My first trip to Wrigley Field

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  • Blue&White
    #1

    My first trip to Wrigley Field

    I have to be in Chicago next week for business and my colleague and I are taking a customer to the Cubs-Giants game Tuesday afternoon. I'm really excited because I've never been to Wrigley before, and it has been on my list for a long time. I'm hoping to get back later this summer to see the Chi Sox too.

    Anyway, nothing to really add to this but I figured people here would understand why I'm so psyched for this.
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    • Hammer
      Journeyman
      • Jan 2011
      • 4012
      #2
      have a great time.
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        • Gregg
          Hall of Famer
          • Jan 2011
          • 33085
          #3
          I hope you really have a good time. It is a special place.

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            • The Dane
              All Star
              • Jan 2011
              • 8088
              #4
              Don't expect a lot of offense in that game.

              I went a few years ago. It really has that charming-old-park feel. Enjoy.

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                • griswold
                  Welcome to the Big Leagues, Kid
                  • Jan 2011
                  • 2041
                  #5
                  I met Guest/Gregg and DMT there last summer and had an awesome time! Basically it's one big party with a baseball game breaking out in the middle of it! And that was on a Thursday night!

                  Enjoy, my friend!

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                    • Blue&White
                      #6
                      We have really great seats, too. Right behind the Cubs dug out.

                      I did not get to see a lot of the older stadiums like the old Tiger stadium. I've been to Fenway, have spent a lot of time in the old Yankee Stadium, but this was on my list. I've got a lot more to see, though. I think I've only been to 6 of the current existing stadiums, but I need to think about that.

                      Hey, that would be a good thread - what stadiums have you been to.

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                        • DMT
                          MVP
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 12012
                          #7
                          Originally posted by griswold
                          I met Guest/Gregg and DMT there last summer and had an awesome time! Basically it's one big party with a baseball game breaking out in the middle of it! And that was on a Thursday night!

                          Enjoy, my friend!
                          Yes, that was a fun night indeed. We went to Hofbrau Haus (couple blocks south on Clark) where they serve beer by the litre.
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                            • Gregg
                              Hall of Famer
                              • Jan 2011
                              • 33085
                              #8
                              Originally posted by DMT
                              Yes, that was a fun night indeed. We went to Hofbrau Haus (couple blocks south on Clark) where they serve beer by the litre.
                              And some decent food as well. It was a lot of fun.

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                                • griswold
                                  Welcome to the Big Leagues, Kid
                                  • Jan 2011
                                  • 2041
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Gregg
                                  And some decent food as well. It was a lot of fun.
                                  :worthless:

                                  Gregg or DMT, don't one of you have pics of you, me and DMT, please?

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                                    • DMT
                                      MVP
                                      • Jan 2011
                                      • 12012
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by griswold
                                      :worthless:

                                      Gregg or DMT, don't one of you have pics of you, me and DMT, please?


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                                        • Trader Mac
                                          Triple-A
                                          • Jan 2011
                                          • 364
                                          #11
                                          Man, I wish my job would allow me to go to baseball games.
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                                            • Judge Jude
                                              MVP
                                              • Jan 2011
                                              • 11126
                                              #12
                                              Am making my 25th anniversary trip to Wrigley next month.
                                              Went virtually every year from 1986-97, met my future wife in a bar on one of those weekends in '96.

                                              I love the Wrigleyville vibe.
                                              Sure, the people drink like the world is coming to an end at midnight, but they're happy drunks of all ages.
                                              My boss, a Yankees fan, just made his first visit there Saturday when they played the Cubs. He was amazed at how friendly the fans are to visitors (Chicago people are awesome).

                                              I'm partial to Murphy's Bleacher House pre-game (seems like it's twice as big as it was in the 1980s), and Cubby Bear, Wild Hare, or Slugger's post-game. But really you can't go wrong. Just wander around the neighborhood and find what fits you best.

                                              Take the El ("subway") to the game - nothing better than hearing "BELMONT, NEXT STOP ADDISON" in a Chicago accent and then you see the stadium for the first time.

                                              Last time I was there, in 2008, Cubs won both games and I liked that fun song they sing as you exit - "Go Cubs Go" I think it was.

                                              Wrigely old-timers here, the bleachers fans didn't play that "mound ball" game last time. Everyone puts a buck in the pot, and at some point the ball rolled to the mound at the end of the half-inning actually lands on the mound - and whomever has that half-inning wins.
                                              When did that go out of style (granting that the answer could be 1988, lol)
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                                                • Fresno Bob
                                                  All Star
                                                  • Jan 2011
                                                  • 5849
                                                  #13
                                                  Wrigley is the top of my list for stadiums I want to visit
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                                                    • Judge Jude
                                                      MVP
                                                      • Jan 2011
                                                      • 11126
                                                      #14
                                                      A mandatory "bucket list" stop, as is Fenway (No. 2 on my list).
                                                      Even if you don't like it, you have to find out....
                                                      finished 10th in this 37th yr in 11-team-only NL 5x5
                                                      own picks 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 in April 2022 1st-rd farmhand draft
                                                      won in 2017 15 07 05 04 02 93 90 84

                                                      SP SGray 16, TWalker 10, AWood 10, Price 3, KH Kim 2, Corbin 10
                                                      RP Bednar 10, Bender 10, Graterol 2
                                                      C Stallings 2, Casali 1
                                                      1B Votto 10, 3B ERios 2, 1B Zimmerman 2, 2S Chisholm 5, 2B Hoerner 5, 2B Solano 2, 2B LGarcia 10, SS Gregorius 17
                                                      OF Cain 14, Bader 1, Daza 1

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                                                        • Blue&White
                                                          #15
                                                          So, did the game on Tuesday. Was a fantastic day. Weather was perfect, seats were perfect, and the atmosphere was everything I imagined, It's like going back in time. And, the best part is no jumbotron, no "kiss-cam", no blaring music in between innings, just baseball. Giants pounded the Cubs for most of the game, but the Cubs tried to fight back. Unfortunately, my colleague and I had to catch flights and the game went a bit long so we had to leave after 7 but I had a fantastic time.

                                                          Oh, for whomever said they wish their job would let them to this, this is a one-off exception. Definitely not the norm.

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