As I wrote yesterday, one of my favorite sporting event start times are weekday afternoon games. Today I am planning to combine a weekday afternoon baseball game with a Gold Cup soccer doubleheader at Soldier Field. The Chicago White Sox are scheduled to play the Tampa Bay Rays at 1:05 pm. This is the first time I will have seen the Rays play at U.S. Cellular Field since April 23, 2004.
At 6 pm the United States plays Honduras in the first game of the doubleheader followed by …

With the wife heading to book club on a Friday night, I went to watch the White Sox host the Baltimore Orioles.
Obtaining TicketsEven though the game was more crowded than usual (it was Mullet Night and Fireworks), I had hoped to find a free ticket. As I got off the train, a scalper had an upper deck ticket (face value $20). I offered him $10, to make my life easier, but he wanted $15 and did not accept my offer.
Next, I went on my “usual” walk past Gate …

I arrived at the White Sox game Thursday afternoon early and with the only restaurant within a reasonable walk I knew of (Jimbo’s) now closed I had to choose another place to eat before the game.
Pre Game DiningI decided to eat at 35th Street Red Hot – located on the corner of 35 St. and Normal Ave. Most hot dog stands in Chicago sell other items besides hot dogs so I was surprised to discover that 35th Street Red Hot only sells hot dogs. I ordered the double hot dog …

For the first time ever, I went to a Chicago White Sox game over a Chicago Cubs game. My friend, Jamie Trecker, invited the Ultimate Sports Wife and me over to his house for a BBQ and wanted to attend the White Sox game last night. For the only day this season, the Cubs and White Sox were playing a home game at the same time.
Obtaining TicketsSince the Cubs were playing at the same time as the White Sox, my usual scalpers were not at U.S. Cellular Field but outside …

On Saturday I had planned on a doubleheader day. First up was the Crosstown Classic at U.S. Cellular Field. Second was the SuperLiga match between the Chicago Fire and Tigres UANL (a Mexican club team) at Toyota Park.
However, since the first pitch of the Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox game was scheduled for 3:10 pm and kickoff for the soccer match was at 7 pm, I could not afford much of a delay in the baseball game. Thus, I had to drive since Interstate-55 basically connected both stadiums.
Parking & …

Once again, I attended a weekday afternoon Chicago White Sox game. This time the Dodgers were in town and the White Sox were wearing uniforms from the 1959 season to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the World Series team that lost the 1959 World Series to the Dodgers.
Obtaining TicketsI bought a ticket seven rows from the field for $15. The ticket was a season ticket (meaning the face value printed was cheaper than the seat would have cost at the box office) with a face value of $46 ($52 if …

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 …

Yesterday was an interesting doubleheader day. With a meeting for work scheduled from at 5-7 pm I had time to attend the White Sox game Thursday afternoon.
ParkingSince the game started at 1:05 pm, I figured it would end around 4 pm (the typical three hour baseball game). Thus, in order to get to my 5 pm meeting on time in Rosemont, IL I needed to drive and pay for parking. Parking at U.S. Cellular Field is a steep $23.
Obtaining TicketsAfter looking for a free ticket for about …

I had scheduled a doctor’s appointment specifically for Thursday morning so I would have an excuse to “work from home” – aka attend the Chicago White Sox game after my doctor’s appointment. My doctor’s appointment ended around 11:30 am so I took the train from downtown Chicago to U.S. Cellular Field and arrived at noon.
Pre Game DiningI had planned to eat lunch at Jimbo’s – the only bar/restaurant within a two block walk of U.S. Cellular Field. But to my dismay the place was boarded up. At …