Comments on: The Muskbox Unravels the Mystery of Gary Pressy’s Organ

By: Bad Kermit

Bad Kermit — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:03:23 +0000

@E - Sometimes, I try to make jokes.

By: E

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:46:43 +0000

The word “centre” is African American slang?

By: psychoch

psychoch — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:51:55 +0000

Thinking only in crass business terms, meaning putting aside the merits of tradition and hallowed ivy-covered walls, I have never understood the rush of the past several ownership groups to change the “Wrigley experience” into something other than what it was. It seems to me that many of the changes over the past 20 years or so have made Wrigley less unique than it was. But by making it less unique, haven’t they damaged what was a huge marketing advantage? Between Wrigley becoming more modern, and new ballparks becoming more retro, there’s not as much difference in seeing a game at Wrigley and anywhere else as there used to be. I just wonder at what point grabbing the extra revenue from signage, etc., will be defeated by the inability to use your quaint old ballpark in the sun as a selling point any longer.

By: DJ Huk

DJ Huk — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:02:56 +0000

My friend and I spent some time trying to figure out what songs EXACTLY they were playing before the Cubs hitters came to bat at Wrigley. They were all sort of merging together into a thumping mush. I think I picked out In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Love Will Keep Us Together, Surfing Byrd, Does Anybody Know What Time It Is, and that lousy song Eddie Vedder wrote during the Cubs last playoff “run.”

The songs bite the royal root. Bring back the organ. I mean, I’m a Stalinist when it comes to Wrigley Field, it must be kept in its pristine state of Social Realism. Those who want to see “progress” (more night games, a Jumbotron, a Chicago Pizza race of overstuffed mascots, ad nauseum) are blind to the writing on the ivy covered walls: Ricketts wants to cheapen the traditional experience while raising ticket prices. Pretty soon, we’ll have Sarah Palin singing Take Me Out, the way things are going.

By: McManus

McManus — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:05:22 +0000

So I was going to say that the Cubs should not play any songs newer than the year they won their last championship. So I looked up songs that were written in 1908, and lo and behold, wikipedia states that “take me out to the ballgame” was written in 1908. All this time Harry (and now ass clowns like Joe Mantegna and William Petersen) was/are sending a message to the players via lyrical verse that this shit is growing old.

By: Starlin Castrated

Starlin Castrated — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:00:53 +0000

@psychoch – Well, I have to assume that most of that crap was written by the 12 year old girls who admire him and write him fan letters. Which means he told someone that he was a hip-hop fan. I fully admit that all the rest of that stuff is written to make us like Theriot (which I refuse to do. F him in his f-ing face.) but I’m guessing that the hip-hop thing isn’t a lie.

Besides, it gives me a reason to hate him for not being a true hip-hop fan. Adding onto the pile of them.

By: psychoch

psychoch — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:52:41 +0000

@Starlin Castrated –
Wikipedia is to be believed? You mean the same Wikipedia article that, among other gems, tells us that “Theriot has a widely known reputation for his relentless hustle … running out infield ground balls with seldom shown fervor, and often running down pop ups and shallow fly balls in left field,” informs us that Theriot and Fontenot “are sometimes called the ‘Cajun Connection’, ‘Bayou Boys’, or ‘Bayou Basher’ by Cubs’ announcers,” and draws the dubious conclusion that Theriot “likes to inside-out pitches. That is why he had a .300 average in 2008.”?

By: Fork Jokes

Fork Jokes — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:26:50 +0000

Hi.

By: Starlin Castrated

Starlin Castrated — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:05:39 +0000

Also, if wikipedia is to be believed (and it is) I hate Ryan Theriot all the more for Push It. He claims to be a hip-hop fan and he chooses Push It? When he could have instead chosen Biz Markie (I would be overjoyed if he busted out “Just a Friend”), LL Cool J, Run DMC, Public Enemy, or any legit hip-hop group that might amp up your energy before an at bat?

When he says he’s a hip-hop fan, he clearly means Salt-N-Pepa, Flava Flav, the Fresh Prince, and Vanilla Ice. And we’re stuck with him to play second base. Hooray for everything forever!

By: Starlin Castrated

Starlin Castrated — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:59:12 +0000

I guess I can be OK with this if the Cubs players want the music but it seems so overdone like other stadiums. It just isn�t Cubs baseball.

“Well I guess I’m OK with this franchise not boring the eternal crap out of me. They could play songs and stuff, I guess. Whatever, I’m gonna go read Will Leitch and pretend he’s right. His strained metaphors about a team he hates really relate to me as a fan.”

And I’m calling bullcrap on that whole “I only have ever heard organ music at wrigley” bull crap as I definitely remember going to games in the past several years and they had songs playing in the middle of and between innings. They weren’t many good songs, mind you (I definitely remember hearing “Jump” get cut midway through while some Police song got played twice. I want to say it was Synchronicity, but I can’t begin to care.)