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Wrigley Field: Cubs – Mets (game 1).

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Last night was the first of three Cubs-Mets games (with the weather permitting) that Julie and I will be attending this week.  The weather was manageable, the poor baseball played by the Mets was not.  The Cubs broke the game wide open in the 2nd inning capitalizing on a number of errors by the Mets and jumping out to a 5-0 lead.  The Cubs continued to pound the Mets for 6 more runs before it was all over.

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Side Notes:

Pat Fitzgerald singing the stretch

* Northwestern Head Football Coach, Pat Fitzgerald was on hand to sing during the 7th inning stretch.

**** Year of Baseball Stats:
Game No. 6
Stadium Opened: April 23, 1914
Capacity: 41,118
Attendance: 35,707
Food: none
Beer: 2 Old Styles, 2 Budweiser
Opponent: New York Mets
Pitchers: W:Dempster, L: Niese
Miles From Home: 0.7
Ticket Face Value: $62.10
Seat Location: Section 417, Row 6, Seat 103

Coors Field: Rockies – Cubs.

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Yesterday on our last day in Colorado Julie and I went to Coors Field for the Rockies – Cubs game.  Neither of us have ever been to Colorado let alone a Rockies game so we made sure to get over to the stadium early and walk around.  There were huge lines at all the gates because of the bobblehead give-away so we decided to check out the Breckinridge Brewery** across the street before the game began.

The weather for the game couldn’t have been better with the temperature at about 70 degrees.  I of course ended up with my typical Spring sunburn.  The game was a back and forth offensive showing with the Rockies breaking a late game tie with 2 outs in the 8th inning.  From what I hear the Rockies have started off as one of the better teams in baseball going 12-3 for the first 3 weeks of the season.

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Side Notes:

* Year of Baseball Stats:
Game No. 2
Stadium Opened: April 26, 1995
Capacity: 50,445
Attendance: 42,212
Food: 1 Foot Long Hebrew National Hot Dog
Beer: 3 Coors Original
Opponent: Chicago Cubs
Pitchers: W: R. Betancourt, L: M. Mateo
Miles From Home: 918.94
Ticket Face Value: $26
Seat Location: Section 318, Row 4, Seat 7

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** Before the game we hung out at Breckinridge Brewing and I had two of the better IPA’s I’ve tasted in a long time:  the 471 IPA and the Lucky U IPA.  Also, the staff at Breckinridge were by far the most accommodating of all the places we visited.  To my surprise Julie had the Vanilla Porter which she enjoyed.

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*** Steven Tyler of Aerosmith is a big Rockies fan.

Boomer Esiason is sitting in front of me at Coors Field -

**** I sat directly behind Boomer Esiason.