Take Me Out To The Ballgame!
This past Monday I had a clinical skills licensing exam in Chicago and rather than fly and take the full-day test myself, I made sure I had the weekend off from the Emergency Department where I am currently rotating through and we decided to drive the 6 hours to Chicago instead with Carolyn and the two boys in tow. Chicago was full of adventure and bustling with activity and we made the most of our weekend there. As I have always wanted to take the boys to a baseball game here in Minnesota, and because the Minnesota Twins have just been having too great of a season in the new Target Field stadium, I’ve not been able to get reasonably priced tickets to a game during the season. Chicago on the other hand has two teams, the Chicago Cubs, and the Chicago White Sox. Just so happens that the White Sox played their last season game over the weekend that we were there, and I got 4 great tickets in the 17th row kitty corner off of home plate to the third base side from some season ticket holder who had long given up hope of ever seeing the White Sox enter post-season play (rightfully so, the Twins had already clinched the division title). So a quick trip to Stub Hub and a few printouts later we rolled into U.S. Cellular Field on a beautiful afternoon (got scalped a 5th ticket price for parking which is the norm here in Chicago – expect to pay no less than $15-30 for parking downtown), and enjoyed a baseball game together as a family. The White Sox ended up winning and we had a few near misses on foul balls. Lest anyone suspect and persecute us from being from Minnesota, Mikey and Davey donned the black and white of the Chicago White Sox and liked their hats. We got some peanuts, no crackerjacks, and water was reasonably priced at only $4.25 a bottle! It was fun and this game marks probably almost 20 years since I visited a Major League ballgame, the last time being the Toronto Blue Jays a long time ago. Enjoy the collage, you can click on it for a super-sized version. I’ll get some video and a photo gallery up sometime too. More updates on our Chicago adventure ahead!
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