“The press box at Wrigley Field in Chicago is an extended narrow shed, two rows deep, that is precariously bolted to the iron rafters just underneath the park's second deck. To gain access, one must climb a steeply angled ramp and clamber down a little starboard companionway, guarded at its foot by a uniformed minion and then proceed giddily along a catwalk that hangs directly above the tiered, circling rows of seats and spectators behind home plate.” LittlesTwoHomeBehindsFeetFieldsGainsPressesBoxesAccessParksSeatsClimbsIronChicagoPlatesShedSpectatorsDeckGuardedRampMinionsCatwalkRaftersHome PlateWrigley Field Book:Season Ticket Source: Season Ticket
“I felt what I almost always feel when I am watching a ballgame: Just for those two or three hours, there is really no place I would rather be.” FeelsTwoThreeFeltHoursBaseballBallgame Book:The Summer Game Source: The Summer Game
“Losing is the bane and bugbear of every professional athlete's existence, but in baseball the monster seems to hang closer than in other sports, its chilly claws and foul breath palpable around the neck hairs of the infielder bending for his crosshand scoop or the reliever slipping his first two fingers off-center on the ball seams before delivering his two-and-two cut fastball.” FirstsTwoSeemsSportsExistenceCuttingHairLosingBaseballBallsBreathsFingersAthleteMonstersNecksFoulDeliveringClawsSlippingBendingBaneProfessional AthleteFastballsChilly Author:Roger Angell
