Wrigleyville

I really enjoy going to historical sporting venues. One of my favorite places in the world is Yankee Stadium. You can feel the history all around you as soon as you step off the train to walk into the House that Ruth built. Last year I added Fenway Park to my list of great places. I am no Red Sox fan, but it was easy to recognize how special of a park it is. I even had a first row seat on the first baseline.

On Wednesday night, my friend Jeff Schaeffer of CBC BAseball hooked me up with a ticket to see the Cubs and the Reds at Wrigley Field. I was in Chicago and had an open evening for the game. What a special place it was. Any of you that have been will relate to some of the things I am going to mention.

It all starts with the parking, there are no parking decks or standard lots around Wrigley. Its in a community full of old duplexes and quad houses and everyone seems to have an alley behind their home. These alleys are used as parking spots and you pay someone between $20-40 to use their parking spot for the night. I ended up parking inside an old two car garage four blocks from Wrigley Field. Everything looks alike there, so I was careful to write down that I was at the corner of Racine and Newport.

I picked up my ticket at Gate 10 Will Call and walked to my seat behind home plate for the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning.

What a neat place, the Cub fans love their team! Carlos Zambrano pitched a 1 hitter through 8 innings and the Cubs won 5-1

Wrigley is a special place and I hope to return again! They don't build ballparks like they used to, thats for sure!