We didn’t miss seeing Mauer’s opposite field homerun (interestingly, that homerun ball was not thrown back onto the field by the left field bleacher bums as Wrigley tradition requires of an opponent’s homerun). Cubs right fielder Milton Bradley had one of the worst days in the field I have ever seen [botched diving catch, fly ball drops in front of him when the ball was lost in the sun, and (the best) catching a lazy fly ball and throwing it into the right field stands when he thought there were three outs when there was only two.] Twins win 7-4.
Wrigley is an awesome, old-school park. We sat about 40 rows up from first base under the second deck. We could see the whole field (the person next to us couldn’t see the batter because one of the 2nd deck supports was in his view). Recommended – sit in the “sunny” seats!! Half of the 40,000 that showed up seemed to be Twins’ fans, so it made it more like an outside home game. The ambiance inside and out is one everyone should experience – especially if you think Metrodome is a baseball venue.
We decided to leave Chicago after the game, get some supper on the road, and head to our next destination – Cleveland. ETA – 10pm. With a few stops, road construction unforeseen by the GPS, and some wrong ideas for where to eat for supper (30 miles out of the way – with construction – to realize the place was closed) we got to our Cleveland hotel at 2am. That’s the learning of a road trip. We’ll laugh about it in years (maybe 10) to come.
One of the great things about this trip is that all of the games we will be seeing (except our last one) are inter-league play. Lots of different teams playing many familiar teams…and the pitchers hit in the National League parks!!
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RUNNING RECORD WINS
Home Team – 0
Away Team – 1
American League – 1
National League – 0
I have a picture in very similar seats that I took when I was 12 with both of my grandfathers. I saw my first game there, as did Evan and Margaret!
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