10,000
In honor of the Cubs 10,000th win in franchise history, you get an entry about my trip to Wrigley Field last week.
Ernie Banks' beautiful statue.
Tom Arnold, in all his unglory. He threw out the first pitch and it was terrible. He threw it so high that it hit the screen about 5 feet above the brick wall behind home plate. I blame him for the Cubs losing that day. He also was terrible at singing the 7th inning stretch.
First AB for the Cubs. As you might be able to tell, I was sitting rather close.
Adam Dunn is large.
Not much reason for these next few pics, except to show how great our seats were. Oh, if you look closely at the ump in this picture, you can see what I thought was really weird. Right as the pitches would come in, the ump would lean and place his hand on the back of the catcher to balance himself. Wouldn't that be really distracting for the catcher? And what if the catcher has to pop right up? It appeared that he wasn't just placing it there, he put some weight on it. Very strange.
I have like 20 more of these photos, just with different people in them, so I won't bore you with that.
Probably my favorite photo I've ever taken. I'm not really sure why there is a senior citizen crossing sign. Whatever the reason, it had me cracking up walking back and forth from Wrigley to our hotel.
The photos from the next day seem so bland compared to what I could get sitting right behind the dugout. Take this difference between Aramis Ramirez at bats.
This one is so much better. Sigh...good seats, why do you have to cost so much?
Anyways, onward to some videos.
Lou Pinella walking back to the dugout after the National Anthem.
Fukudome being disappointed after a strikeout.
Walking up to Wrigley Field. This doesn't do it justice. It just comes out of nowhere, and it's just magnificent. I know most of you don't care about the Cubs, but go see a game at Wrigley. Even if it's just to cheer on the other team.
The Cubs taking the field.
Kerry Wood getting the final out and then "Go Cubs Go!" blaring over the speakers. Disclaimer: All you hear is me singing, rather terribly. You've been warned.
Ernie Banks' beautiful statue.
Tom Arnold, in all his unglory. He threw out the first pitch and it was terrible. He threw it so high that it hit the screen about 5 feet above the brick wall behind home plate. I blame him for the Cubs losing that day. He also was terrible at singing the 7th inning stretch.
First AB for the Cubs. As you might be able to tell, I was sitting rather close.
Adam Dunn is large.
Not much reason for these next few pics, except to show how great our seats were. Oh, if you look closely at the ump in this picture, you can see what I thought was really weird. Right as the pitches would come in, the ump would lean and place his hand on the back of the catcher to balance himself. Wouldn't that be really distracting for the catcher? And what if the catcher has to pop right up? It appeared that he wasn't just placing it there, he put some weight on it. Very strange.
I have like 20 more of these photos, just with different people in them, so I won't bore you with that.
Probably my favorite photo I've ever taken. I'm not really sure why there is a senior citizen crossing sign. Whatever the reason, it had me cracking up walking back and forth from Wrigley to our hotel.
The photos from the next day seem so bland compared to what I could get sitting right behind the dugout. Take this difference between Aramis Ramirez at bats.
This one is so much better. Sigh...good seats, why do you have to cost so much?
Anyways, onward to some videos.
Click to viewLou Pinella walking back to the dugout after the National Anthem.
Fukudome being disappointed after a strikeout.
Walking up to Wrigley Field. This doesn't do it justice. It just comes out of nowhere, and it's just magnificent. I know most of you don't care about the Cubs, but go see a game at Wrigley. Even if it's just to cheer on the other team.
The Cubs taking the field.
Kerry Wood getting the final out and then "Go Cubs Go!" blaring over the speakers. Disclaimer: All you hear is me singing, rather terribly. You've been warned.