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Delicious Pundit — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:32:25 EDT

Cubs do it, Sox do it,
Even Bible-thumping Rox do it,
Lets do it
Lets play two today

Delicious Pundit

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Weed Against Speed — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:29:56 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis: He also believes that is the guy who killed Jesus.

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Sandburgh — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:27:27 EDT

In their defense, it does say ERNIE BANK'S

Sandburgh

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RonZookonRedBull — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:24:28 EDT

@Paul Zuvella: I'm sure the Moises Alou Peeing Statue and Handwashing Station will be a big hit, though.

RonZookonRedBull

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Chamomiles Davis — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:23:57 EDT

@GreatOdensRaven: Hines Ward thinks the "Pittsburgh Pirates" is a form of exercise.

/Christmas Ape I am so, so sorry

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WayneFontesFanatic — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:23:33 EDT

Its safe to say that Ernie Banks doesnt approve of poor grammar that isnt proper.

WayneFontesFanatic

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Chamomiles Davis — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:22:22 EDT

@Gourmet Spud: [groans; doubles over]
@Stev D: How's the rent?

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GreatOdensRaven — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:16:45 EDT

The Pirates also expressed their concern over the plaque missing the letter R.

GreatOdensRaven

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Stev D — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:15:55 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis: I live in Phase III and it is lovely.

Stev D

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Gourmet Spud — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:15:31 EDT

@Chamomiles Davis:

Hey, if there's a bad landlord joke, inhabit heard it.

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Jefferson Short Bus — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:15:26 EDT

@Chones_Chonies: It means you bought two tickets and left the stadium between games.

Jefferson Short Bus

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Jefferson Short Bus — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:14:15 EDT

@Chief Wahoo: The base of the statue would have simply read:

Jefferson Short Bus

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Chamomiles Davis — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:13:03 EDT

"Play Two" is the name of an apartment complex owned by Banks. "Lets Play Two" is merely a reference to what he's doing nowadays. Thus, no grammatical corrections are necessary.

/this joke sounded somewhat funnier in theory

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Weed Against Speed — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:09:57 EDT

Jose Canseco commissioned a statue to be made in his honor but he couldn't find a sculptor that could replicate mesh shirts in stone.

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Stev D — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:09:34 EDT

@ArkansasFred: This is going to end up with my committing suicide in full military dress, isn't it?

Stev D

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:09:14 EDT

Can't wait for the Ryan Sandborg statue.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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Chief Wahoo — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:07:12 EDT

Still better off than the Indians, and the statue of Jim Thome that never got built after he signed with the Phillies instead.

Chief Wahoo

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Al Czerviks Ride — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:06:44 EDT

When the engraver was asked about his mistake, the native Chicagoan replied, "No hablo ingles."

Al Czerviks Ride

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Chones_Chonies — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:06:33 EDT

Too bad future generations won't know what "Let's play two" really meant.

Chones_Chonies

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shea_guevara — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:05:35 EDT

It's still wrong. Ernie Banks was actually saying that natives of Latvia tend to play doubleheaders.

shea_guevara

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DannyNoonan — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:05:16 EDT

Ricky Henderson says theirs no problem with the sign.

- Ricky Henderson

DannyNoonan

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ArkansasFred — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:05:01 EDT

@Stev D: Not you too, dude.

ArkansasFred

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ArkansasFred — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:04:33 EDT

NERDS!!!!!!!!!!

ArkansasFred

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Stev D — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:03:33 EDT

Granite, mistakes were made. But we will fix it.

Stev D

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PenskeMaterial — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:03:25 EDT

"Its" a Cubs-related affliction.

PenskeMaterial

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Gourmet Spud — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:03:17 EDT

@J-No:

You know, for the longest time I thought "Youse" was a Northern Ontario, Canada thing. Turns out I was so very wrong.

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Paul Zuvella — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:02:52 EDT

Moises Alou now admits that, apostrophe or no apostrophe, he would not have understood what it meant anyway.

Paul Zuvella

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:02:49 EDT

@J-No:

That's because you're Italian.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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Juancho — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:01:08 EDT

@ClueHeywood: The guy doing the Zambrano statue will have arm trouble. And don't get me started about the Kerry Wood memorial.

Juancho

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Phatty — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:00:57 EDT

Whats the deal with Ovaltine?

Phatty

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Weed Against Speed — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:00:26 EDT

This is just like that episode of The Flinstones - you know the one.

strong like bull smart like tractor

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J-No — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:00:21 EDT

Use guys don't know what you are talking about. It looks fine to me.

J-No

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7-8 Deville — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:59:48 EDT

I prefer "Let us play more than one", but it didn't fit as nicely.

7-8 Deville

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ClueHeywood — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:59:42 EDT

This mistake does not bode well for the eventual Kosuke Fukudome statue.

ClueHeywood

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DennyCrane — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:58:00 EDT

@ClueHeywood: The Stan Mikita statue just weeps.

DennyCrane

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Al Czerviks Ride — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:58:00 EDT

Hopefully nobody notices the sign out front- "Riggly Feild."

Al Czerviks Ride

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:57:48 EDT

@futuremrsrickankiel:

In fairness, Will would've had Rick or AJ take care of it.

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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strong like bull smart like tractor — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:56:48 EDT

Who knew they even had copy editing chiselers?

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UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:56:11 EDT

Think anyone would've noticed it while pissing on it?

UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen

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CardedForDissent — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:56:02 EDT

@futuremrsrickankiel: Good job their

CardedForDissent

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Weed Against Speed — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:55:58 EDT

The George Mikan statue inside the Target Center has a huge bulge and he was a white guy. Talk about a mistake!

Am I right?

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The Man with No Name — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:55:17 EDT

@futuremrsrickankiel: Wow. +1

The Man with No Name

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Bob Loblaw — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:54:36 EDT

At ND it used to say "Play like a champion today" until they fixed it this year to say "Play like a bunch of assholes today."

Bob Loblaw

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Gourmet Spud — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:54:17 EDT

@Suss--:

No¿ Money down;

1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes

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futuremrsrickankiel — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:54:08 EDT

In fairness, Will, if you were engraving the statue, you would have forgotten to close one of the tags at the end and the whole freaking statue would have been a hyperlink to Fire Joe Morgan.

futuremrsrickankiel

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Cialis Cooper — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:53:56 EDT

I always thought this was a condensed version of the statement Ernie Banks made to Jackie Robinson while watching the 1946 All Star Game; "Why won't they let us play, too," so I was too busy laughing at the wrong misspelling and lack of a comma to even appreciate what was really going on.

Cialis Cooper

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Patchy Drizzle — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:53:48 EDT

The statue makes sense, for all intensive purposes.

Patchy Drizzle

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ClueHeywood — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:53:34 EDT

The Michael Jordan statue at United Center tells you to take Memphis and the points.

ClueHeywood

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Al Czerviks Ride — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:53:28 EDT

@McCroskey: Not in the last 101 years...

Al Czerviks Ride

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Christmas Ape — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:53:15 EDT

"No, money down!"

Christmas Ape

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Matt Sussman — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:52:49 EDT

It slipped through because nobody etched a red line under LETS.

Matt Sussman

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RonZookonRedBull — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:52:30 EDT

So I take it the problem is they spelled the word "lose" p-l-a-y? Wow, they weren't even close...

RonZookonRedBull

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The Man with No Name — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:52:24 EDT

@Gourmet Spud: They did the same thing at the Lincoln Memorial. Was supposed to be an F, and it was an E.

The Man with No Name

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1980 David Bowie From The Music Video Ashes To Ashes — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:52:20 EDT

@Secret Identity: It's "they're"! God, your so stupid!!!

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Hit Bull Win Steak — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:52:07 EDT

thats rediculous

Hit Bull Win Steak

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Matt Sussman — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:50 EDT

This is shaping up to be Emmitt Smith's favorite thread ever.

Matt Sussman

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McCroskey — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:42 EDT

"Let's play, too"?

McCroskey

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Whitey Fisk — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:42 EDT

@UkraineNotWeak:

"Give them a break. It's been a tough century. It cloud's the mind."

Fixed.

Whitey Fisk

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Weed Against Speed — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:13 EDT

Irregardless, its still a nice statute.

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Gourmet Spud — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:13 EDT

They found the apostrophe. They thought the quote was sponsored by "Ernie's Bank."

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Lady Andrea — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:12 EDT

Who's bright idea was that?

Lady Andrea

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Matt Sussman — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:11 EDT

So engravers don't work on a contingency plan?

Matt Sussman

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futuremrsrickankiel — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:04 EDT

Not to be confused with the planned inscription on the Lou Piniella Memorial Statue: "LETS KERRY WOOD CLOSE, FOR SOME REASON."

futuremrsrickankiel

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Slothrop — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:50:47 EDT

Its defiantly a good idea to run spell check or your a looser.

/yeah, I know, I'm the kettle.

Slothrop

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Gourmet Spud — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:50:07 EDT

These were the same boneheads that messed up the Gehrig monument. Let's just an 'L' got replaced with an 'F'.