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Andy GOAT

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I don't think interest has waned. The Cubs now charge enough money that the difference between buying tickets today and getting them on StubHub a week out isn't very much, so naturally people are less desperate to get them when they first go on sale.

 

That being said, I did get tickets to the two games that comprise my friends and my annual trip to Wrigley, because they're against Washington and I doubt they'll be any cheaper then than they were today.

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I don't think interest has waned. The Cubs now charge enough money that the difference between buying tickets today and getting them on StubHub a week out isn't very much, so naturally people are less desperate to get them when they first go on sale.

 

That being said, I did get tickets to the two games that comprise my friends and my annual trip to Wrigley, because they're against Washington and I doubt they'll be any cheaper then than they were today.

 

Hi Andy,

ok-- cool.. I wasn't so sure- but that makes sense. It didn't seem that high today when I bought for opening day, but now that I'm thinking about it, it might have been about the same that I paid on Stubhub last year for Opening Day. Thanks! And that's awesome you got Washington-- that's going to be a fun series in August.

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I don't think interest has waned. The Cubs now charge enough money that the difference between buying tickets today and getting them on StubHub a week out isn't very much, so naturally people are less desperate to get them when they first go on sale.

 

That being said, I did get tickets to the two games that comprise my friends and my annual trip to Wrigley, because they're against Washington and I doubt they'll be any cheaper then than they were today.

 

that and there are like 4 presales in the days leading up to ticket sales. Also, about 10 years ago they used to let tickets go on sales at Wrigley 2 hours before they were available online, so it was more of an event. I still remember in 2005 getting up at like 5am to hear the winning wristband number broadcast on WGN radio, then rushing to the park because my friend was within 1000 of the winning number, then getting Red Sox tickets when that was the hyped first time ever interleague matchup.

Brian707 Myrtle Beach Pelicans

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then rushing to the park because my friend was within 1000 of the winning number, then getting Red Sox tickets when that was the hyped first time ever interleague matchup.

 

 

Ha, I got tickets to the Red Sox too. I was at work and had 3 computers going with around 50 windows open on each. (Control T?) can't remember. Anyway I got in within 15 seconds on one and bought bleachers for the Friday game that Maddux homered

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Not sure if this should be its own thread.

 

A group of friends and I are looking to make a weekendish trip to Wrigley this year. I'm the only member of the group that has been before. We don't really care about a particular series. Would like to do Thurs-Fri-Sat, but I know there aren't many Thursday home games that precede weekend home series (2 of which are the Cardinals, if memory serves). Considering all of that, does anyone think we need to use the presale? I chatted with someone on Cubs.com earlier today. They said that since we didn't care about specific games, we would be fine to wait until the normal sale and just call.

 

Having been to Wrigley before, and having sat in multiple areas, I don't really care where we sit. That being said, what's the best option for value AND cool seats for first timers? Sorry for all the questions. I've never done this before, and search wasn't very kind to me.

 

edit: I totally forgot that the board moved to a new server or whatever. Gonna search the archive.

 

An udpate:

 

Initially, we chose the Reds series (Aug 23-25). A member of the party had to back out due to his wife graduating from PT school that weekend. She had previously told him there was nothing important going on that weekend :roll:. After that, we had 3 weekends to choose from:

 

June 8th, 9th vs Pirates

July 20th, 21st vs Cardinals

August 10th, 11th vs Nationals

 

I was able to get 219, R7 for Friday, and bleachers for Saturday. I could have gotten the same seats for the June 8th game of the Pirates series, but felt that seeing the Nationals was worth the extra money. Luckily, everyone else agreed. This was an extremely stressful experience, but it will be much easier the next time I do it. Now we just have to wait.

jersey cubs fan GOAT

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Coolest interleague series we've had has to be the 03 Yankees at Wrigley one, right?

Saw urlacher outside cubby bear early and some horse lost shot a triple crown in Belmont that afternoon. I also ran into my old high school football coach that day and he was wasted.

Brian MVP

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Love the Russell GS. Goosebumps every time.

 

I wonder if his mom has fired up youtube and watched it yet.

 

Damn it I sort of remember what this is a reference to but don't

 

I think maybe last spring there was an article about Russell and his family and how his mom was still working like three jobs, and while he was hitting that grand slam she was working the grill at Chili's or something like that and for some reason she still hadn't even seen it.

 

edit - it was chili's

Russell’s mom works three jobs in the Pensacola area. She’s a grill operator and waitress at Waffle House, a line cook at Chili’s and, starting Saturday with the grand opening, she’ll also be a manager at TASTEbuds, an ice cream and trail mix parlor.

 

“I’m a workaholic," Milany says. “When Addison hit that grand slam in the World Series, I didn’t see it. I was at Chili’s, cooking in the back. Everyone ran into the kitchen to tell me. I still haven’t seen it."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2017/02/09/addison-russell-cubs/97693202/

JudasIscariotTheBird Myrtle Beach Pelicans

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I wonder if his mom has fired up youtube and watched it yet.

 

Damn it I sort of remember what this is a reference to but don't

 

I think maybe last spring there was an article about Russell and his family and how his mom was still working like three jobs, and while he was hitting that grand slam she was working the grill at Chili's or something like that and for some reason she still hadn't even seen it.

 

edit - it was chili's

Russell’s mom works three jobs in the Pensacola area. She’s a grill operator and waitress at Waffle House, a line cook at Chili’s and, starting Saturday with the grand opening, she’ll also be a manager at TASTEbuds, an ice cream and trail mix parlor.

 

“I’m a workaholic," Milany says. “When Addison hit that grand slam in the World Series, I didn’t see it. I was at Chili’s, cooking in the back. Everyone ran into the kitchen to tell me. I still haven’t seen it."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2017/02/09/addison-russell-cubs/97693202/

...his domestic issues are starting to make a little more sense.

CubColtPacer South Bend Cubs

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"Ugh I wish this exciting playoff game was shorter!"

 

Mound visits are the opposite of exciting. Multiple mound visits in the same inning is really really really the opposite of exciting.

 

And they kept huddling after every play in the Super Bowl.

 

Sorry for jumping in late here.

 

To keep that analogy going though, huddling is equivalent to the time between pitches in baseball. It's slightly longer (27.7 seconds between football plays on average compared to 23.8 seconds between pitches) but it's fairly close.

 

Mound visits are more like timeouts, and football already limits those. That of course is partly because of the strategy of the game and the amount of time on the clock, but there's a reason a sport like the NBA is starting to restrict timeouts. The more flow you can get into the game, the better.

 

I personally really enjoy the chances to try to increase the pace of play, but that is partially just being in the Eastern Time Zone talking. It's much harder seeing delays when you know you should be in bed already.

Omar Chicago Cubs

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How about giving a pitcher an earpiece like an NFL QB so the coach can just talk to him through his Bose/Motorola headset?

 

No mound visit necessary.

 

This would require a green dot on the pitcher's hat.

Regular Show ACL Cubs

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How about giving a pitcher an earpiece like an NFL QB so the coach can just talk to him through his Bose/Motorola headset?

 

No mound visit necessary.

 

This would require a green dot on the pitcher's hat.

 

Yeah, it's a good idea and would help speed up the game. I still think mound visits will be necessary even with an earpiece/technology in place for those big moments when a pitcher needs to collect themselves. It'll be a much smaller # with the earpiece/technology, which is what we want.

 

This would be the second thing I would do if I were in charge after putting in place an automated strike zone, and taking away the ability of umps to call strikes/balls and maybe even balks. I think managers should be allowed to challenge whether a pitcher committed a balk or not, and then they can review it. Limited # of challenges for managers and honestly I could care less about balks being called.

 

I also hate sign stealing and catchers changing signs and that whole ordeal. I do wonder how much a catcher can help decide what they want to do when a manager/pitching coach is verbally giving the orders. Like maybe the catcher wants to do a pitch out and snap throw to first? I think the catcher should still do some signals occasionally for special commands or actions.

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It would probably make even more sense and help speed up the process if the catcher and pitcher could have the ear piece. That way they are both hearing what the coach(es) are saying, they could then have nonverbal cues between them to make sure they are on the same page for whatever was said and the coach could say alright let's switch up to calling pitches with this sign sequence or let's go breaking ball heavy to this guy, etc.
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It would probably make even more sense and help speed up the process if the catcher and pitcher could have the ear piece. That way they are both hearing what the coach(es) are saying, they could then have nonverbal cues between them to make sure they are on the same page for whatever was said and the coach could say alright let's switch up to calling pitches with this sign sequence or let's go breaking ball heavy to this guy, etc.

 

Yeah, when I meant earpiece I meant earpiece(s) for both pitcher and catcher. They both would hear the pitch being called for from the manager/pitching coach. Obviously, the pitcher is the one who gets decides which pitch to throw so he might start shaking off orders from the manager instead of from the catcher. That'd be kind of weird at first.

 

Also, yeah you'd need nonverbal cues to get on the same page and relay that information to the infielders as well.

Brian707 Myrtle Beach Pelicans

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Coolest interleague series we've had has to be the 03 Yankees at Wrigley one, right?

 

 

I would say so. The highlight was when Clemens was going for win #300 and Eric Karros homered off Juan Acevedo to ruin it. Acevedo went to my high school, he graduated several years before me. He ended up coming back to town and was at the bar later that night. People were giving him so much horsefeathers. He did buy a round of Patron for everyone.

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