Wrigley and the Cubs

Wrigley Field

We hit another book store and then caught the hotel shuttle to O’Hare to get on the blue line into town.  We were able to get on with no problem at O’Hare, but then the train started to fill up with Lollapalooza goers to the point that they couldn’t shut the doors on the trains for minutes at a time with Cubs’ fans, Dodgers’ fans, Nine Inch Nails’ fans, airport arrivers with luggage, and regular riders. In the harem scarem jostling to get off the train, I somehow lost my visor

which really upset me for two minutes, then I realized that I didn’t lose John in the melee, so be happy.  We arrived at Wrigley and there was the usual hubbub around the stadium, but there was something different about being there and knowing that you have tickets to go in this time.  We hit a taco bell outside the stadium because we had not eaten in a while and I figured that a bean burrito would be healthier than Wrigley fare, but guess what?  NOT!!!  The bean burrito is more points than a regular hard shell taco and really didn’t save me much from a hot dog. 

Back to the interesting stuff.  I have been in several major league stadiums (Arlington, Comerica, and Busch (the old one) before Wrigley and I have to say that they all pale in comparison.  The others have more luxury boxes, more seats, and I’m sure better locker rooms, but we were so close to the field that we could have touched the Dodgers bullpen.  The

field is right up to the wall and the wall is only 4 feet tall, so we were CLOSE!!!  I mean, we do not have a telephoto lens and Yasiel Puig looks like he is right there…The hot dogs were great, the beers were great, the fans were nice to everyone and Don

Mattingly got kicked out of the game for fighting with an ump.  So, even though the Cubs lost, we staved off a threatening storm and had a great time.  I wish that I could bottle how green the grass was, how perfect the warmth without being hot

was, and how it didn’t even matter that it took an hour and a half for each pitch and that the Cubs put a different pitcher every inning that had to warm up forever and that I think I fell asleep for a short time in a stadium full of people.  Unfortunately, the play of the game where Puig caught a ball and fell forward to it was out of our line of vision because everyone surged to their feet and he fell to the ground in front of the 4 foot

wall in front of us, but you could tell throughout the game that we was a pretty awesome player. 

We were sitting next to some season ticket holders and we’re not sure how you could go to a lot of games.  From start to

finish it was a nine hour endeavor to get there, watch the game, and get back to the hotel.  I’m not sure even if you lived right next to the stadium it would take a lot of time out of your days to see them all.