Wrigley Field

We spent the majority of yesterday recovering from our travels and pampering ourselves with room service. Around late afternoon we headed for the Red Line Subway to catch the train up to Addison Street, the home of Wrigley Field. We arrived there a few hours early and were able to secure back-row seats in the first level of bleacher seats. This way we had a bar to rest our backs on. The seats were just to the right of center field, giving us an awesome view of the plate. The concessions stands were also right behind us on the main concourse.

The game was rather boring for the first few innings, with the Cubs scoring one run and the Reds hardly moving around the bases. Towards the end of the game, things got a little more interesting, with the Reds failing to get a run and the Cubs getting 4 more in the 8th inning.

The crowd was interesting, being a mix of older hardcore fans and younger frat-boy drunks who did more standing around talking about how drunk they were and when and how much they couldn't remember than actually watching the game. But, nonetheless it was entertaining. After the game, we managed to snag a few souvenirs: a nice blue shot glass for Tyler and a cute pinstripe tee for me.

The journey back to the hotel was interesting as well. The bars around Wrigley Field looked and sounded ridiculously packed after the game, so we avoided them. There was also a huge line to get back onto the Red Line Subway. However, it moved fairly fast, and we were on the train within 10 minutes. They seem to know what they're doing on game nights. We made it back to the hotel with no further run-ins with jovial crack-heads and after uploading some more photos, went to bed to prepare for the 10 1/2 hour drive we had ahead of us.

All in all, a good night.