Baseball season!!!
Minneapolis- I am not a Chicagoan, and I dont have any pictures, other than the postcards I have collected from the stadium gift shops. I will tell you this much, of my many trips to Chicago I make every summer, which usually includes around 5-10 trips specifically for a Sox game, and my 1 token Cubs game. Pictures will most definately not do you justice. I would highly recommend experiencing the parks. IMHO, Wrigley and "I still call it Comiskey" The Cell, are polar opposites. I think Wrigley is fabulous, and if you like beer and the bar scene, a trip to Wrigleyville becomes an "event" and not just a "baseball game" Wrigley is set in a mostly residential neighborhood. Comiskey is set in a sea of parking lots next to a rail yard and used to also be surrounded by public housing highrises. Used to be a dismal neighborhood. My loyalty obviously falls towards the Sox, I have been a fan since the days of Kittle and Luzinski (sp) and I love that ball park too. Now I dont honestly know of anything to do in the neighborhood around Comiskey, as I take the red line from downtown.... always, get in, get out asap. The Chicago forumers could tell you much more about the neighborhood around the park (Bridgeport) It is undergoing transformation faster then you can believe, and maybe in the next 5-10 years if it keeps up, will draw large walk-up crowds just like the "Wrigleyville" does. As a Sox fan, on one hand, I think that would be fabulous, but on the other, I wouldnt like Comiskey being a Wrigleyville II wanna-be, full of preppy abercrombie and fitch wearing kids just out for a party. I like the fact that there are two completely different crowds at both stadiums. Variety is the spice of life. Now before everybody jumps my case about my stereotyping thinking I have some sort of grudge against the Cubs, I dont.... I grew up watching the Cubbies on TV, Channel 9, yes even in Rockford, gotta love the killer D's (Dawson, Dunston, and Davis) Ryno, Grace, and the late great Harry. Back then, we only got Sox games on AM radio in Rockford, I believe it was WMAQ 670. It wasnt untill Sportsvision came along on Cable in the early 90's the Sox games were finally made available to us on TV. Which explains why there are so few Sox fans out here.
Annual baseball trip with my friends this fall...
Saturday 9-24-05 Cubs/Astros 1:20, Sox/Twins 6:05, If you can shake loose, its the only weekend day all summer that both teams are at home and play at different times. Its a good time watching 2 baseball games in one day.