"Clamp his Mouth" and "Get a Team"
By fuzzmartin
The bitter battle between right and wrong is getting stronger in Chicago. Mayor "Vote Early and Often" Daley and The "What Safety Issues?" Tribune Company have been embarking on a terrific sissy fight over the stability issues at Wrigley Field. Luckily for us both sides have left us with tremendously quotable one-liners:
Commissioner Stan Kaderbek on a new claim of falling concrete chunks:
"It's really bogus"
Andy MacPhail on Wrigley Field Inspections:
"The city has conducted enough inspections of Wrigley Field by now that they should be satisfied we are not printing a newspaper here."
Mayor Daley to Cubs President Andy MacPhail:
"If a piece of concrete fell on your head . . . and your child, what would you do? You'd be yelling at the city every day"
Chester Lobodzinski on not turning in the chunk of Wrigley he claims landed on his head:
"They're not taking it," "All they've got to do is come to the house and they can examine it. But they're not getting it. I mean, 25 years from now, who else can say they have their own piece of Wrigley Field? Say I'm wrong, that's fine, but I've got the evidence right here, don't I?" -- well, do you?
Commisssioner Stan Kaderbek on the new claim by Chester Lobodzinski:
"It's kind of what I suspected might happen. Somebody might come up with pieces of concrete" and bring them into the ballpark to make a bogus claim.
Mayor Daley in regards to Cubs President Andy MacPhail:
"They [the Cubs] should get a team."
Mayor Daley one-upping his last comment to Andy MacPhail:
"Poor guy. He should really put a clamp on his mouth."
Cubs Manager Dusty Baker on the fued:
"Hey, man, you all handle it. That's not a topic on my list. My name is Les, and I don't like mess. Or my name is Bennett, and I ain't in it. I got a whole bunch of those."
What???
Sources:
Daily Southtown "Cubs Notebook"
Chicago Sun Times "Daley, Tribune skeptical about fallen chunk claim" - This link may have expired.
