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A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred QUOTES

1 " Before the game, he [Vin Scully] waxed poetic about Wrigley Field:
She stands alone at the corner of Clark and Addison, this dowager queen, dressed in basic black and pearls, seventy-five years old, proud head held high and not a hair out of place, awaiting yet another date with destiny, another time for Mr. Right. She dreams as old ladies will of men gone long ago. Joe Tinker. Johnny Evers. Frank Chance. And of those of recent vintage like her man Ernie. And the Lion [Leo Durocher]. And Sweet Billy Williams. And she thinks wistfully of what might have been, and the pain is still fresh and new, and her eyes fill, her lips tremble, and she shakes her head ever so slightly. And then she sighs, pulls her shawl tightly around her frail shoulders, and thinks, This time, this time it will be better. "

― George F. Will , A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred

2 " It is hard to remain iconoclastic when standing waist-deep in the shards of smashed icons. "

― George F. Will , A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred

3 " But one thing led to another, as things have a way of doing, and in 1948, when I was still not as discerning as one should be when making life-shaping decisions, I became a Cub fan. The Catholic Church thinks seven-year-olds have reached an age of reasoning. The church might want to rethink that. "

― George F. Will , A Nice Little Place on the North Side: Wrigley Field at One Hundred