\u201cIf they\u2019re looking for a guy to push the button when they blow the place [Wrigely Field] up, I\u2019ll do it,\u201d Berkman told the\u00a0Star-Telegram<\/em>and\u00a0Dallas Morning News<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cIt\u2019s one of the worst places in baseball for, well, just about anything. I really don\u2019t like it. I read where they got approval for some more upgrades. Count me in the group of people extremely happy to see that. I guess I\u2019m just spoiled. \u201cThere is a tremendous history associated with it and there is something special about playing on the same field that guys like Babe Ruth did. But really, what kind of history is there? It\u2019s not like there has been one championship after another. It\u2019s mainly been a place for people to go and drink beer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I\u2019m thinking when this guy goes fishing he will only fish after some sonar finds the fish.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Texas Ranger evidently doesn\u2019t like our home field: \u201cIf they\u2019re looking for a guy to push the button when they blow the place [Wrigely Field] up, I\u2019ll do it,\u201d Berkman told the\u00a0Star-Telegramand\u00a0Dallas Morning News. \u201cIt\u2019s one of the worst places in baseball for, well, just about anything. I really don\u2019t like it. I read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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