{"id":3829,"date":"2009-08-30T20:18:18","date_gmt":"2009-08-31T01:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=3829"},"modified":"2009-08-30T20:18:18","modified_gmt":"2009-08-31T01:18:18","slug":"mets-cubs-men-of-wrigley-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=3829","title":{"rendered":"Mets &#8211; Cubs:  Men of Wrigley Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"DSC_0023.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872913802\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2573\/3872913802_24bfb367dc.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0023.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0030.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872918160\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2579\/3872918160_c987f712d1.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0030.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0076.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872933704\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2561\/3872933704_f206fb8413.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0076.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0159.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872167105\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2460\/3872167105_42edb5464d.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0159.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This past weekend the Mets were in town and I went to a couple of games with <a title=\"Chicagometsfan.com\" href=\"http:\/\/chicagometsfan.com\">Julie<\/a> (I skipped the second game in protest of the concept of &#8216;<a title=\"Wikipedia:  Pitch Count.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pitch_count\">Pitch Counts<\/a>&#8216; which are completely arbitrary and in my humble opinion total bullshit). \u00a0Today&#8217;s game the Mets actually <a title=\"Chicago Tribune:  Cubs lose to Mets 4-1.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/sports\/baseball\/cubs\/chi-31-cubs-mets-chicago-aug31,0,1023563.story\">won<\/a> and as you can see in the photographs above I focused on the beermen and the ushers. \u00a0Badass mustaches are nearly required to work as a beerman or an usher at <a title=\"Wikipedia:  Wrigley Field.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wrigley_Field\">Wrigley Field<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0132.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872947454\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3454\/3872947454_b3cb9b63ac.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0132.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><a title=\"DSC_0097.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872158831\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2491\/3872158831_8de9a586c7.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0097.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wikipedia:  Jon Lovitz.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jon_Lovitz\">Jon Lovitz<\/a> threw out the first pitch (after a muligan he made a decent throw) and sung during the 7th inning stretch. \u00a0I must say I respect Lovitz as he didn&#8217;t wear the lame personalized jersey. \u00a0Instead he wore a Ernie Banks jersey.<\/p>\n<p>Side Notes:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0256.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872964694\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2455\/3872964694_21a547c4da.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0256.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n* Tim Tebow of the Florida Gators made an appearance.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0425.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872184405\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2589\/3872184405_0d23ca0ef8.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0425.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n** Billy Cub once <a title=\"Skybox on Sheffield: Cubs \u2013 Brewers.\" href=\"http:\/\/blackhandproductions.com\/?p=3663\">again<\/a> was adhering to his restraining order and roaming the perimeter of Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0211.JPG by bronder, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bronder\/3872961134\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2466\/3872961134_24e24d8383.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0211.JPG\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n*** The view from my seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#8216;Pitch Counts&#8216; 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