tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044012699118940027.post889038915881278598..comments2023-09-01T12:21:42.611+01:00Comments on Hobby Cards Europe: 50 Cities of the World #38 ChicagoAna Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03920996724958583647noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044012699118940027.post-75527758810206169222019-09-23T15:07:10.396+01:002019-09-23T15:07:10.396+01:00It's a goal of mine, but it's not really r...It's a goal of mine, but it's not really realistic. If I can go to 15 different ballparks at some point, I'll be happy.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044012699118940027.post-2322238408923327682019-09-23T14:00:45.221+01:002019-09-23T14:00:45.221+01:00WoW That's quite a few...do you intend to go t...WoW That's quite a few...do you intend to go to all of them, like the AL or the NL all stadiums?Ana Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920996724958583647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044012699118940027.post-71935639364162831442019-09-06T03:59:34.248+01:002019-09-06T03:59:34.248+01:00Oakland Coliseum, Candlestick Park, AT&T, Dodg...Oakland Coliseum, Candlestick Park, AT&T, Dodger Stadium, Kingdome, Chase Field, Jack Murphy Stadium... and possibly Angel Stadium (pretty sure I went there in the 90's on a roadtrip... but not 100% positive).Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044012699118940027.post-72558332859207453542019-09-05T13:47:22.911+01:002019-09-05T13:47:22.911+01:00To how many stadiums of MLB teams have you been!?To how many stadiums of MLB teams have you been!?Ana Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920996724958583647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044012699118940027.post-14767318655570386852019-09-05T13:46:43.085+01:002019-09-05T13:46:43.085+01:00WoW That's nice! Thanks for the poem info =)WoW That's nice! Thanks for the poem info =)Ana Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03920996724958583647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044012699118940027.post-19943479107622499962019-09-04T03:04:07.859+01:002019-09-04T03:04:07.859+01:00A trip to Wrigley is definitely on my bucket list....A trip to Wrigley is definitely on my bucket list.Fujihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00749100861086458307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5044012699118940027.post-35489801139847065072019-09-03T03:46:02.463+01:002019-09-03T03:46:02.463+01:00https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_fo...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_for_Chicago<br /><br />"City of the Big Shoulders" – This nickname is taken from the fifth line of Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago".<br /><br />***********************<br /> Hog Butcher for the World,<br /> Tool maker, Stacker of Wheat,<br /> Player with Railroads and the Nation's<br /> Freight Handler;<br /> Stormy, husky, brawling,<br /> City of the Big Shoulders:<br /><br />They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys.<br />And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.<br />And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger.<br />And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them:<br />Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.<br />Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;<br />Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness,<br /> Bareheaded,<br /> Shoveling,<br /> Wrecking,<br /> Planning,<br /> Building, breaking, rebuilding,<br />Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth,<br />Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs,<br />Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle,<br />Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people,<br /> Laughing!<br />Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.<br /><br /><br />JediJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261262040532716901noreply@blogger.com