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Two days of Chicago Baseball.

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The Mets and Yankees were in town this week for series’ against the Cubs and the White Sox which provided us the chance to see both parks, Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field, this week.  Julie managed to do both stadiums in the same day but some of us work like normal people and had to spread out this adventure over two days.


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Of course the Mets lost and the Yankees won but sometimes that’s how things work.  I will have to say U.S. Cellular Field is much more accommodating than Wrigley Field.  Plus the fan base is a little more sane.  Granted I sat in the Bleachers at Wrigley and you really can’t see much from there.

I nearly spark a riot by responding to a crazed fan who was carry the “It’s gonna happen” sign.  The “It’s gonna happen” phenomena started last year meaning the Cubs are going to finally win the World Series.  To me it’s not really a slogan you can use more than one year.  Especially if it doesn’t happen.  In not so many words I informed the guy that he said the same thing last year.  From there it was pretty much a downward spiral.

It’s been a long couple of days.

A Cold Night at Wrigley.

Reds Vs. Cubs

Last night I met up with Dom & Kelly and their friend to watch the Reds- Cubs game at Wrigley.  It was 60 degrees when I left the house and I’m pretty sure it dropped 20 degrees by the time I walked to the stadium.  Our seats were great:  Section 223, Row 6.  The weather on the other hand was windy as hell.

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Ken Griffey, Jr. wore No. 42 to honor Jackie Robinson and hit his 595th home run… I of course was in the bathroom when this occurred.  I did see Derrek Lee’s three-run homer during the fifth inning though.  Not much after that, we left for shelter as the wind was blowing with a vengeance.


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Lollapalooza 2007 – Day 1.

Eddie Vedder at Wrigley Field.

Before heading down to Lollapalooza Julie and I caught the Mets – Cubs game at Wrigley Field where Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam sang ‘Take me out to the ballpark’. The Mets won 6-2 which means I’m 2 for 3 in Midwest Mets Games.

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On to Lollapalooza:

Lollapalooza 2007.

We made it down to the show in time to see The Black Keys and Ben Harper which is all I really wanted to see the first day. I managed to work my way up to the stage, so we had a great spot for both shows. The Black Keys were awesome but as you will see there were camera guys everywhere.

The Black Keys at Lollapalooza.

There are only 2 guys in the Black Keys… yet there were 4 camera guys.

Four Camera guys, 2 members in the band.

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Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals were classic. The only part of the show that was bad was when Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam came out and the douchebag camera man decided to sit directly in front of him and right on the stage so no one could see him play. It was just the worst thing I’ve ever seen.Ben Harper.Ben Harper and Eddie Vedder.

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* Note:  The rest of the photograhps are on Flickr.