Minnesota Twins at Chicago Cubs Game 1
The Ultimate Sports Wife and I had planned to attend Friday afternoon’s game with some friends – meaning we needed to buy four tickets to a game where tickets on the secondary ticket market were two to three times higher than face value.
Obtaining Tickets
Even though tickets were relatively expensive on StubHub, I checked craigslist.org a few days before the game. A few of the advertisements on craigslist mentioned face value so I knew if we waited until the day of the game we would probably get a good deal.
On game day, I walked around Wrigley Field three hours before game time and realized it might be hard to find four tickets together for a reasonable price. Scalpers were aggressively looking for tickets so I needed a new plan.
I went back to my house and checked craigslist.org again. I found an ad listing four seats together for face value ($56 each) in section 425, row 3. I immediately called the number and was the first person to call. Of course, now I needed to drive about 30 blocks over to the corner of Milwaukee Ave. and Pulaski Rd. Far from Wrigley Field, but worth it rather than trying to find four tickets together for face value outside the ballpark.
Pre Game
With tickets already in hand, we entered Wrigley Field about 30 minutes before the game. Since our seats were in the upper deck box we chose to hang out in the patio area behind home plate in the upper deck. The patio is the main area to buy food and drinks in the upper deck.
The Game
In what seemed to be a first (outside of the Crosstown Classic versus the Chicago White Sox), Wrigley Field appeared to be half full of Twins fans – which must have been the reason ticket prices on the secondary market were so high. The crowd erupted in the top of the 3rd inning after Twins’ catcher Joe Mauer hit a two-run homer.
The Twins defeated the Cubs 7-4. The highlight of the day was Milton Bradley’s fielding. In the top of the 7th inning, Bradley lost Jason Kubel’s ball in the sun allowing a single and could not catch Michael Cuddyer’s bloop double. With the fans already on him, he caught Joe Mauer’s fly ball to right field for the second out of the inning. However, Bradley thought it was the third out, posed for the fans and then threw the ball into the crowd – all this while Nick Punto tagged up from 3rd base to score and Brendan Harris advanced to third base on the error.
Post Game Dining
After the game, we headed to Uncommon Ground. Uncommon Ground is a much more peaceful experience to get coffee or drinks after the game than fight the crowds at Wrigleyville’s most famous bars.
After Uncommon Ground we ate dinner at Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant located at 6120 N. Broadway St. If you are looking for Ethiopian food after a Cubs game, head north on Broadway St. as there are three restaurants to choose from – Damera Ethiopian Restaurant (4801 N. Broadway St.) and Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant (5844 N Broadway St.) are the other two and are a few blocks closer to Wrigley Field.
Obtaining Tickets
Even though tickets were relatively expensive on StubHub, I checked craigslist.org a few days before the game. A few of the advertisements on craigslist mentioned face value so I knew if we waited until the day of the game we would probably get a good deal.
On game day, I walked around Wrigley Field three hours before game time and realized it might be hard to find four tickets together for a reasonable price. Scalpers were aggressively looking for tickets so I needed a new plan.
I went back to my house and checked craigslist.org again. I found an ad listing four seats together for face value ($56 each) in section 425, row 3. I immediately called the number and was the first person to call. Of course, now I needed to drive about 30 blocks over to the corner of Milwaukee Ave. and Pulaski Rd. Far from Wrigley Field, but worth it rather than trying to find four tickets together for face value outside the ballpark.
Pre Game
With tickets already in hand, we entered Wrigley Field about 30 minutes before the game. Since our seats were in the upper deck box we chose to hang out in the patio area behind home plate in the upper deck. The patio is the main area to buy food and drinks in the upper deck.
The Game
In what seemed to be a first (outside of the Crosstown Classic versus the Chicago White Sox), Wrigley Field appeared to be half full of Twins fans – which must have been the reason ticket prices on the secondary market were so high. The crowd erupted in the top of the 3rd inning after Twins’ catcher Joe Mauer hit a two-run homer.
The Twins defeated the Cubs 7-4. The highlight of the day was Milton Bradley’s fielding. In the top of the 7th inning, Bradley lost Jason Kubel’s ball in the sun allowing a single and could not catch Michael Cuddyer’s bloop double. With the fans already on him, he caught Joe Mauer’s fly ball to right field for the second out of the inning. However, Bradley thought it was the third out, posed for the fans and then threw the ball into the crowd – all this while Nick Punto tagged up from 3rd base to score and Brendan Harris advanced to third base on the error.
Post Game Dining
After the game, we headed to Uncommon Ground. Uncommon Ground is a much more peaceful experience to get coffee or drinks after the game than fight the crowds at Wrigleyville’s most famous bars.
After Uncommon Ground we ate dinner at Ethiopian Diamond Restaurant located at 6120 N. Broadway St. If you are looking for Ethiopian food after a Cubs game, head north on Broadway St. as there are three restaurants to choose from – Damera Ethiopian Restaurant (4801 N. Broadway St.) and Ras Dashen Ethiopian Restaurant (5844 N Broadway St.) are the other two and are a few blocks closer to Wrigley Field.
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