This past weekend the Mets began the first game of their annual series at Wrigley Field against the Cubs. Despite a great first inning the Mets fell short once again to the Cubs. We had some really good seats in the upper box section 220 behind home plate. I think to see a game at Wrigley Field it’s always better to be in the upper boxes than the lower level (less chance of pillars for starters). You get to see the plays develop and you can see the entire field from a normal angle.
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:
This past weekend the Mets were in town and I went to a couple of games with Julie (I skipped the second game in protest of the concept of ‘Pitch Counts‘ which are completely arbitrary and in my humble opinion total bullshit). Today’s game the Mets actually won and as you can see in the photographs above I focused on the beermen and the ushers. Badass mustaches are nearly required to work as a beerman or an usher at Wrigley Field.
Jon Lovitz threw out the first pitch (after a muligan he made a decent throw) and sung during the 7th inning stretch. I must say I respect Lovitz as he didn’t wear the lame personalized jersey. Instead he wore a Ernie Banks jersey.
Side Notes:
* Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators made an appearance.
** Billy Cub once again was adhering to his restraining order and roaming the perimeter of Wrigley Field.
*** The view from my seat.