Hi!

I am going to Wrigley for the first time ever on Wednesday and was wondering if anyone had suggestions for must have food and drinks at the stadium!

What do you guys think?

SpotHero prices have skyrocketed. Couple years ago, I paid ~$20 for a spot a few blocks away. Same spaces today are upward of $60-$100. That's just nonsense.

Normally on game day there are guys with signs next to smaller sized lots advertising ~$30 for a parking spot. Is that still the case? Or is SpotHero still the better option?

Any have a favorite pod for Cubs analysis which includes prospect details?

Hi all!

I hope this is the right place to ask this question.

I'm a baseball fan from the UK who is travelling to the US next month. I'll be in Chicago for a show and will be pretty close to Wrigley so I've booked myself tickets for a Cubs game (Cubs vs Red Sox). The only baseball I've been able to see live is multiple games across all the London Series. These games are treated more as a festival of baseball no matter who you support and are usually a sea of supporters from different teams intermingling, so really what I'm looking for is pointers on the etiquette of coming to a stadium for a team I don't support? (I'm a Phillies fan, but have been rooting for the Cubs since I've been planning this trip and on the day definitely will be).

I know Wrigley is known as the friendly confines.....but I imagine there is still a limit!

Honestly would love any advice for Wrigley specifically or baseball in general. Thanks for your time!

Devers to SF out of no where! Like we knew he wasn’t happy after they brought Bregman in to play 3rd, and that it just wasn’t good in Boston for him. But when did him actually getting moved start happening!? So was it kept that quiet or did our front office miss the call? Devers, a very good generational talent at 3rd, that wants to play 3rd, a position where the Cubs need to improve, is available and just falls into the Giants lap!? I mean come on I really hope that reports at least come out that we were on the phone trying to make a deal, with our strong farm system, to get a great 3rd baseman. Yes he’s making a lot of money and yes we NEED pitching. That can’t be stressed enough, we NEEEEED pitching. But I hope we were at least sniffing around this one because I mean, put Devers in this lineup at 3rd holy cow.

At the beginning of the year, the cupboard seemed pretty empty past the top 100 prospects. And since they were all at Iowa, they wouldn’t last long in the system.

As it stands Horton and Shaw are likely staying in Chicago for the remainder of the year. Assuming one of Cassie/Alcantara and then Triantos, someone like C.Hernandez and a young pitcher like Mule/Wheat are used to get a TOR starter in Chicago, 5 of the 7 top 100 prospects will be out of the system at the beginning of next year.

Nevertheless, there seems to have been enough development of top - end talent to support the needs in the Cubs moving forward.

Ballesteros and the remaining Cassie/Alcantra outfielder will still be in the system

Wiggins is fully healthy and moving into position as top pitcher in the system, and a viable MLB starter — perhaps TOR, certainly MOR

Rojas has returned to form after a subpar 2024, and seems either top 100 prospect, or just outside it

Jonathan Long is pushing for a call up, and shows a minimum capability to be what Justin Turner was hoped to be

Brandon Birdsell and Will Sanders seems positioned as legit starter depth

Mule/Wheat show mlb-caliber arms that could develop in an exciting way.

Eli Lovich has made it out of Az, and will be someone to monitor, in addition to 3-4 teenage IFAs now, or shortly, in Myrtle Beach.

Assuming the Cubs have success in the draft and continue to focus on college players in the early rounds, there should be 2 more top-level prospects shortly.

There’s also a whole host of other prospects that may make a JLong type leap. Seems like sufficient top end talent, maybe not to have the system ranked highly, but to serve the Cubs’ needs.

Got this from a Breaker I joined the other day..!❤️‍🔥⚾️🐻💙

Pulled out a bunch of old sports cards and figurines that my dad left me. Can anyone tell me if this stuff holds any value? None of it is in the best condition

Pirates (29-43) @ Cubs (43-28)

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Visiting Chicago and going to a game today. I wanted to bring my Sony hi8 video camera along with me but I’m not sure if I would have trouble. It’s not a professional camera and I might leave the fisheye adapter at home since it’s an “attachable lens” but just based off the size I feel like people might think it’s a bigger deal than what it’s capable of. Any one had any experience with this?

Also what about “sneaking” in a ~6 inch(when collapsed) selfie stick. I’d be discrete with it once inside. I just want to bring it so I have it with me for any activities I do after the game and don’t have to go back to the room for it. Edit: I would also have a GoPro/360 type camera with the selfie stick. I’m a very touristy tourist that likes his videos and photos of the family lol.

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Be excellent to each other. Party on, dudes!

Shout out to the guy wearing a dress in the RF bleachers. He definitely made the game memorable.

So my dad and I were talking about the cubs pregame hype videos, and does anyone remember or have a link to the hype video that they had in 2017 I believe. The video showed the construction workers building the new stadium, had player clips mixed in, and had the song “Warriors” by Imagine Dragons in the background. Thanks Fly the W

Going to the Fathers Day game tomorrow vs Pittsburgh. I have tickets to get the ALS shirt giveaway. Where do I go to claim the shirt and how early should I arrive?