After being rained out Tuesday night, the Crosstown Classic finally started Wednesday afternoon. With my tickets already in hand, we walked across the street to enter Wrigley Field.
The GameIn a relatively uneventful game, the White Sox defeated the Cubs 4-1 as John Danks pitched seven shut-out innings.

In what I believe was a first – the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox planned to play a weekday night game at Wrigley Field Tuesday night. However, with a heavy rain coming down and no letup in sight, the Cubs postponed the game 10 minutes after the scheduled first pitch.
No makeup date has been announced, but I am hoping they will play a day-night Crosstown doubleheader the weekend of June 26th, 27th or 28th when they could play an afternoon game at Wrigley Field and play a …

In the third game of the series, the Cubs defeated the Twins 3-2 after Ryan Theriot singled in the bottom of the 9th inning with the bases loaded.
Pre Game DiningBefore the game, I met some friends at Purgatory Pizza located at 3415 N. Clark St. On Sunday mornings, Purgatory Pizza has a $13 all you can drink and eat pizza brunch (upgrade to Bloody Mary’s or other well drinks for an extra $6). This is a much cheaper option than paying $6 per beer at Murphy’s Bleachers or another one …

As I discussed in my post for yesterday’s Twins and Cubs game, the Cubs have implemented a new day of game ticket selling policy. Since I was planning to attend Saturday’s Cubs game on my own, I planned to buy a standing room only (SRO) ticket from the box office before the game started.
Obtaining TicketsThe Cubs new game ticket selling policy is that they start selling tickets two hours before the game is scheduled to begin. Anybody buying a ticket from the ticket window must immediately enter the ballpark. This …

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 TicketsEven 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 …

Once again, I decided to attend a weekday afternoon baseball game. However, this time it rained most of the morning and throughout the afternoon. Since the White Sox were only traveling to Milwaukee for their weekend series and the Tigers were heading to Pittsburgh for their next series, I figured the teams would wait out a lengthy rain delay and play the game in the late afternoon.
Rather than sit in the ballpark for the rain delay, I chose to wait in my house. Usually it takes the …

The White Sox scheduled a day-night doubleheader yesterday in order to makeup the Tigers and White Sox that was postponed on Wednesday, May 6.
Obtaining TicketsI bought a ticket from the May 6 game for $10 outside of U.S. Cellular Field. Since the ticket was a “season ticket,” the face value price was $32 but would have cost me $38 at the ticket window.
Note: If you are planning to buy tickets from a scalper for a makeup game, be sure you know the date of the original game that was …

Rather than squeeze in the White Sox game (first pitch 3:05 pm) in between the two international contests, we chose to head to the restaurants by Soldier Field. After taking our time leaving Toyota Park, we parked in a lot between S. Wabash Ave. and S. Michigan Ave. on 14th St. for $25 around 4 pm – giving us plenty of time before the 7:15 pm kickoff.
While searching for parking, we saw the American Outlaws partying outside of Weather Mark Tavern – a bar the Ultimate Sports Wife and I …

In the first game of the day, Wales pounded the USA Eagles 48-15.
Pre Game DiningBefore the game we stopped at Potbelly’s located at 5709 S. Harlem Ave. There are a few chain restaurants on Harlem Ave. on the way to Toyota Park, including one of the Ultimate Sports Wife’s favorites – Portillo’s, located at 5532 S. Harlem Ave. If looking for a good family restaurant before or after an event at Toyota Park, Portillo’s may be the place for you since they serve a wide selection of food including alcoholic …

Today is International sporting event day in Chicago. At 1 pm, USA Rugby hosts Wales at Toyota Park in a friendly. At 7:15 pm, USA Soccer hosts Honduras in the first World Cup Qualifier hosted at Soldier Field. I am planning to attend both games with Blackhawks Jim and his son Carl. The Ultimate Sports Wife and Blackhawks Jim’s wife and daughter are planning to attend the rugby match.