The Reds won their second game at Wrigley Field to move 15 games over .500. Drew Stubbs broke out of his 1-for-37 slump by going 3-for-4 hitting the go-ahead home run in the eighth inning which led the Reds to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are now 3-9 versus the Reds this year.

The Cincinnati Reds moved to 14 games over .500 for the first time since 1990 with their 3-0 win over the Cubs today. The Reds have had nine straight losing seasons.
Post Game Dining
After the game, we went to Crepe Town – a crepe restaurant only a few blocks north on Sheffield Ave. (technically located at 3915 N. Sheridan Rd.). If you are looking for an unusual brunch place before an afternoon Cubs game then this is your place.

It was polar opposites from Monday night. Instead of losing big, the Cubs found their offense and defeated the Brewers 15-3 in an afternoon affair at Wrigley Field as LaTroy Hawkins and manager Ken Macha were both tossed out of the game.
One thing that has changed in baseball is the weather that the umpires and teams will let the players play through. Starting in the second inning it really started to rain in what would normally have lead to a rain delay a few years ago. But …

Under normal circumstances I would usually attend a corporate outing (free drinks and food) over a Chicago Cubs baseball game – especially when the corporate outing is in the suburbs. However, this season I am attempting a rare feat of attending at least 70 Chicago Cubs home games, so with the party starting at 5 pm, I knew I could attend the first hour and still make it in time for the game. Plus, who actually wants to hang out with their co-workers very long anyway.
Beg, Borrow and Deal
I gave …

In a terrible game for the Cubs all the way around, the Milwaukee Brewers crushed the Cubs 18-1 tonight at Wrigley Field. The Brewers had 26 hits which tied a Cubs franchise record for hits allowed which they also achieved on September 2, 1957 against the Milwaukee Braves.
Even the Wrigley Field scoreboard had to put up a white “26” for the number of Brewers hits. I guess the yellow numbers for hits only go up to “25.”
Pre Game Dining
Before the game I met my friend at Mullen’s Wrigleyville located at …

It’s not every game that you run into someone famous walking the concourse of a ballpark. Last night as I was walking from home plate to right field along the 100-level concourse of U.S. Cellular Field, I noticed the Reverend Jesse Jackson walking towards me. I asked if I could take a picture with him and he replied as long as that baby is included. And, of course, the Ultimate Sports Baby would always be included in a picture like that.

My timing needed to be perfect in order to walk …

Everyone knows the main attraction when attending a Brewers game at Miller Park is the sausage race in the middle of the 6th inning. Another highlight is watching Bernie Brewer take a spin down his slide after the Brewers hit a home run. But, something that rarely occurs is when a player hits a ball so far it lands in the slide. That is what Brandon Philips did Wednesday afternoon as he hit an 8th inning grand slam 450 feet. That grand slam put the game out of reach as …

For the second week in a row Sunday night baseball was held at Wrigley Field – two Sunday night baseball games at the same location in back-to-back weeks is definitely rare. The St. Louis Cardinals were looking to avoid being swept by the Chicago Cubs and managed to comeback from a 3-2 deficit to defeat the Cubs 4-3 in 11 innings.
A kid sitting next to us held up a sign throughout the entire game that read:
It’s A Plane
It’s Superman
No It’s Marlon Byrd
At first I thought there was no way this …

For the third time this season, I met up with a fellow sports roadtripper (someone who travels to attend sporting events) – Sean MacDonald who runs the website sportsroadtrips.blogspot.com. Sean lives in Tokyo and was on a two week trip touring the Midwest. His itinerary can be found here.
Pre Game Dining
I already had tickets for us so we decided to grab a beer at one of my favorite Wrigleyville dive bars. Wrigleyville North is located on the corner of Sheffield Ave and Byron Rd. The place was empty before the …

Last season, I scheduled a few doctor’s appointments to coincide when the Cubs or White Sox were playing on a weekday afternoon. Today was no different as I had a scheduled dental procedure that would keep me home all day. The good thing was that my dental appointment was early in the morning – meaning I could come home, take a nap to recover and still make it to the Cubs game which started at 1:20 pm.
However, of course, since I was in so much pain the game lasted 12 …