Ruminations, Haunts, and Errors

2004-08-19

More inspections at Wrigley Field

The City today ordered more inspections at the ballpark after a reporter said something about "shoddy" work to the Buildings Commissioner. Maybe it’s warranted, maybe not…but I can’t help but notice that every story on this topic has something near the beginning about the park being 90 years old. Yet, they almost never mention that the concrete work which is the subject of scrutiny isn’t original but in fact was redone as recently as the early 1970s!

Never let important facts get in the way of a tantalizing story, I guess…