Welcome to Chicago, Chicago, that toddler in town.

Welcome to 32 Thoughts, the podcast presented by the GMC Sierra AT4X, getting you set for the 2025 winter classic from iconic Wrigley Field in Chicago.

That is where we are right now, Elliot Friedman and producer Dom Tramatti.

In fact, we're out in the left field bleachers, section 506, row 13,

Fringe. Actually, apparently, this is where the phrase term, bleacher bum, first originated.

You're a Cubs fan, you should know that.

I am a Cubs fan. I did not know that. I am remembering my last trip to the bleacher seats in Wrigley

Field, which was the day after I got engaged. Wow. Or as I like to say, the second worst

day of Steph's life defeated only by the day we got married. Right. That was more aptly named.

Well, that's got to be nice memories, at least for you.

I'm not sure about Steph.

But apparently, because as you know for the longest time, they didn't have lights here at Wrigley Field.

1988 is when they finally came into place.

It was always day games here.

And so the fans that would sit out here and the bleachers that were here all the time,

that was kind of the suggestion back then, well, they're always here during the day watching Cubs games.

Surely they can't have any work. There are a bunch of bums. They're the bleacher balls.

Well, you know what that was. That was Lee Elia, who was the manager of the Cubs. And I believe

you can find that rant on the internet. I believe it's on the interwebs. People have kept that recording of him trashing the Chicago fans.

I'm trying to imagine what social media would be like if somebody did that today.

Right, right.

Well, that's why they have the baskets here now, because they used to run, the fans would run along the edges of the bottom of the bleachers here. They would do races during the games too.

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