Last night, with our tickets already in hand, the Ultimate Sports Wife and I walked across the street for a peaceful evening at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs won their fourth consecutive game (all of which I have been in attendance) by defeating the San Francisco Giants 4-2. The last time I saw the San Francisco Giants play in Chicago was July 16, 2007.
The GameRyan Theriot hit his 3rd home run in four games. Theriot had one home run all of last season. The Chicago Red Stars (of the new …

Today the Chicago Cubs retired uniform #31 in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Ferguson Jenkins and future Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux. The last number retirement ceremony I attended was on September 28, 2003 when the Cubs retired Ron Santo’s #10 after clinching the N.L. Central Division Title the day before. The first 5,000 fans who entered the park received an 11”x14” replica of the two paintings given to each pitcher from the Cubs.
Pre Game DiningBefore the game, the Ultimate Sports wife and I ate Byron’s Hot Dogs …

Yesterday was a great day for a Chicago Cubs game. The temperature was in the 60s and the sun was out – great weather for early May.
Pre Game DiningThe Ultimate Sports Wife and I ate brunch at Salt & Pepper Diner located at 3537 N. Clark St. We arrived at 11:15 am so I thought we might miss the first pitch. Even though there was a line, there were seats available at the counter. If you do not mind eating at the counter, skip the wait …

After missing last night’s Cubs game by attending Game 6 of the Bulls and Celtics NBA playoff series, I decided to work from home today and attend the Cubs game during my “lunch hour.”
Obtaining TicketsSince I did not have tickets to today’s game, I decided to see if I could watch the game from the Wrigley Field Rooftop Club. Last year, around this time, the Ultimate Sports Wife wrote about the process to get on the rooftop to watch the game. However, I have been able to cut this 10-step …

Since I had missed Games 3 and 4 of the Celtics and Bulls series while traveling to Germany, I definitely wanted to attend Game 6 (even though the Chicago Cubs were also playing at the same time) – a decision that turned out to be correct.
Obtaining TicketsDuring the day I looked for tickets on the typical sites I use to analyze the ticket market – stubhub.com, craigslist.org and ebay.com. At first I almost bought a ticket in section 309 row 1 for $30 from StubHub, but with StubHub’s service fees …