The Sports Corner is Carny Ready

Cubs Marketing Brain Surgeon Wally Hayward wants to throw "family friendly" street festivals outside of Wrigley Field during the Yankees, Cards and White Sox series this summer. These three day carnivals would take over Sheffield Ave from The Sports Corner on Addison to Murphy's Bleachers over on Waveland. Between fans drinking all day in those two bars and in the bleachers it's going to be very "family friendly" - complete with that drunk uncle no one wants to hang out with.

It looks like The Sports Corner's taking this carny idea seriously with the install of their new sign. This thing is so cartoonishly large, so completely out of scale with the building and the neighborhood, that it's perfect for a carnival.

Step Right Up: Get Yer Beer Here!

Club 162

A new bar opened up here next to Wrigley Field. It's at the old Hi-Tops/Harry Caray's spot over on Sheffield.

Anyone who is a fan of baseball probably can figure out where they got the name - after the 162 games in a regular season.

Anyone with half a brain should also be able to figure out that only playing the minimum 162 games IS A BAD THING!

162 games is a given, not a goal.

Playing 162 means you didn't make the playoffs. It means you failed for Pete's sake!

Green Clad Drunkards Invade Wrigleyville

Well sir, it's that time of year again.
Downtown, it's time for them to dye the river green, and up here around Wrigley Field, it's time waste a perfectly good day drinking it the bars. Youngsters dressed in green are out and about this morning, looking for a good time. No doubt it's the only thing that could get them out of bed before noon.

  

The Curse Opens by Wrigley

Looks like a new bar opened up down the street from Wrigley.

It is where Moxie was. Moxie was a lame name. The new place is called: THE CURSE. Doubly Lame.