A 6-ballpark summer
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Ty and I hit 6 ballparks this summer. That's right. 6 ballparks!!!
Here they are in chronological order, and I've even scanned in our tickets from each game. Su-weet! Click on the ticket picture for a full size view. And no, I didn't pay the price you see on the ticket... I'm crazy, but I'm not...
Game 1: Met, Shea Stadium
Ty and I started started out baseball trip with a game at Shea. Shea Stadium is a dump... pretty easily the worst ballpark I've been to. They are replacing it next year. Huzzah!
We got first row, upper deck seats, which were nice, but a bit cramped.
NY Met (and Naperville Planet) ace Johan Santana pitched and he did not disappoint with a complete game win over the Cardinal. Yeah, it's tough to get real fired up at a Met-Cardinal game, but I was complimented any number of times on my "This Old Cub" t-shirt.
Ty enjoyed watching his fantasy starts Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran. Also, it was Mets Lunch Box Day for the kids. Su-weet.
Game 2: Yankee, Yankee Stadium
We did the Yankee game with Brad and Bobbie. Excellent.
Ty loved Yankee Stadium... another ballpark in it's last year. The new Yankee Stadium right next door looks like the Taj Majal. Ty couldn't snarf the Yankee autograph or ball that we was seeking, but he gave it a good try.
The Yankee lost. Dop.
To the Oriole. Dop dop.
Oh welll, that was not an unusual occurrence this year... 2008 was the first year in like 11 years (and Derek Jeter's career) that the Yankee did not make the playoff. Speaking of Jeter, it was Derek Jeter UNO cards night. Marketing gone wild, eh.
We got to see an A-Rod home run, which will be historically cool in about 10 years when A-Rod overtakes Barry bonds. In the atbat after his moon shot, A-Rod got beaned by some mope on Baltimore (Daniel Cabrera), and the guy was later suspended for a few games for his effort.
Game 3: National, Nationals Ballpark
This was the finale of our baseball trip. It was awesome:
Game 4: Cub, Wrigley Field
OK, I'm cheating a little bit here. Ty went to the Cub with his Mom... and got a bunch of Cub autographs before/after the game (Marmol, Fukudome, Theriot, I think). I went to my Cub game with Holly and Ed.
The Cub won for Ty, and he was splashed on WGN rooting in the 9th inning for the Cub to hold their slim lead. Shit, we bumped into people for a week squawking about how they saw Ty on TV.
The Cub lost for me and Holly and Ed... lost ignominiously to the Red and Bronson Arroyo. And we weren't on TV. But we did get some Yakzee's BBQ chicken pizza before the game. I'll take it.
Game 5: Cub, Miller Park... yeah. the no-hitter
Yeah, we saw Zambrano's no-hitter... Astro game move to Milwaukee for hurricane Ike... last minute, completely out of the blue... me and the Poap and the kids... total money!
And yeah, it was awesome!
Game 6: Sock, Cellular One Ballpark
This was a throw-in. Ty and I went on the last day of the regular season... not counting the makeup game they played today. The Sock won, with the aforementioned Mark Buerhle starting, to get a chance to play Minnesota in a one game play-in.
If the Sock make the playoffs, then it'll be the first time since 1906 that both the Cub and Sock are in the playoffs. Huzzah!
It was a great summer.
the best... yow, bill
PS - F the Met.
Q: "What do you expect out of Freddy Garcia against the Sox today?"Buehrle went on to say that he text-messaged Garcia at a bar last night, and that Garcia frequently drank before starts when he was with the White Sox. Excellent.
A: "A hungover Freddy"
- Sock pitcher Mark Buehrle on the radio today
Ty and I hit 6 ballparks this summer. That's right. 6 ballparks!!!
Here they are in chronological order, and I've even scanned in our tickets from each game. Su-weet! Click on the ticket picture for a full size view. And no, I didn't pay the price you see on the ticket... I'm crazy, but I'm not...
Game 1: Met, Shea Stadium
Ty and I started started out baseball trip with a game at Shea. Shea Stadium is a dump... pretty easily the worst ballpark I've been to. They are replacing it next year. Huzzah!
We got first row, upper deck seats, which were nice, but a bit cramped.
NY Met (and Naperville Planet) ace Johan Santana pitched and he did not disappoint with a complete game win over the Cardinal. Yeah, it's tough to get real fired up at a Met-Cardinal game, but I was complimented any number of times on my "This Old Cub" t-shirt.
Ty enjoyed watching his fantasy starts Jose Reyes and Carlos Beltran. Also, it was Mets Lunch Box Day for the kids. Su-weet.
Game 2: Yankee, Yankee Stadium
We did the Yankee game with Brad and Bobbie. Excellent.
Ty loved Yankee Stadium... another ballpark in it's last year. The new Yankee Stadium right next door looks like the Taj Majal. Ty couldn't snarf the Yankee autograph or ball that we was seeking, but he gave it a good try.
The Yankee lost. Dop.
To the Oriole. Dop dop.
Oh welll, that was not an unusual occurrence this year... 2008 was the first year in like 11 years (and Derek Jeter's career) that the Yankee did not make the playoff. Speaking of Jeter, it was Derek Jeter UNO cards night. Marketing gone wild, eh.
We got to see an A-Rod home run, which will be historically cool in about 10 years when A-Rod overtakes Barry bonds. In the atbat after his moon shot, A-Rod got beaned by some mope on Baltimore (Daniel Cabrera), and the guy was later suspended for a few games for his effort.
Game 3: National, Nationals Ballpark
This was the finale of our baseball trip. It was awesome:
- We had front-row seats... right behind home plate.
- We also got free food, drinks, and ice cream (Dibbs, to be exact) in the deal.
- Nats win... beat the Reds and older-than-dirt Odalis Perez got the W?!?
- And the batboy gave Ty a foul ball at the bottom of the screen. It was fouled back by Adam Dunn, the Big Donkey. Ty reached his paw under the screen and yelled at the kid, "Hey, can I have that?" The batboy smiled and slipped Ty the ball right under the screen. He he!
Game 4: Cub, Wrigley Field
OK, I'm cheating a little bit here. Ty went to the Cub with his Mom... and got a bunch of Cub autographs before/after the game (Marmol, Fukudome, Theriot, I think). I went to my Cub game with Holly and Ed.
The Cub won for Ty, and he was splashed on WGN rooting in the 9th inning for the Cub to hold their slim lead. Shit, we bumped into people for a week squawking about how they saw Ty on TV.
The Cub lost for me and Holly and Ed... lost ignominiously to the Red and Bronson Arroyo. And we weren't on TV. But we did get some Yakzee's BBQ chicken pizza before the game. I'll take it.
Game 5: Cub, Miller Park... yeah. the no-hitter
Yeah, we saw Zambrano's no-hitter... Astro game move to Milwaukee for hurricane Ike... last minute, completely out of the blue... me and the Poap and the kids... total money!
And yeah, it was awesome!
Game 6: Sock, Cellular One Ballpark
This was a throw-in. Ty and I went on the last day of the regular season... not counting the makeup game they played today. The Sock won, with the aforementioned Mark Buerhle starting, to get a chance to play Minnesota in a one game play-in.
If the Sock make the playoffs, then it'll be the first time since 1906 that both the Cub and Sock are in the playoffs. Huzzah!
It was a great summer.
the best... yow, bill
PS - F the Met.
posted by williamt on Monday, September 29, 2008
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