{"id":2585,"date":"2010-05-15T19:09:22","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T00:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/?p=2585"},"modified":"2010-06-09T07:54:01","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T12:54:01","slug":"the-king-and-i-pirates-at-cubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/the-king-and-i-pirates-at-cubs\/","title":{"rendered":"The King and I: Pirates at Cubs"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a meeting I had looked forward to for 10 years. On September 23, 2000, the Ultimate Sports Wife and I traveled to Milwaukee for a doubleheader at County Stadium. I met a guy who called himself Mr. Ballpark. He had attended a MLB game at every ballpark including all one off games. He had been to Monterrey, Mexico in 1996; Honolulu, HI in 1997 and earlier in the 2000 season had travelled to Tokyo, Japan.<\/p>\n

While we were talking at the Brewers game he mentioned he met two guys at the games in Tokyo. He said these two guys attended 180 games per season. A feat I could not imagine attaining \u2013 especially since I was newly married at the time. However, I always wanted to meet these guys.<\/p>\n

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\nFast forward to today when I met The King (aka Mike Casiano) and Gary Herman \u2013 the two guys I heard of 10 years ago. I found Gary Herman and his blog<\/a> when he commented on Sean MacDonald\u2019s blog<\/a> (another sports road tripper).<\/p>\n

Beg, Borrow and Deal<\/span>
\nSince I was planning to sit with Mike and Gary in the upper deck I offered a scalper $10 for a ticket. The only ticket he had was an upper deck box outfield seat (face value $44.80) which he sold to me.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Pirates at Chicago Cubs<\/span>
\nThe Pirates took a 3-0 lead in the first inning and added an insurance run in the 9th inning as they defeated the Cubs 4-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was a meeting I had looked forward to for 10 years. On September 23, 2000, the Ultimate Sports Wife and I traveled to Milwaukee for a doubleheader at County Stadium. I met a guy who called himself Mr. Ballpark. He had attended a MLB game at every ballpark including all one off games. He had been to Monterrey, Mexico in 1996; Honolulu, HI in 1997 and earlier in the 2000 season had travelled to Tokyo, Japan.
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