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"To be honest, the architects really drive this, because they talk about lead time on ordering steel, etc., and how this would all work," Kenney said.

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Baseball in Chicago in early April can certainly be a chilling experience. Chicagoist remembers — all too well — playing Little League games in arctic temps, with the moms in attendance taking turns running to the closest fast-food outlets to bring back hot chocolate.

We'd known this day was coming, yet we remained in denial. We distracted ourselves with the Bears and hoped we'd suddenly hear some pleasantly unexpected news. Instead, we learn that the White Sox are offically out of the playoff hunt on account of their 14-1 loss to Cleveland Monday night. Earlier in the evening, the Minnesota Twins beat the KC Royals 8-1, cutting their magic number to one. The Sox loss changed it to...

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First it was Mark Buehrle, who the Sox fined for using the on-field tarp as a Slip-N-Slide during a rain delay on Sunday. Buehrle told the media after the game, "I don't know if I should be talking about this. I got in trouble. … I can't be out there anymore and I can't have any fun."

There's a lot going on in the world of sports, and we're busy working on our baseball season preview, so we'll just give you the quick shots:

Were you shut out of playoff tickets like Chicagoist was? Did you ponder plunking down a couple month's rent on season tickets for 2006 to ensure access to The Cell come October? If you haven't do so yet, you're too late.

We know you probably think Chicagoist has our own luxury box at The Cell, but that's just not the case yet. So Chicagoist spent our lunch hour desperately trying to land some tickets to the American League Championship Series so that we can watch our beloved White Sox beat the Yankees or Angels on the way their eventual World Series Championship. However, TicketBastard had other plans. We logged onto Ticketmaster's site a few minutes before...

Only The Lonely* (1991) – Filmed just three days before demolition was to begin on the old park, John Candy’s character treats Ally Sheedy to a nighttime picnic on the field complete with fireworks. Consider it a cinematic toast to a Chicago legend.

For all the talk about how Version Two of The Ballpark Formerly Known As Comiskey completely changed the landscape of the Bridgeport neighborhood, the truth is that outside of the late, lamented McCuddy’s (the bar most long-suffering Sox fans bring up as Exhibit A of the old Bridgeport nightlife: “Babe Ruth drank beers between innings there when the Yankees came to town!”) Comiskey Park/The Cell has always been a victim of its surroundings. Where...

So Chicagoist's South Side correspondent was sitting here working on a guide to recommended food and drink places in Bridgeport in advance of this weekend's Crosstown Series at the Ballpark Formerly Known as Comiskey when a little birdie clued us to the following story from last night's game.

Everybody knows that the Cubs are a much bigger draw at Wrigley than the White Sox are at U.S. Cellular. And even though we cheer for the White Sox, Chicagoist agrees that Wrigley is a great place to watch a game -- we certainly don't want to blow it up! But we also think that The Cell gets an undeserved bad rap -- especially following the three years of enhancements. Formerly known as Comiskey Park,...

If you're down at The Cell watching a Sox game and you're opposed to swearing you might just want to hold your tongue. Roberto Guerra, an off duty cop, was leaving the park last week with his wife and two young boys when he heard some rowdy White Sox fans shouting profanities at some Indians fans. Guerra shouted, "Do you mind? Our kids are here" and "I am a cop. Watch your mouth." Richard Vicario, the man shouting the curses, responded by grabbing his crotch and yelling, "Cop this!". Next he allegedly punched Guerra in the face and along with his brother continued to attack him after he fell between the seats. When Guerra's wife tried to intervene she was attacked too. The couple basically was pummelled - they ended up with broken noses, black eyes, and stitches. And their kids are now having nightmares after witnessing their parents getting beat up.