Wrigley Field

Some Quotes

A few quotes about Wrigley Field:

Welcome to the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field  -- Written on top of the visitors' dugout at Wrigley Field

For a pure baseball fan, it simply doesn't get any better than a sunny afternoon at Wrigley. -- Bruce Adams and Margaret Engel in Fodor's Baseball Vacations

When I was a child, I assumed that all ballparks were as fantastic as Wrigley Field.  I realize now, of course, that I am very fortunate to have grown up only 90 minutes from what is truly the most wonderful ballpark in all the world.  Having visited about a dozen other Major League parks since my first visit to the Confines, I now know that I was spoiled at a very young age by Clark and Addison's incomparable baseball palace.  Having said this, I will still not die a happy man until a World Championship flies from the top of Wrigley Field -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor catherinhebbe@comcast.net

Wrigley Field is the perfect ballpark.  -- Oscar Palacios in Ballpark Sourcebook:  Diamond Diagrams

Wrigley has always been a special place, and what makes it more special is that it remains nearly unchanged from the days I was a kid going to watch Banks, Williams, Santo, Jenkins, etc.  I know some changes had to be made to keep Wrigley viable, but none of that matters when you emerge from below the grandstands and see that playing field -- the grass is the greenest green you could imagine, the scoreboard is decked out with pennants and the sky is the clearest blue.  -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor tessden@earthlink.net    

Fenway may be the soul of baseball but the absolute best place to watch a baseball game on a summer day is Wrigley Field. In fact, Wrigley Field is so heavenly it is about the best place to do anything other than field a winning baseball team. -- Jim Caple of the Seattle Union Record in an article for ESPN.com

There is no place quite like Wrigley Field to watch a baseball game, for both the joy of the game and the joy of the irrepressible warmth one finds in her stands or in the game on her field -- the game of fans who know they are blessed to claim such a place as their home regardless of how their beloved team is doing. "Win or lose, we're in heaven," the late Harry Caray loved to say (after, of course, "Cubs win! Cubs win!"). Easy for him to say. He had Wrigley Field before him whenever he said it.  -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor kallman@cts.com 

Wrigley Field...It's like entering a mythical place that time forgot.  The Banks', the Williams' and the Sandberg's are long gone.  The game has changed too many times to remember.  But when I walk through that tunnel from darkness to sunlight, and I see that rich green grass and the crisp summer sky I know I'm home.  I see Banks hitting his 500th, or Williams making a spectacular diving catch against the green ivy to win the game.  I see Sandberg  dive for a ball that's way out of his range, pick it up and turn the double play to keep his errorless game streak going.  And I know that no matter what else changes around me, Wrigley will always stay the same. -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor jruffatt@students.depaul.edu 

While baseball's oldest ballparks close their gates one after another, their proud structures humbled by the years, their nostalgia outdone by luxury boxes, Wrigley Field remains a time capsule of the game.  It looks the same as it did on that day in 1932 when Babe Ruth called his famous home run, and will stay that way well into the next century. -- from Associated Press article called "Glorious Wrigley"

There was no greater moment for me than walking in the portal behind home plate to see the view of Wrigley Field for the first time.  I'd been looking forward to seeing the stadium since I was six, when the NBC Game of the Week always seemed to be televised from Wrigley.  It was everything it is said to be and more.  -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor DejarouEHG@aol.com 

It's always been my favorite place to go.  Always.  Forever.  It's the head of the class for some reason.  I can't put my finger on it.  It just seems like it should never be touched.  It's too much of a treasure. -- Bobby Cox, Manager of the Atlanta Braves

I really enjoyed your website and completely agree about Wrigley being the best by far.  I have been to several and nothing equals the magic or charm of that place. -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor jdirks@ibm.com 

This place is like a cathedral.  It's the baseball version of St. Patrick's Cathedral.  It's something people have seen and been to and have been associated with for not only their lifetime, but their parents' lifetimes, too.  You just cannot replace this type of ballpark.  -- Ed Lynch, General Manager of the Chicago Cubs

I am from New York and have enjoyed many games at Yankee Stadium, but I like Wrigley best because of its intimacy. You are really close to the action and feel a bond with the players.  -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor Fnaccarato7@aol.com 

Wrigley Field is the best place on Earth to see a ball game. It's baseball the way it was meant to be. It still has the beauty of an old ballpark with the ivy and the manual scoreboard. And the rooftops filled with residents just shows how grand this ballpark is. If you call yourself a baseball fan, come to Wrigley Field.  It is truly the best. -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor m_vaclavik86@hotmail.com  

It's impossible to feel blue at Wrigley Field, even though your beloved Cubs are losing again. The place has grown a bit larger and, amazingly enough, even more graceful since it was built in seven weeks in 1914 for $250,000. It's a national treasure, a true American original. It's ivy and brick and bleachers and a manual scoreboard and seats so close to the field you can almost hear the infield chatter of Hornsby, Hartnett and Banks. -- Richard Hoffer in Sports Illustrated's list of the Twentieth Century's Twenty Greatest Sports Venues.  Wrigley was named the sixth greatest venue in the world!

I have fallen in love with Wrigley, having decided to become a Chicago Cubs Fan from the time I left there this past July. Without a doubt, the best park I have ever had the pleasure of visiting. -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor ternatick@mediaone.net

Wrigley Field was my favorite place to play because I would much rather play day games and I loved to smell the bratwurst. -- Hall of Famer Phil Niekro

I grew up in Chicago, and as a young boy I always dreamed of visiting the "new, modern, cool" stadiums like Three Rivers or Riverfront.  Oh, the folly of youth!  Little did I realize when I went to Wrigley (and that was often), I really was at the coolest place. -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor eddiecut@home.com

I loved to play at Wrigley Field in Chicago.  The fans were very close to the players. -- Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda

I can still remember the warm July day when I was nine and my father took off work so we could see the Cubbies.  I had always been a Cubs fan and I had seen Wrigley on TV hundreds of times --  but it couldn't prepare me for that wondrous feeling of awe that hit me as I entered that ballpark and saw baseball the way it was meant to be seen.  I still feel that awe when I go back to 1060 West Addison Street, and never will I forget that day when I got my first taste of beauty.  I now know that Heaven must be like a warm July day at Wrigley. -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor CNKiel@aol.com

Pitching at Wrigley Field in Chicago was like a walk in the park! -- Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins

This past summer I took the voyage to watch the Twins play at Wrigley Field. I knew it would be spectacular, but when I first walked in the gate and smelled "that smell of the ballpark," it was as if I was in a whole new world. As we walked up the ramp and were greeted with the view of the field I knew this was the most amazing place on earth. Thank you, Chicago. Thank you, Wrigley Field! -- BASEBALLPARKS.COM visitor shawnocar@uswest.net 
 

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