September 23, 2007
Police Brutality
The Police destroyed the Wrigley outfield, leaving the area dangerous for fielders:
"There's nothing you can do since they had that - what do you call it? - concert. Since they had the concert, it's been a little rough out there," Cubs manager Lou Piniella said yesterday.
The outfield grass was beaten down when two Police concerts were held in early July at the second-oldest ballpark in the majors.
"I'm surprised more people don't get injured out there. It's as bad as there is," Cincinnati Reds left fielder Adam Dunn said. "It's worse than playing in a parking lot. It looks like they had a monster truck rally. It's terrible. There's potholes. It's bad. It's unsafe."
I'm really surprised the Cubs haven't fixed things. They could at least resod the potholes, unless there are so many of them that they have to dig up the whole field. Keep your eye on this during the playoffs. It might work out to be an advantage for the Cubs:
The Cubs have a $136 million investment in left field, Alfonso Soriano, who has spent time on the disabled list with a quadriceps injury. Soriano said the field is not dangerous, just tricky.
"It's not comfortable," Soriano said yesterday. "There are like a lot of little holes, you know what I mean? Sometimes when they hit a ground ball, you have to be careful."
With the Cubs outfielders used to the dips, they might take better routes to balls than visitors.
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12:23 PM
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