Well ok not all Cub’s fans stick. I just like to generalize from time to time. A week and a half ago my project team went to the Cubs V. Brewer’s game at Miller Park in Milwaukee. Half the project team is from Chicago and drive up for work so we had a bunch of Cub’s fans with us. These aren’t the people that were a pain. The ones that got to me were the ones cut me off every three seconds in the line to park the car. I also wasn’t so happy with all the loud and drunk fans either. I don’t get it I went to a game at Wrigley back in May and the fans there were all cool, I guess when they leave town it is a ticket to misbehave. That’s ok I love going to free baseball games. Or hockey, basketball, football; really any free event is a good one in my books.
This game was funny though because our seats were beyond nose bleed. If you have ever seen a game on TV for the Brewers you will notice way out behind left field high in the air is a stand for the Brewer’s mascot to watch the game and do crazy things. Well if you look further to the left and much higher that is where we were sitting. While Miller Park is a great stadium I don’t know what they where thinking when they designed these seats. They are so far back and because of the mascot’s box you can’t see a lot of the field. In fact we only knew when a home run was hit by watching the runner circle the bases. We didn’t even have a view of the jumbo-tron! It is amazing such seats exist in a stadium built in the last 20 years.
However the game was quite good. There were several home runs, some really tight plays, stolen bases, and anything else you could hope for in a ball game. And of course the best part, it was free! So even with the all the lame Cub’s fans from out of town and the bad seats, it was a great team outing and I had a good time watching the game. Also I now have another park checked off on the list. I wonder how many different cities I can watch ball games in. The list so far is:
Minneapolis - Twins
St. Paul - Saints
Cincinnati – Reds
Chicago – Cubs
Milwaukee – Brewers
Lincoln – Saltdogs (unaffiliated with MLB)
I guess this is a good start but I think I need to switch projects before the end of the year so I can get another team/stadium or two.
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