As was the theme with the last couple Chicago Cubs home stands, I planned to meet a friend in the stadium so I decided to buy a standing room only (SRO) seat for $15. As I have mentioned before SRO at Wrigley Field is a good deal for multiple reasons.
1) It is the cheapest ticket in the ballpark.2) Fans do not have to pay a premium buying tickets from a ticket broker or StubHub.3) Although most people will plan to stand in the SRO areas, this is a bad …

Given all of the promotional days at Wrigley Field throughout the season, I would argue that if you only have one day to attend a Chicago Cubs during the season, you should attend the Friday afternoon game on Chicago’s Air and Water Show weekend.
Let me give you a visual – in the bottom of the 2nd and Cubs’ pitcher Randy Wells at the plate (the second batter of the inning), all the fans in the bleachers stood up and starting pointing towards the press box. I thought, …

The Philadelphia Phillies completed their three game sweep of the Chicago Cubs winning Thursday afternoon 6-1. It was the Phillies first sweep of the Cubs at Wrigley Field since June 14-17, 1984, when they won four straight.
Cliff Lee was the winning pitcher. Lee also pitched at Wrigley Field on June 19 when the Indians were in town. He should have won that game as well, but the Cubs came back from a 7-0 deficit to win 8-7 in 10 innings.
Obtaining TicketsMy original plan was to buy a …

Last night the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs game featured two first starts of the season. For the Phillies, Pedro Martinez was starting for the first time since September 25, 2008. For the Cubs, Jeff Samardzija, Notre Dame’s career receptions leader with 179, was making his first career start.
Obtaining TicketsI was planning to sit with my neighbors at the game, so I had planned to buy a SRO ticket for $15 rather than deal with scalpers. However, as I approached the Cubs day-of-game ticket office, a man …

I had an early morning flight back from Oakland Airport to Chicago so I could attend the Chicago Cubs game Tuesday night as they arrived back in town. Their last home game was the one I attended on July 30.
Obtaining TicketRather than worry about finding a ticket for less than $15 (the standing room only [SRO] box office price), I relaxed in our house and bought a SRO ticket for $15 a few minutes before the first pitch. As usual, there were plenty of SRO seats available.
The GameRich …

With the Cubs game starting at 1:20 pm and the White Sox game starting at 7:11 pm, I planned to attend my first red line doubleheader since April 22, 2008. Red Line doubleheaders (where under normal circumstances the Cubs play an afternoon game at Wrigley Field and the White Sox play a night game at U.S. Cellular Field) generally occur once or twice per season. Yesterday was an unscheduled red line doubleheader as the original Cubs game on May 15 was postponed and scheduled for today. It …

As I had done Tuesday night, I sold my season tickets to my friend and his Dad for Wednesday afternoon’s Cubs game. My plan once again was to sit with them so I would just look for the cheapest seat possible. I could not find a cheap seat (less than $15) so I bought a Standing Room Only (SRO) ticket from the box office for $15 and sat with them throughout the game. As I normally write, seats are always available at Wrigley Field if you bought …

In the second game of the series, the Houston Astros bounced back from their 13 inning defeat Monday night and Roy Oswalt’s early departure (due to a strained back) in the second inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs 11-6. During the 5th inning, in what I do not believe I have seen before, Kosuke Fukudome hit a ball into Jeff Fulchino’s jersey and was awarded first base – a play that obviously does not occur that often.
Pre Game DiningOnce again I met some friends at The Stretch before the …

With my season tickets already in hand, I walked across the street from my house to Wrigley Field about 5 minutes before the scheduled first pitch.
The GameThe Cubs and Astros played a 1-1 game into the 13th inning before Alfonso Soriano hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the 13th with nobody out. In the bottom of the 9th, the Cubs failed to execute a suicide squeeze as Mike Fontenot missed his bunt attempt and Milton Bradley was tagged out in an attempted steal of home. …

The Cubs completed their three-game sweep of the Reds – winning 5-2 on Sunday afternoon. This was the Cubs first sweep of the Reds at Wrigley Field since May 22-24, 2001 (I attended one of those games on May 22, 2001).
Rich Harden nearly pitched six perfect innings and earned his first Wrigley Field day game win since August 24, 2008. His only mistake came with two outs in the first inning when he gave up a solo home run to Joey Votto.
Pre Game DiningThe Ultimate Sports …