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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Baby Bears like Wisconsin
On Saturday...while at a going away party...I was talking with my friend Mindy who is a huge cubs fan...we were discussing the Cubbies odd upcoming trip to Milwaukee. After wondering why MLB would allow such a thing...and how easy it would be to get tickets...I found myself in a car on my way to Wisconsin.
For those who need a refresher. Hurricane Ike wiped away Houston so MLB decided to put the game at a "neutral" site.....they thought Milwaukee....which is 90 miles from Chicago sounded neutral enough.
On Sunday...in front of over 25,000 "neutral" cubs fans...Carlos Zambrano pitched a no hitter.
Steve and I had a fun time watching in our apartment.
On Monday I got up bright and early...jumped in Mindy's car...and away we went.
The ride wasn't that bad...about 4 and a half hours and we were there!
Mindy doesn't joke around when getting seats. She got us 12 rows behind home plate!
We got there just in time to grab a beer, a sausage, some fried cheese curds and see the first pitch.
We had a sick view of the game
Even saw bats fly through the air.
We had some great people around us. Like this guy...
And this guy whose camera was a little bigger than mine...
The drunk heckler behind us even took a picture for Mindy and me.
Soon enough...Billy the Cub showed up. Billy is a mascot of the Cubs.
However this may have been Billy's first time seeing the cubs.
Billy is not allowed in Wrigley field due a no costume policy. He is not affiliated with the team. But he wants to be....so he was throwing out free T-shirts!
By some weird act of god I caught one! Sweet. Here's Mindy posing with Billy afterward.
The game was amazing. Ted Lilly threw a no hitter into the 7th. The ball park is awesome.
Check out the cool slide in the outfield.
During Brewers game Bernie the flies down it after home runs. Since this was a "Houston" home game there was no Bernie
There was no sausage races either.
While at the game....the Brewers...who at the time were atop the wild card standings fired their manager Ned Yost. There was quite the buzz in the stands as everyone's phone started going off with friends texting them.
Here is a picture of him on the wrap around scoreboard...which will never be seen again.
It was fun to see Lou Pinella up close. He has what we call a "keg".
In the end it was a cubs win!!
The more than 15,000 people who skipped work were happy.
And the W's were flying.
It was a great day at Miller Park.
Baby Bears like Wisconsin
On Saturday...while at a going away party...I was talking with my friend Mindy who is a huge cubs fan...we were discussing the Cubbies odd upcoming trip to Milwaukee. After wondering why MLB would allow such a thing...and how easy it would be to get tickets...I found myself in a car on my way to Wisconsin.
For those who need a refresher. Hurricane Ike wiped away Houston so MLB decided to put the game at a "neutral" site.....they thought Milwaukee....which is 90 miles from Chicago sounded neutral enough.
On Sunday...in front of over 25,000 "neutral" cubs fans...Carlos Zambrano pitched a no hitter.
Steve and I had a fun time watching in our apartment.
On Monday I got up bright and early...jumped in Mindy's car...and away we went.
The ride wasn't that bad...about 4 and a half hours and we were there!
Mindy doesn't joke around when getting seats. She got us 12 rows behind home plate!
We got there just in time to grab a beer, a sausage, some fried cheese curds and see the first pitch.
We had a sick view of the game
Even saw bats fly through the air.
We had some great people around us. Like this guy...
And this guy whose camera was a little bigger than mine...
The drunk heckler behind us even took a picture for Mindy and me.
Soon enough...Billy the Cub showed up. Billy is a mascot of the Cubs.
However this may have been Billy's first time seeing the cubs.
Billy is not allowed in Wrigley field due a no costume policy. He is not affiliated with the team. But he wants to be....so he was throwing out free T-shirts!
By some weird act of god I caught one! Sweet. Here's Mindy posing with Billy afterward.
The game was amazing. Ted Lilly threw a no hitter into the 7th. The ball park is awesome.
Check out the cool slide in the outfield.
There was no sausage races either.
While at the game....the Brewers...who at the time were atop the wild card standings fired their manager Ned Yost. There was quite the buzz in the stands as everyone's phone started going off with friends texting them.
Here is a picture of him on the wrap around scoreboard...which will never be seen again.
It was fun to see Lou Pinella up close. He has what we call a "keg".
In the end it was a cubs win!!
The more than 15,000 people who skipped work were happy.
And the W's were flying.
It was a great day at Miller Park.
Cubs ahead by 1... giambi on 1st kerry wood facing a-rod... WHO ARE YOU ROOTING FOR!
Look at the section on the fried cheese curds.
You can pretty much find them in any grocey store here (or at the infamous Mar's Cheese Factory, among others) that Bill mentioned. They'll never really squeak though, b/c you rarely get a package that is less than a day old.
I think I read somewhere recently that they have over 70 kinds of "fried food on a stick" this past year at the WI State Fair. Twinkies, Oreo Cookies, Kwy Lime Pie, etc. That gives me a gut ache just thinking about it.
I do have to have some fried cheese on a stick and a corn dog when I go every year...
http://www.marscheese.com/map.asp?id=081042076425114284...