend to be pretty knowledgeable about baseball (contrary to popular belief) in terms of knowing when to applaud for a pitcher who has a 2-strike count or knowing that it's a big deal when we get a K/popout with a man on third and less than 2 out. Cubs fans also tend to be very welcoming to opponent fans, so expect some good-natured ribbing and good-luck handshakes. Vendors come around usually about once an inning rotating between hotdogs, beers, waters, etc. I'd advise getting there at least two hours before the game to ensure a good seat, because bleacher tickets are general admission, find your own seat.

 

Hope all this helped, and good luck to your Tigers in the June series - but not too much :wink:

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Isn't someone else here from Livonia, MI?

 

EDIT: My hunch was right, it's tadowdaddy.

Edited February 27, 2006 by Transmogrified Tiger

[sethuel1]

Welcome DTown -

 

As a denizen of the bleachers for three games last year, I can tell you that there is no place in America better to watch a game than from the Wrigley Field bleachers. There's camaraderie everywhere and odds are you make a new friend or two before the game is over. The fans in the bleachers also tend to be pretty knowledgeable about baseball (contrary to popular belief) in terms of knowing when to applaud for a pitcher who has a 2-strike count or knowing that it's a big deal when we get a K/popout with a man on third and less than 2 out. Cubs fans also tend to be very welcoming to opponent fans, so expect some good-natured ribbing and good-luck handshakes. Vendors come around usually about once an inning rotating between hotdogs, beers, waters, etc. I'd advise getting there at least two hours before the game to ensure a good seat, because bleacher tickets are general admission, find your own seat.

 

Hope all this helped, and good luck to your Tigers in the June series - but not too much :wink:

 

Ndistops has just shown his (lack of) age...there are no roving beer saleman in the bleachers. You have to get up and go to the vending locations for beer. As to where those locations will be in the new bleachers...it's anybody's guess.

 

The hot dog guys come around regularly, though.

Edited February 27, 2006 by sethuel1

[Andy]

Welcome DTown -

 

As a denizen of the bleachers for three games last year, I can tell you that there is no place in America better to watch a game than from the Wrigley Field bleachers. There's camaraderie everywhere and odds are you make a new friend or two before the game is over. The fans in the bleachers also tend to be pretty knowledgeable about baseball (contrary to popular belief) in terms of knowing when to applaud for a pitcher who has a 2-strike count or knowing that it's a big deal when we get a K/popout with a man on third and less than 2 out. Cubs fans also tend to be very welcoming to opponent fans, so expect some good-natured ribbing and good-luck handshakes. Vendors come around usually about once an inning rotating between hotdogs, beers, waters, etc. I'd advise getting there at least two hours before the game to ensure a good seat, because bleacher tickets are general admission, find your own seat.

 

Hope all this helped, and good luck to your Tigers in the June series - but not too much :wink:

 

Ndistops has just shown his age...there are no roving beer saleman in the bleachers. You have to get up and go to the vending locations for beer. As to where those locations will be in the new bleachers...it's anybody's guess.

 

The hot dog guys come around regularly, though.

Huh...I could've sworn there was an Old Style guy wandering around last year. Then again, I was paying attention to Z and Wood's pitching masterpieces so I could've been distracted. :)

[sethuel1]

Welcome DTown -

 

As a denizen of the bleachers for three games last year, I can tell you that there is no place in America better to watch a game than from the Wrigley Field bleachers. There's camaraderie everywhere and odds are you make a new friend or two before the game is over. The fans in the bleachers also tend to be pretty knowledgeable about baseball (contrary to popular belief) in terms of knowing when to applaud for a pitcher who has a 2-strike count or knowing that it's a big deal when we get a K/popout with a man on third and less than 2 out. Cubs fans also tend to be very welcoming to opponent fans, so expect some good-natured ribbing and good-luck handshakes. Vendors come around usually about once an inning rotating between hotdogs, beers, waters, etc. I'd advise getting there at least two hours before the game to ensure a good seat, because bleacher tickets are general admission, find your own seat.

 

Hope all this helped, and good luck to your Tigers in the June series - but not too much :wink:

 

Ndistops has just shown his age...there are no roving beer saleman in the bleachers. You have to get up and go to the vending locations for beer. As to where those locations will be in the new bleachers...it's anybody's guess.

 

The hot dog guys come around regularly, though.

Huh...I could've sworn there was an Old Style guy wandering around last year. Then again, I was paying attention to Z and Wood's pitching masterpieces so I could've been distracted. :)

 

Considering I was in the bleachers for the Jason Jennings masterpiece last year, I definitely noticed the lack of roving beer vendors.

[DtownPride]

Thanks for the tips so far.....any advice/comments are interesting to read....something about seeing my beloved Tigers play at Wrigley gets me pretty pumped.....I remember the Tigers playing out there a few years ago, but couldn't make my way out there. I just find it cool, from a baseball history perspective, to see the Tigers-Cubs, two tradition-rich teams, classic uniforms, play at Wrigley.......one of the cool aspects of Interleague play

[Abe Frohman]

Dtown - welcome to the board, and enjoy the series.

 

Personally, nothing beats the bleachers for a night game. Enjoy the beer and the heckling, should be a lot of fun. After the game, make your way across the street to Hi-Tops and get your drink on.

[Mark_R]

I LOVE the bleachers as well. Only thing I dislike is that there are no backs to the seats, back is usually sore at the end of the game. Get there for BP, everybody is joking around with the opposing team. I remember guys heckling the Blue Jays pitching coach last year for an autographed ball (very strange and ultimately successful) and at a Padres game, people were discussing closer situations with Trevor Hoffman and most of us were begging him to come to Chicago (this was when we still had Hawkins). If you're an opposing teams' fan, be prepared for some not so pleasant things said about the OF'ers. Some of it can be pretty crude. And if you're upset about something, there's almost no sense in saying anything to the ushers as the only thing they do in terms of manning issues is making sure you get your beer off the basket area.

 

Enjoy!

[Andy]

Get there for BP, everybody is joking around with the opposing team.

Last year at the Brewers series, my friends and I spent 3 different days betting a Brewers reliever named Crawford that he was going to get in the game, and he said he wouldn't. My friend jokingly tried to drop 10 bucks into the outfield in game 2 to pay up when he didn't get in Game 1 and Crawford waved it off.

 

Also, we asked Carlos Lee where his steroids were and he jokingly told us to shush, then pretended to inject himself. Good times all around.

[UMFan83]

Get there for BP, everybody is joking around with the opposing team.

Last year at the Brewers series, my friends and I spent 3 different days betting a Brewers reliever named Crawford that he was going to get in the game, and he said he wouldn't. My friend jokingly tried to drop 10 bucks into the outfield in game 2 to pay up when he didn't get in Game 1 and Crawford waved it off.

 

Also, we asked Carlos Lee where his steroids were and he jokingly told us to shush, then pretended to inject himself. Good times all around.

 

LOL!! Thats the funniest thing I've read today (well its only 9:30 but still)

 

To continue on Mark's story, the Blue Jays pitching coach gave the heckler a ball eventually, but the fan continued to heckle him anyway. After awhile, Scott Showenweis (sp) was running sprints where the guy was standing. The guy started shouting that he runs like a girl and Scott (or the pitching coach, I don't remember) turned to him and said, "you should be the one running these sprints fatass" and then pointed to the fans obviously round belly.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Todd Jones was also quite entertaining during BP when I sat in the bleachers for a Marlins game last year.

 

And I still owe Pierre an apology for the things we said he was doing to Miguel Cabrera.

[Mizzou]

Todd Jones was also quite entertaining during BP when I sat in the bleachers for a Marlins game last year.

 

And I still owe Pierre an apology for the things we said he was doing to Miguel Cabrera.

Indeed he was. My buddy and I found out that Todd really likes Jack Daniels. We also got him to take a picture of us from the field. Great guy.

 

I also remember the Pierre chants. I can only imagine what I'll be hearing/chanting this year when I'm in the bleachers for a Cards game. I have a feeling Jimmy Edmonds doesn't like the bleacher bums.

[sethuel1]

Last year before the Ryno game AJ Burnett responded to a friend of mine (a guy) telling him he was sexy by licking his fingers and tweaking his own nipple.

[fulldeck]

Todd Jones was also quite entertaining during BP when I sat in the bleachers for a Marlins game last year.

 

And I still owe Pierre an apology for the things we said he was doing to Miguel Cabrera.

Indeed he was. My buddy and I found out that Todd really likes Jack Daniels. We also got him to take a picture of us from the field. Great guy.

 

I also remember the Pierre chants. I can only imagine what I'll be hearing/chanting this year when I'm in the bleachers for a Cards game. I have a feeling Jimmy Edmonds doesn't like the bleacher bums.

 

I have never heard so many Edmonds is gay chants in my life sitting out there in the bleachers. I finally asked one of the guy sitting next to us if he was wearing his gay pride shirt under his Cubs jersey. :)

[nilodnayr]

Todd Jones was also quite entertaining during BP when I sat in the bleachers for a Marlins game last year.

 

And I still owe Pierre an apology for the things we said he was doing to Miguel Cabrera.

Indeed he was. My buddy and I found out that Todd really likes Jack Daniels. We also got him to take a picture of us from the field. Great guy.

 

I also remember the Pierre chants. I can only imagine what I'll be hearing/chanting this year when I'm in the bleachers for a Cards game. I have a feeling Jimmy Edmonds doesn't like the bleacher bums.

 

Au contrair, Edmonds loves bums!

 

I remember that picture, Mizzou, that was awesome. I was at a Marlins game last year and Burnett was messing with everyone in the bleachers who was asking for a ball from him. He kept on pretending to throw it and acted like a jerk. 5 minutes later he walks up from inside somewhere and sits in the bleachers for a good 10 minutes or so, taking pictures with people, autographing balls, and the such. He was escorted back through the Wrigley bowels and emerged from a door in center and as he backpeddled to the dugout, he pointed at his chest and then pointed at the ground to motion that he wanted to play for the cubs. One of the cooler, player/bleacher bum interaction stories.

[wiggum742]

some bleacher stories from last year... one of the toronto games reed johnson was out in left (as was I) and you can only imagine where that went... and went... and went... and, well, you get the idea (vernon wells got thrown into a few of those too). Also, might have been that same game, Big Z came out of the door and sprayed the crowd with the infield hose, pretty funny.

[Outshined_One]

The best bleachers story is one that will live on in infamy and urban legend, imo.

 

A few years ago, Lance Berkman was on the hot seat on Sportscenter before a big series against the Cubs. For one, he talked about how much he loved eating junk food, especially twinkies. He also talked about how much he hated Wrigley since the grass was knee-high, the brick wall was unforgiving, etc.

 

Naturally, when the Astros came to Wrigley next Berkman got reamed for it from the bleachers. People were making weight jokes and ripping into him, but he took it all in stride. During a pitching change, Berkman was lolling about in the outfield near the bleachers when the fans began heckling him again. A conversation resembling the following occurred:

 

Fan: Hey Lance, ya hungry?

Berkman: *laughs* Yeah, a little bit.

Fan: Bet you could go for a twinkie right now!

Berkman: Heck yes I could!

 

So, suprisingly, the fan threw a wrapped twinkie down to Berkman. Berkman opened up the twinkie wrapper and snarfed it down, much to the delight to the fans.

 

However, Berkman came to bat the next inning...and hit a monster back-breaking HR.

 

The fan who gave Berkman the twinkie got torn apart by the rest of the bleacher bums, needless to say.

[Omar]

I LOVE the bleachers as well. Only thing I dislike is that there are no backs to the seats, back is usually sore at the end of the game.

 

Serious question... Would it still be considered bleachers if it had backs to the seats?

[Omar]

Get there for BP, everybody is joking around with the opposing team.

Last year at the Brewers series, my friends and I spent 3 different days betting a Brewers reliever named Crawford that he was going to get in the game, and he said he wouldn't. My friend jokingly tried to drop 10 bucks into the outfield in game 2 to pay up when he didn't get in Game 1 and Crawford waved it off.

 

Also, we asked Carlos Lee where his steroids were and he jokingly told us to shush, then pretended to inject himself. Good times all around.

 

When did you go? I went June 29th. The fans spent the entire time yelling at Geoff Jenkins. "Jenn-kins" chant went. They gave him a very hard time.

 

And Julio Santana was in the outfield... He wouldnt give the ball to the fans after he caught it. And, he ended up getting the loss.

[Mark_R]

Jenn-Kins sounds like the weakest chant I've ever heard.

 

And I'd still consider them bleachers if they had backs, and that's all I care about.

[Andy]

Get there for BP, everybody is joking around with the opposing team.

Last year at the Brewers series, my friends and I spent 3 different days betting a Brewers reliever named Crawford that he was going to get in the game, and he said he wouldn't. My friend jokingly tried to drop 10 bucks into the outfield in game 2 to pay up when he didn't get in Game 1 and Crawford waved it off.

 

Also, we asked Carlos Lee where his steroids were and he jokingly told us to shush, then pretended to inject himself. Good times all around.

 

When did you go? I went June 29th. The fans spent the entire time yelling at Geoff Jenkins. "Jenn-kins" chant went. They gave him a very hard time.

 

And Julio Santana was in the outfield... He wouldnt give the ball to the fans after he caught it. And, he ended up getting the loss.

I was there for that whole series, June 28-30. But you were apparently in the RF bleachers...I was in left.

[hawkcub]

I LOVE the bleachers as well. Only thing I dislike is that there are no backs to the seats, back is usually sore at the end of the game.

 

Serious question... Would it still be considered bleachers if it had backs to the seats?

 

Bleachers in the name alone means it should not have a back. But the real travesty with the bleacher box seats is that it's assigned seating.

[J.R.]

Bleachers in the name alone means it should not have a back. But the real travesty with the bleacher box seats is that it's assigned seating.

 

Why? Those seats are merely replacing the nearly-inaccessible assigned seating that had occupied the space since 1985.