On Thursday afternoon, when play for the U.S. Open was suspended for most of the day, I started to think about attending U.S. Open regulation play on a Monday. However, it was not until Sunday night, when play was scheduled for 9 am ET Monday morning that I decided to put my Monday day trip to New York City into motion.
Travel PlansI had a free ticket on Southwest Airlines and flights were available to Long Island arriving at 9:05 am and returning Tuesday morning at 7:45 am.
Rather than take the …

On Saturday after the Cubs game, the Ultimate Sports Wife and I drove to New Buffalo, MI to spend Saturday night. It just so happened that on Sunday afternoon, the Women’s Professional Billiards Association’s Great Lakes Classic event was taking place in Michigan City, IN – a short 10 mile drive from the place we were staying.
Obtaining TicketsThe event took place at the Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City. The only issue with attending the event on Sunday was that it cost $55 per ticket – a fairly pricey proposition …

For the second day in a row, Kerry Wood blew a one-run lead and this time received the loss as the Cubs defeated the Indians 6-5 in 13 innings – the 9th longest game I have ever attended in terms of number of outs recorded (76).
Pre Game DiningBefore the game the Ultimate Sports Wife and I ate at Salt & Pepper Diner located at 3537 N. Clark St. just south of Wrigley Field on Clark St. Salt & Pepper Diner recently raised the prices on all of their drinks …

Once again there was rain at Wrigley Field. And with the Ultimate Sports Wife and I needing to attend a Northwestern Graduation Party later on Friday afternoon, we had no time for a rain delay. The ideal day would have been for the game to start on time, attend the game and drive to Evanston for the party.
However, that plan was not meant to be as the game was delayed for 86 minutes – pushing the start time back to 2:45 pm. Of course, the Ultimate …

Game 2 of the Crosstown Classic had much more drama than the first game on Wednesday – especially for Cubs fans. First, Carlos Zambrano was back pitching after his May 27th meltdown versus the Pittsburgh Pirates. Second, with the Cubs trailing 5-1 heading into the bottom of the 8th all signs pointed to a two-game sweep for the White Sox.
However, the Cubs rallied against Scott Linebrink and scored 4 runs in the 8th inning after Derrek Lee hit a three-run home run and Geovany Soto followed that with a solo …

After being rained out Tuesday night, the Crosstown Classic finally started Wednesday afternoon. With my tickets already in hand, we walked across the street to enter Wrigley Field.
The GameIn a relatively uneventful game, the White Sox defeated the Cubs 4-1 as John Danks pitched seven shut-out innings.

In what I believe was a first – the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox planned to play a weekday night game at Wrigley Field Tuesday night. However, with a heavy rain coming down and no letup in sight, the Cubs postponed the game 10 minutes after the scheduled first pitch.
No makeup date has been announced, but I am hoping they will play a day-night Crosstown doubleheader the weekend of June 26th, 27th or 28th when they could play an afternoon game at Wrigley Field and play a …

In the third game of the series, the Cubs defeated the Twins 3-2 after Ryan Theriot singled in the bottom of the 9th inning with the bases loaded.
Pre Game DiningBefore the game, I met some friends at Purgatory Pizza located at 3415 N. Clark St. On Sunday mornings, Purgatory Pizza has a $13 all you can drink and eat pizza brunch (upgrade to Bloody Mary’s or other well drinks for an extra $6). This is a much cheaper option than paying $6 per beer at Murphy’s Bleachers or another one …

As I discussed in my post for yesterday’s Twins and Cubs game, the Cubs have implemented a new day of game ticket selling policy. Since I was planning to attend Saturday’s Cubs game on my own, I planned to buy a standing room only (SRO) ticket from the box office before the game started.
Obtaining TicketsThe Cubs new game ticket selling policy is that they start selling tickets two hours before the game is scheduled to begin. Anybody buying a ticket from the ticket window must immediately enter the ballpark. This …

The Ultimate Sports Wife and I had planned to attend Friday afternoon’s game with some friends – meaning we needed to buy four tickets to a game where tickets on the secondary ticket market were two to three times higher than face value.
Obtaining TicketsEven though tickets were relatively expensive on StubHub, I checked craigslist.org a few days before the game. A few of the advertisements on craigslist mentioned face value so I knew if we waited until the day of the game we would probably get a good deal.
On game …