In the second game I attended yesterday, Mexico beat Peru 4-0 in an international friendly at Soldier Field. After leaving Grace O’Malley’s, I made the 20 minute walk over to the Soldier Field ticket office. On the way, I talked with a few scalpers – most who wanted around face value for tickets.
Once I was at the ticket office, I again ran into the woman who recognized me at a Northwestern basketball game. This time we started chatting about how ticket sellers outside the stadium always save …

The first game of the day started off slowly yesterday. I was ready to leave the house when a classic Chicago thunderstorm rolled through the city. I turned on the TV and the White Sox announcers stated the game would not start at 1:05 pm CT because of the rain and no time had been set for the first pitch. Instead of sitting at US Cellular Field for an undetermined amount of time, I decided to wait in the house and leave as soon as they knew the first pitch …

For the first time since 2004, I am planning to attend a Chicago White Sox game and a soccer match at Solder Field in the same day. Today, the White Sox are hosting the Minnesota Twins at 1:05 pm and Mexico is playing Peru at Soldier Field at 7 pm.
The Ultimate Sports Wife, who is only attending the soccer match, is planning to meet me at Weather Mark Tavern located at 1503 N. Michigan Ave. in between games.

Somehow, I have attended three drag racing events in three different time zones this year. The first was on February 10, 2008 in Pomona, CA, the second was on March 15, 2008 in Gainesville, FL and yesterday I attended the Route 66 NHRA Nationals in Joliet, IL.
The great thing about arriving at Route 66 Raceway is no traffic. Three months ago, when I arrived at Gainesville Raceway, it took more than an hour to drive the 3 miles from the highway to the track. The drive from …

When planning a sports vacation many decisions need to be made. First and most important are the city to travel to and the sporting events taking place in that metropolitan area. This weekend the Ultimate Sports Wife and I had planned to fly to New York City to see Big Brown race for the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes, the US Men’s National Team host Argentina at the Meadowlands and watch the Yankees play in their last season at Yankee Stadium. (I must admit these were the sporting events …

I received the call at 1 pm (20 minutes before the scheduled first pitch of the Rockies at Cubs game) – “Hey Andrew, you can come up on the rooftop. How many are you?” the rooftop owner asked. I said, “Just my brother and I.” “Ok. Call me when you are downstairs,” said the rooftop owner.
My brother and I then scurried out of our house and over to the rooftop (http://www.wrigleyrooftops.com/). Since we were going through the owner for access, we went through the Ultimate …

My brother flew into Chicago from San Francisco this weekend to attend two Cubs games. Ideally, he would have been able to fly out early on Friday but was unable to because of work. Thus, he took the redeye (flight takes off at 11:30 pm from the west coast and lands in Chicago between 5 and 6 am) in order to be on time for the 12:05 pm start.
Before the game we went to the Full Shilling at 3724 N. Clark St. They have a special one hour before …

For the second day in a row, I attended the Bank of America Open in Glenview, IL. Since the morning tee times were postponed about 4 hours due to rain, I decided to go after work. The last tee time was scheduled for 6:30 pm after the rain subsided. In addition, The Glen (the shopping area that surrounds the golf course) was hosting a wine tasting event that started at 5 pm. The ticket I bought for the event ($10 for the week) came with one free drink at the …

The last time I combined a golf event with another sporting event was back on June 12, 2003 when I attended both the US Open and the Chicago White Sox game on the same day.
In the night cap of my second golf / baseball doubleheader, the Cubs came from behind to win the game for the 2nd night in a row.

In a cold and rainy afternoon (who said golfers don’t play in rain?), Marc Leishman, hit a ball that bounced off the top of the grandstand surrounding the 18th green. The ball ricocheted behind the grandstand. Since the grandstand was an obstruction in between the lie of the ball and the 18th hole, the rules judge acted under the “temporary immovable obstruction rule.”
Under the rule, Leishman was allowed to take “line of sight relief” from the bleachers. Meaning he could move the ball to the …