One of the benefits of living so close to any stadium is that while other people are traveling to the game, you can be productive around the house if needed. For example, today I decided to paint one of our bathrooms. I started at 9 am, taped and painted until 1 pm, walked to Wrigley Field for the 1:20 pm first pitch, was back in the house at 4:30 pm and finished painting at 6:30 pm.

The Game
Jake Fox drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Cubs a 2-1 victory over the Brewers. This was the second bases loaded walk of the game as Carlos Zambrano walked Corey Hart in the 4th inning to give the Brewers a 1-0 lead.

After Zambrano hit Prince Fielder in the 4th inning, Jeff Suppan followed up by hitting Derrek Lee in the bottom of the 4th. Home plate umpire Bill Welke warned both benches. However, he failed to throw out Suppan after he hit Jake Fox to start the bottom of the 5th. It appeared Suppan just made a mistake so the umpire made the correct decision but why warn both benches with an empty threat.

The Cubs and Brewers wore red hats (just as they had on Memorial Day) as MLB’s way to commemorate Memorial Day, July 4th weekend and September 11th.