And I wish the Cubs faithful would get in here so Ryno and Grace could get their much deserved attention.
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i'm here. my love fest for Ryno has been well documented here. i'm thrilled to have him just up the road. i need to meet him.
there's probably not a more "ultimate" Cub than Mark Grace. i feel like such a putz for getting misty eyed when he finally got a ring with another team. the guy smokes like a freight train and is hilarious anytime he's near an interview. one of the few guys who could stretch a triple into a single. that makes it even more fitting he was the last Cub to hit for the cycle. he earned my utmost respect when he returned a signed card to me, when i was a kid.
to add to those, The Hawk and The Sarge, Andre Dawson and Gary Matthews, respectively were favs too.
great story about Rickey i know you'll appreciate.
i have a buddy who is a lifelong Cubs season ticket holder. back when he was a younger fan, Rickey was in town for a game. he and his grandfather were giving Rickey the business during the warm ups and Rickey was eating it up. they were calling him Rick to the point where Henderson came over and explained that is was Rickey. my buddies grand-pa explained to him that in order to call him Rickey, he had to give his grandson a game used ball. this was at the begining of a 3 game stand.
towards the end of the 3 game that week, Rickey made a play to end the inning and as he was passing my buddy and his grand-pa, tossed him the ball and kept on running, only to turn around and mouth Rickey to them as he went into the dug out.
Did not know that.
Still not enough for most Knoxvillians to drive to Kodak to catch a game. Funny that they advertise that Smokies park is 15 minutes from downtown, when it's closer to 30-35. Going to a game is totally out of the question for anyone further than Bearden, unless you want to spend over an hour in the car both ways.
Edit: and just wait until Concrete Creek East gets completed. Then it will be traffic hell, like every other spot in Sevier County.
i'll admit with the interstate shutdown, it takes a bit longer to get out there, but it's WELL worth the trip. from my house to the stadium, it's 20 minutes when you can go straight through, and i'm smack in the middle of West Knoxville.
the drive home is worse than the drive there.
plus, as the Cubs affiliate, Old Style is on tap every weekend. seriously, it doesn't get much better than that.
I would be more impressed if you can tell me who Billy Chapel is!
great movie, but:
Crash Davis > Ray Kinsella > Billy Chapel
Nuke LaLoosh only seals the deal, meat.
Without Knoxville fans traveling over, the Smokies would lose more money than West Tennessee.
wrong. if they cared so much about the Knoxville area, why didn't they stick around?
