Peter Gammons made some headlines in Chicago over the weekend by saying during a local radio interview that Wrigley Field is “a dump” that needs renovating like “what the Boston owners did with Fenway Park.”
Ozzie Guillen, who has been a vocal critic of Wrigley Field in the past, was asked what he thought of Gammons’ comments and the White Sox manager jokingly made it clear that he agrees:He did? Good for you, Peter. Finally, somebody else out-tagged me. Why do you say that, Peter? You have only been to Wrigley Field for a few days. You’re not at Wrigley Field all of the time. That’s why Peter is one of the brightest men in baseball.
Wrigley Field is like a monument, and we have to respect that and we have to love that. A lot of people come to Chicago and want to take the tourist buses. They want to go by Wrigley Field. That’s the reason why. The owners would rather spend $200 million in players than [renovate]. People will show up to Wrigley Field. They like going there and all the things they can do there before and after the gamesThat qualifies as about as diplomatic as Guillen is ever going to get and he even called it “beautiful Wrigley Field” and “a historic ballpark” when discussing Derek Jeter’s chances of reaching 3,000 hits while in Chicago.
