Category Archives: Sports

Beermen and Rickshaws.

A beerman. Wrigley Field.

Yesterday I met up with a friend who was in town for the Cubs – Pirates game at Wrigley Field. I’m not sure how Dave was able to get tickets but they were probably the best seats I’ve ever had at Wrigley. Definitely up there with the seats I had at the Dodgers game last year. Having these seats provided us with the opportunity to see some of the best beermen in the business.

Now that's a rickshaw.

The Rickshaw business around Wrigleyville is booming. The bicycle rickshaws, which are much more common, setup shop right outside my house on game days. today on my walk home I spotted this classic rickshaw.

I’m pretty sure that’s Lebowski looking for a fare.

From Queens to the Queen City.

On Sunday Julie and I headed to Cincinnati on our ‘mini honeymoon’ for the Mets – Reds game at Great American Ballpark. We got to the stadium early and hung out at The Machine Room which overlooks the outfield for the Reds batting practice. We had great seats about 4 rows back from the field on the third base side. The Reds ended up winning on a home run in the bottom of the 11th.

*Side Note:
Hurley from LOST sat a couple of rows in front of us:

Chicago Golden Gloves Final

Last night I headed over to the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament that is held every year at the St. Andrew Gym. When I went last year it was one of the early rounds so some of the fights weren’t really that competitive. This year it was the first night of the Finals and all the fights were rather close. There was at least one heavyweight fight and unlike last time, after each bout a trophy or championship belt was awarded.

For those who don’t know about the Golden Gloves, it was started back in the late 1920’s by Chicago Tribune sports editor Arch Ward. The tournament was considered a premiere event that propelled the career of several legendary ‘fighters’ inlcuding Sonny Liston, Cassius Clay, Michael Flatley and Rod Blagojevich.

Blagojevich is the only one still ‘fighting’ competitively today.