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Horsey WOO! ride WOO!
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"(from the Boston Globe, May 28th 2001)
Some Chicago Cubs fans describe the high-pitched yelp that echoes across Wrigley..."
More about Ronnie WooWoo
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Schools (Other):
Hard Knocks University=Lower Wacker Drive Campus
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Occupation:
Woo Window Washers & constantly yelling WOO
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Affiliations:
Bleacher Bums
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Hobbies and Interests:
The Cubs, Wu-Tang Clan, Ric Flair, Bubb Rubb's whistletips
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Favorite Books:
Woo?
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Favorite Movies:
Casablanca
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Favorite Music:
Take Me Out To the Ballgame
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Favorite TV Shows:
The Lead Off Man, The 10th Inning
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About Me:
(from the Boston Globe, May 28th 2001)
Some Chicago Cubs fans describe the high-pitched yelp that echoes across Wrigley Field as the sound of a bus backing up for nine innings or a flock of hovering seagulls. Yet the cry, despite its nerve-grating quality, has become as distinctive to the ballpark as the lush ivy that climbs the outfield wall.
The sound is the signature "WOO" call of longtime fan Ronnie "Woo Woo" Wickers, a formerly homeless Chicago native who wanders the Friendly Confines in Cubs uniform and shouts players' names or other words with a "WOO" at the end.
Wickers, who now holds odd jobs, works the crowds at bars before games to get free bleacher tickets. Wickers says he has not missed a Cubs home game in more than 20 years - except for one spell. When he missed 21 games in 1987, rumors spread that Wickers had died or been banned. Wickers was simply working regular hours delivering pizzas.
Dubbed "Leather Lungs" by Harry Caray, Wickers once wooed for six hours and received a noise-violation ticket that was later dropped.
Wickers, who has a twin brother who does not woo, first went to games as a child with his grandmother who wanted to keep him out of trouble. As he got older, he took a series of janitorial jobs so he could attend Cubs games during the day. He uttered his first "WOO" around 1955, but does not remember why.
Wickers worked steadily until the mid-'80s, when he discovered his girlfriend dead in their apartment. A distraught Wickers was then homeless for about five years, sleeping under newspapers on Chicago streets or in bathroom stalls at O'Hare International Airport. But he still made it to Cubs games, always on a donated ticket.
Now living in an apartment and married to Patty, Wickers is the father of two children. He works odd jobs, cleaning windows at bars near Wrigley or helping people move.
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NOW I AM SADDENED TO HEAR THE NEWS OF THE NOMAR'S GROIN TEAR. I CAN BARELY UTTER A SINGLE "woo".
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Who I Want to Meet:
Jim WOO! Hendry WOO!
Andy WOO! McPhail WOO!
Dusty WOO! Baker WOO!
Darren WOO! Baker WOO!
Ernie WOO! Banks WOO!
Billy WOO! Williams WOO!
Fergie WOO! Jenkins WOO!
Ron WOO! Santo WOO!
Steve WOO! Stone WOO!
Billy WOO! Corgan WOO!
John WOO! Cusack WOO!
Bill WOO! Murray WOO!
Joe WOO! Mantegna WOO!
George WOO! Wendt WOO!
Mayor WOO! Daley WOO!
Len WOO! Kasper WOO!
Bob WOO! Brenly WOO!
Drunk WOO! guys WOO! who WOO! will WOO! give me WOO! a ticket WOO! or WOO! buy me WOO! a beer WOO! at Sluggers WOO! Cubby Bear WOO! Hi-Tops WOO! or Murphy's WOO!
Female WOO! Cub WOO! fans WOO! wearing WOO! tight WOO! baby WOO! doll WOO! tee WOO! shirts WOO! WOO! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
And WOO! more WOO! Friendsters WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
[ADD ME: First name: Ronnie WooWoo (no spaces between those Woos) Last name: Wickers]
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announcer! I know , yoo would yell
"WOO!" each time a Cubs player hits a
home run. And every times the Cubs win,
you would yell Cubs Win! "WOO!"
favorite player on the Chicago Cubs! He
is a very friendly person to talk to and
and allows you to take his picture! In
the 80's, I remember giving Ronnie a
picture that I took of him, and after
the game, he showed his pictures to the
opposing team when they were getting on
the bus! I will never get tired of his:
CUBS! WOO!
JODY! WOO!
MORELAND! WOO!
SUTCLIFFE! WOO!
SANDBERG! WOO!
SOSA! WOO!
ALOU! WOO!
KERRY! WOO!
PRIOR! WOO!
RAMIREZ! WOO!
Ronnie, I definitely have to invite you
to my next birthday party so you can
"GET THE PARTY STARTED!" WOO!
same since our paths crossed the NLDS
last year on clark.. wickers, ima find
you and buy you a tix next to me when i
roll back down to the northside.
taking years off of my life this
season. If only I had your ever-
present good spirit. Forgive me. I am
but a brittle shell of a man. You,
however, are a living testament to the
magic of the Cubs. For you this is no
mere sport, but something sacrosanct.
Ronnie WooWoo, you are a god in these
parts, and I am your humble servant.
Whilst you sit on your alabaster throne
in the pantheon of the gods of Cubs
baseball, I revere you from a distance,
never able to look you squarely in the
eyes for you are mighty. I am lowly.
But in you there is salvation! On your
sleeve, Ronnie WooWoo Wickers, the
hearts of men and women nationwide are
worn. At your feet, we mortals grovel
in hopes of earning your respect. Woo
on, Ronnie WooWoo, and woo loud for
those of us who dare not speak thy
woo.
P.S. You totally rule, and my friends
saw you in a restaurant.
were eating! And you raised your glass
to the cubs and cried 'CUBS! WOO!
CUBS! WOO!' and then you looked right
at me and got kind of pissed that i
wasn't joining in or anything, but
Ronnie i was just in awe of you. you
are splendiforous.
love of the cubs, and what sets aside
the north from the south. Yeah! we won
today 7-4 against the sox. I met you
two years ago on the way to a game on
the red line. It was perfect to get in
the feeling of loving the cubs so much.
I took a picture with you and till
today it still sits on my desk. All my
love, HEATHER
gimp first time we met the way he kept
screaming Woo Woo. He then informed me
that he is a bona fide Cubs fan. I
informed him to shut the fuck up or I
would kindly escort him out. Those
Woos are still ringing in my goddamn
ears.