Blog: No More Dumping on My Cathedrals, Please

Peter Gammons made a few headlines last week by declaring Chicago's Wrigley Field "a dump." Really, it was more Twitter-worthy; he was just trying to make the (only half-valid, in my opinion) point that an old ballpark that is undersized for its market and lacks many of the revenue-generating amenities that have become standard in modern stadiums (I prefer the term, "extractors of fans' cash") is a liability for new owner Tom Ricketts.

A local beat writer looking to generate a little controversy went across town to talk to White Sox manager and noted loose cannon Ozzie Guillen about it. Guillen, a longtime critic of Wrigley's back-of-the-house amenities, didn't disappoint, though he was respectful of the ballpark from a fan's perspective.

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