Daily Archives: April 11, 2012

New Treats at the Cell

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U.S. Cellular Field has always had delicious options when it comes to ballpark food – hotdogs with charbroiled onions, an assortment of beer selections, funnel cakes, and don’t even get me started on the corn! Compared to it’s competitor park on the Northside (Wrigley Field) who limits their attendants to Old Style beer, the Cell has always been the better option for baseball eats. Now White Sox fans have some new treats to taste at the home opener on Friday. Check them out, photos courtesy of CSNChicago.com.

The White Sox have also added some additional entertainment. Giant caricatures of Dick Allen, Goose Gossage and Bill Melton will be running around the warning track during this season’s Sunday home games. I really love the models in this photo.

Rip’s breakout performance against the Knicks

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Who’s that masked man? Rip Hamilton finally looked like he had his legs back last night during the Bulls rematch with the New York Knicks. With Derrick Rose sidelined for the 23rd time this season – this time for an ankle injury, the Bulls needed NBA veteran Hamilton to pick up his game to improve their playoff run chances. Prior to last night Rip had looked like rusty bones on the court, but Tuesday he had 20 points (he was the Bulls leading scorer). Welcome back Rip City.

Briggsy got his extension

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Number 55 will be in a Bears uniform through the 2014 season. The Bears crossed another item off their offseason “to-do list” Wednesday when they agreed to a one-year extension for linebacker Lance Briggs.

“My dream is to retire a Bear,” Briggs said, “and now I know I will.”

The decision seemed far more painless than previous attempts for the seven-time Pro Bowler. His agent worked with GM Phil Emery during the NFL scouting combine in February and once the Bears addressed their offseason priorities, Briggs extension was worked out.

“It is by far the least amount of time that I’ve had talking with the Bears on a contract. I’m just very appreciative right now that the work has been recognized and it got handled as fast as it did,” said Briggs.

Easy as pie.