Another Reason To Love Ryan Dempster: His Stance On Night Games
The debate rages on over night games in Wrigleyville. I personally have an aversion to them for 2 reasons. The first is that I lived in Wrigleyville and its a residential neighborhood. The people who live there have been promised over and over again that traffic and noise issues would be controlled and have been repeatedly screwed on those fronts. The other reason is that there is something great about day baseball. Call me a purist, but baseball is supposed to be played under the sun.
Anyways, Dempster agrees with me, and whether you think there should be more night games or not, you have to like Dempster’s respect and love for the game:
But Ryan Dempster, who often rides his bike to the ballpark, believes the day tradition is something that separates the franchise from the rest.
“The tradition is cool, something unique to Wrigley Field,” he said. “I think if you start going more than [30], you kind of take away from what we have here. If we get up in the 50s or 60, then you’re just a normal team.
Most other Cubs players don’t agree with Dempster, and for good reason. It is a lot tougher to get up early and have to skip batting practice. But regardless of those issues, this is something that not only sets the Cubs apart from other teams, but makes them better. Day baseball is the only kind of baseball there should be.
That being said, I will still be going to as many night games as I can this summer. Whatever, I’m a hypocrite.
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