Author Archives: Nik Bronder

US Cellular Field: White Sox – Rangers.

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I headed down to the South Side for the first of three White Sox games this week.  The White Sox came from behind to beat the Rangers on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 8th.  The game started off rough for the White Sox and they were down 2-0 early in the game but they rallied to tie the game in bottom of the 5th off of Brent Morel‘s three-run homer.  The weather wasn’t as bad as expected and it felt much warmer than the last game I went to.

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Side Notes:

* Year of Baseball Stats:
Game No. 3
Stadium Opened: April 18, 1991
Capacity: 41,432
Attendance: 22,437
Food: 1 hot dog,
Beer: 4 Miller Lights,
Opponent: Texas Rangers
Pitchers: W J. Crain, L C. Eppley
Miles From Home: 9.6
Ticket Face Value: $14
Seat Location: Section 544, Row 8, Seat 5

CAF: Preservation & Pubs.

On a Chicago Architectural Foundation tour. Congress Hotel -Essex Inn, Michigan Avenue -Dearborn Station, Printers Row -M. A. Donohue & Co., original publishers of the Yellow Pages, Printers Row -

This past Friday Julie and I went on our second Preservation and Pub walking tour by the Chicago Architecture Foundation. This tour centered around the South Loop (including several of the builings I work at) and ended at Kasey’s Tavern in Printers Row.  I enjoyed this tour more than the previous one, mainly because it was in the South Loop, whereas our first tour just seemed to cut across the Loop and dealt with more of the aspect of Historic Preservation than the buildings/neighborhood.

Side Notes:

Gotham City -

* Chicago will always be Gotham City.
** Julie has a lot more photographs of the tour on Flickr.

US Cellular Field: White Sox – Twins.

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Last night Julie and I bared the cold and went to our first White Sox game of the season against the Twins.  Being that it was a balmy 40 degrees the stadium was half full so we were able to maneuver our way to some decent upper deck seats.  The game was a stalemate until Jason Kubel hit a home run in the 4th inning and then the Twins’ Liriano continued his no-hitter to complete the game.  I have my issues with Baseball and its’ statistics but when it was all said and done it was interesting to witness what had just happened.

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* Year of Baseball Stats:
Game No. 3
Stadium Opened: April 18, 1991
Capacity: 41,432
Attendance: 20,901
Food: 1 Hot Dog,
Beer: 2 Miller Light
Opponent: Minnesota Twins
Pitchers: W: F. Liriano, L: E. Jackson
Miles From Home: 9.6
Ticket Face Value: $14
Seat Location: Section 546, Row 8, Seat 17

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** As my Year of Baseball continues Julie and I are keeping score throughout, including this No-hitter.

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*** View From My Seat

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**** Julie is a big fan of the Chicago Dog that one can get at a White Sox game.