Cubs Buy McDonald's Parcel Across From Wrigley

[Guest]

Bet it was Gary Matthews and it was this game

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198409180.shtml

[jersey cubs fan]

There's your multi-level parking lot with entrances on Addison and Clark, as well as room for a restaurant and museum on top. This leaves the triange building as more of an in-game revenue draw.

There has to be a McDonald's on the property, so that restaurant will be serving Big Macs.

 

I don't get it.

From the Tribune story

The agreement with the Ricketts family calls for a McDonald's restaurant to be included in any future redevelopment of the property.

 

Oh, the other one just says foreseeable future, which I assumed meant until they actually build something there. That's fine though. McDonald's can co-exist with a real place. Or the restaurant can go in the Triangle.

[Guest]

Leon Durham? Didn't he hit 5th and Moreland 6th on that team?

 

That doesn't look like Durham at all. It's probably Sarge.

[jersey cubs fan]

Bet it was Gary Matthews and it was this game

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198409180.shtml

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198404200.shtml

 

Given the condition of the ivy I bet it took place in April and not September.

 

It looks like a guy with decent height who is somewhat lanky. Doesnt' look like Sarge to me. Leon Durham PH in that game and got on base. Keith Moreland #6, PH as well and didn't get on. My guess is it's Bull with Moreland at bat.

 

Also, Kent Tekulve is on the mound he wasn't in the box score you posted but is in this one. And the 9th

 

 

Leon Durham pinch hits for Larry Bowa (SS) batting 8th

 

b9 4-4 2 --- CHC L. Durham C. Guante 3% 56% Single

Richie Hebner pinch hits for Lee Smith (P) batting 9th

 

b9 4-4 2 1-- CHC R. Hebner C. Guante 5% 61% Single; Durham to 2B

Kent Tekulve replaces Cecilio Guante pitching and batting 9th

Keith Moreland pinch hits for Henry Cotto (CF) batting 1st

Edited December 14, 2011 by jersey cubs fan

[ConstableRabbit]

There's your multi-level parking lot with entrances on Addison and Clark, as well as room for a restaurant and museum on top. This leaves the triange building as more of an in-game revenue draw.

There has to be a McDonald's on the property, so that restaurant will be serving Big Macs.

 

I don't get it.

From the Tribune story

The agreement with the Ricketts family calls for a McDonald's restaurant to be included in any future redevelopment of the property.

 

Oh, the other one just says foreseeable future, which I assumed meant until they actually build something there. That's fine though. McDonald's can co-exist with a real place. Or the restaurant can go in the Triangle.

Yeah, they could integrate it pretty easily. Maybe even make it a more upscale-type one -- similar to Rock 'n' Roll but Cubs themed.

[Conky]

Most definitely Kent Tekulve pitching there. That guy is unmistakeable. Sure looks like Dawson on first with those bowed legs, but can't be. Doesn't look like The Sarge's body type either. I'd have to guess Durham but doesn't really look like him at all.

[cl smooth]

if it's early 1984 like jersey said, the runner could be mel hall.

 

EDIT: it's durham.

[jersey cubs fan]

That game sure ended in a crazy (Cubs like) way. Ryno led off the 10th with a triple... and didn't score.

 

 

But they won after 2 IBB and a single by Mel Hall driving in Sarge.

[jersey cubs fan]

if it's early 1984 like jersey said, the runner could be mel hall.

 

EDIT: it's durham.

 

If it's that game, then it's Richie Hebner.

[Guest]

Bet it was Gary Matthews and it was this game

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198409180.shtml

 

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN198404200.shtml

 

Given the condition of the ivy I bet it took place in April and not September.

 

It looks like a guy with decent height who is somewhat lanky. Doesnt' look like Sarge to me. Leon Durham PH in that game and got on base. Keith Moreland #6, PH as well and didn't get on. My guess is it's Bull with Moreland at bat.

 

Also, Kent Tekulve is on the mound he wasn't in the box score you posted but is in this one. And the 9th

 

 

Leon Durham pinch hits for Larry Bowa (SS) batting 8th

 

b9 4-4 2 --- CHC L. Durham C. Guante 3% 56% Single

Richie Hebner pinch hits for Lee Smith (P) batting 9th

 

b9 4-4 2 1-- CHC R. Hebner C. Guante 5% 61% Single; Durham to 2B

Kent Tekulve replaces Cecilio Guante pitching and batting 9th

Keith Moreland pinch hits for Henry Cotto (CF) batting 1st

 

Good call. I didn't know anything about the Pirates players so I couldn't try to glean anything from that.

 

I had guessed late in the season because the caption on the picture said that balloon was put up for the playoffs in 84 (which obviously couldn't exactly be right since they didn't play the Pirates)...but overlooked the condition of the ivy itself. April it definitely is.

[Guest]

Thread is sort of making me want to buy that Cubs DVD set just to watch some of those older games/highlights.

[jersey cubs fan]

Good call. I didn't know anything about the Pirates players so I couldn't try to glean anything from that.

 

I used to do the Kent Tekulve wind up just for fun. That guy is unmistakeable.

[Conky]

Good call. I didn't know anything about the Pirates players so I couldn't try to glean anything from that.

 

I used to do the Kent Tekulve wind up just for fun. That guy is unmistakeable.

 

Indeed. The wind-up and glasses were a dead give-away on Tekulve. I went to look if he was ever on the Pirates when Dawson was on the Cubs because that so looks like Dawson on first. They were never on those two teams at the same time. Nice edit, Jersey. lol

[Guest]

I had never even heard of the guy. Heh.

[Backtobanks]

Let me get this straight: Ricketts buys a valuable piece of property and Theo buys a mansion while Jed is looking at Varitek, Wakefield, Barton, Scott, etc.

 

Something is wrong with this picture.

[rocket]

Let me get this straight: Ricketts buys a valuable piece of property and Theo buys a mansion while Jed is looking at Varitek, Wakefield, Barton, Scott, etc.

 

Something is wrong with this picture.

 

And that would be...

[Old Style]

How long has it been a McDonalds? I seem to remember it being something else when I was a kid during the late '70s. I always wanted to eat there but never got to go.

I started going to Cubs games in the late 70's, but I was still pretty young then. From my recollections (probably moreso the early 80's) it was always a McDonald's. We'd get food there and then take it into Wrigley to eat while we watched BP.

[Backtobanks]

Let me get this straight: Ricketts buys a valuable piece of property and Theo buys a mansion while Jed is looking at Varitek, Wakefield, Barton, Scott, etc.

 

Something is wrong with this picture.

 

And that would be...

 

Somebody needs to tell Jed that there's money to spend.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Let me get this straight: Ricketts buys a valuable piece of property and Theo buys a mansion while Jed is looking at Varitek, Wakefield, Barton, Scott, etc.

 

Something is wrong with this picture.

 

And that would be...

Let me find it. I'm good at these.

[Guest]

if it's early 1984 like jersey said, the runner could be mel hall.

 

EDIT: it's durham.

 

If it's that game, then it's Richie Hebner.

 

And we all know that isn't Richie Hebner.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Let me get this straight: Ricketts buys a valuable piece of property and Theo buys a mansion while Jed is looking at Varitek, Wakefield, Barton, Scott, etc.

 

Something is wrong with this picture.

 

And that would be...

Let me find it. I'm good at these.

 

It would make more sense if The Cubs got Wakefield, Barton, and the mansion, The Red Sox got the McDonalds Parcel, and The A's got Scott and Varitek.

[SouthSideRyan]

Let me get this straight: Ricketts buys a valuable piece of property and Theo buys a mansion while Jed is looking at Varitek, Wakefield, Barton, Scott, etc.

 

Something is wrong with this picture.

 

And that would be...

Let me find it. I'm good at these.

 

Hoyer's collar has two stripes on it, and Rickstein's only has 1.

Edited December 14, 2011 by SouthSideRyan

[imb]

epstein's nose is different in the two photos

[MembersOnlyJacket]

Are they planning to turn it into a McDowell's ?

[davell]

Are they planning to turn it into a McDowell's ?

I've always thought it'd be easy to turn the Golden Arches into the Golden Arcs. And regular buns just make sense.