It’s slow as molasses, and the one thing I whole-heartedly agreed with Jeff on was not posting filler material Sports Mockery style. Luckily for y’all, I’m not much a haikuer!

I keep my ears more perked for Chicago-centric stories, and here’s an interesting [2 yr old] vlog on how unique Wrigley Field is, and what it can mean for both the White Sox and Da Bears.

Because Wrigley is now designated as a Historical Land Mark, it’s nigh impossible to modify which creates a nightmare for waste. ONE Cub game produces 315 TONS of waste. Holy, and unholy, crap!

What I didn’t know. Comiskey Park was originally built over a garbage dump in 1909. Talk about an apt metaphor [Zing!] So maybe Indiana land-fill fits the Chicago Stadium tradition, after all.

Still, that’s better than what the Dodgers did when they kicked out all the Mexican women and children from Chavez Ravine and built over graves.

_{^{Forcible Evictions: The final holdout families—some of whom refused to sell their properties—were forcefully evicted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on May 9, 1959, an event known locally as “Black Friday”}}

Maybe ICE agents should sport Dodger hats when out raiding.

Though I suppose it can always be worse. ‘Merica!

_{^{Clemson Memorial Stadium (Clemson, SC): For years, thousands of tailgating football fans parked over approximately 500 unmarked graves. The site is the final resting place for enslaved men and women who built the original university plantation, as well as early Black sharecroppers}}.

Makes worrying about ‘light pollution’, parking, seating, domes and traffic seem like Gen Alpha issues.

Shot out to the vlogger for a Ship of Theseus Paradox reference. Speaking of Stadium, apparently the Bears haven’t even done a traffic study for Arlington. My other stat prof [I had like 4 of them since I kept flunking] used to actually do traffic studies. Think he said the goal was just to keep drivers making lefts [insert “National European Vacation” Paris scene here].

Happy Friday!