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U.S. Cellular Field: White Sox – Dodgers.

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Three games on the South Side in one week can take it’s toll especially with the weather Chicago has had this past week.  On Saturday Julie and I saw the White Sox crush the Dodgers 9-2.  The White Sox blew the game wide open in the 4th inning with 6 runs including 2 off an Alex Rios Home Run.

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Side Notes:

Helmet Nachos is a bit thing at US Cellular Field -

* The Nacho Helmets are kind of a big deal at White Sox games.  Throughout the game we saw a steady stream of people in our section with them.  I checked out the vendor station right out side our section and you can see by the images below how long the line was.  I’m not sure of the cost but it didn’t seem to matter.

More info on Nacho Helmets are here.

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The View From My Seat: White Sox - Dodgers at US Cellular Field -

** The view from my seat.

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*** If you attend multiple sports events in Chicago you’ll begin to notice that the same beermen work all the venues.  I’ve so far noticed vendors at both Blackhawks and Cubs game as well as the White Sox games.  Early this week during the White Sox – Indians game I noticed one beerman and I couldn’t place how I knew him and then we caught eyes (yes, I catch eyes with beermen), it turned out he’s the beerman that hangs out directly behind my section at the United Center during Blackhawks game.  At this point I’m pretty sure Beerman in Chicago is a full time job.

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*** Dave Bolland from the Chicago Blackhawks threw out the first pitch.

**** Year of Baseball Stats:
Game No. 5
Stadium Opened: April 18, 1991
Capacity: 41,432
Attendance: 25,519
Food: 1 Soft Pretzel, 1 Cherry ICEE,
Beer: 2 Miller Lights
Opponent: Los Angeles Dodgers
Pitchers: W:Buehrle, L: Garland
Miles From Home: 9.6
Ticket Face Value: $14
Seat Location: Section 544, Row 8, Seat 6

US Cellular Field: White Sox – Indians.

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It’s hard to believe but merely I am rounding second in this stretch of Baseball that includes six games in ten days.  Last night with total reckless abandon (and that fact that my office has an average temperature of 79.0 °F) I decided to forgo wearing a coat and of course the night turned into Gotham City before the game began. Julie ended up buying me a sweatshirt but that’s another story.

The White Sox faced off against one of the better teams in Baseball and had no trouble from the start.  The Indians got on the bored in the first inning but that was really all they had until a 9th inning Home Run by Matt LaPorta.  The White Sox took the lead in bottom of the 1st inning off a Paul Konerko two-run double and never looked back beating the Indians 8-2.

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Side Notes:

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* With Julie’s help I’m getting a lot better at keeping score, though it still reminds me of Math.

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** This was by far the most fog I’ve ever seen at a baseball game.

*** All my Baseball photographs from this year are here.

****Year of Baseball Stats:
Game No. 4
Stadium Opened: April 18, 1991
Capacity: 41,432
Attendance: 22,077
Food: 1 hot dog, half a soft pretzel and a bite of a churro.
Beer: 3 Miller Lights
Opponent: Cleveland Indians
Pitchers: W. Floyd, L. Carmona
Miles From Home: 9.6
Ticket Face Value: $14
Seat Location: Section 518, Row 5, Seat 6

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