Lets Record the First Error of the Season

Even the staunchest Tribune critic would applaud the installation of a statue dedicated to all-time great Ernie Banks, if only because of the fact that the Cubbies have finally figured out that if you're going to erect monuments outside of your ballpark, they ought to be of ballplayers, not broadcasters.

However, there's one little problem with the statue. The inscription reads: Lets Play Two.

The Tribune's Mary Schmich writes about the gaffe in Wednesday's Tribune. She's a stickler for proper grammar, causing one to believe she may be another closeted White Sox fan roaming the Tower.

Schmich reports that at least half of the people she witnessed hopping out to snap photos of the new statue didn't detect anything wrong with it. Cubbies fan Brian, who wouldn't offer his last name because he didn't want to insult the team (Brian, it's a statue, man, Ernie Banks didn't forge the thing from his own bone spurs and elbow chips between games of a doubleheader), said the error was "just a nitpicky thing about English."

Cubbies fan Ken Royal was not so generous, noting the error and commenting, "that's the Cubs for you."

Maybe the next White Sox fan hired by the Tribune should be a proofreader.

--Brett Ballantini