Cubs game

The thing with me is that I am not really a sports person. I mean, I will watch football, basketball, soccer, etc... (just not golf and curling), but I don't really "follow" sports teams and all, aside from things related to national pride (i.e. Manny Pacquiao and boxing).

In any case, my school was giving out free tickets to see a Cubs game to 150 people. Yes, FREE. Of course I tried to get tickets, and succeeded (after 45 minutes in line, I was #126 I think).

But yes, baseball. I like watching baseball live because it's a slow-paced enough game that it's perfectly acceptable to walk around during middle of it and disappear for innings at a time to go look at the concession stands (which is, by the way what I ended up doing when I was watching the Mariners game in Seattle--I now have a pretty good general idea of what is being sold and where it is located in Safeco field). Another thing with Mariners games is that most of the time, the Mariners were not really winning anyway (sorry Seattle people, but it is true), so there was no pressure to sit and watch for a home run or something exciting to happen.

Compared to watching a Mariner's game, watching the Cubs game was a different experience. Aside from the fact that the stadium was a lot older (and also did not have a huge screen to watch close-up views of the players), there was a "fan spirit" that permeated the air of the stadium that made up for the lack-of-TV. Everyone seemed to be pretty into the game, such that my impression was that there were a lot more fans than spectators. Also, Cubs won 10-5 against the Diamondbacks with 4 home runs. Not that I was paying close attention at every point in the game though (although I really did watch most of it). Hahaha. I'm glad I went with my friend who actually likes (and watches) baseball because I would just get my commentary/recap on a second-hand basis (and also after the fact).

Here are pictures of Wrigley field:

And of course, the food (sadly, we missed one home run while we were getting this but it's okay):

Note on the selection of food--I missed Seattle food while I was here because Seattle has Japanese food (go Ichiro!), other Asian food (go Asians on the West Coast!) and REALLY GOOD GARLIC FRIES (fries topped with raw garlic, salt and parsley)-->vampires would hate these fries (sorry Edward Cullen).

Chicago dog: Obviously, overpriced at $5.25. It was a regular hotdog with onions (yum). And I just put A LOT of mustard on it...of course, no ketchup for me because I am in Chicago.

Kettle Corn: Also overpriced at $6, even though it was A LOT of kettle corn (see below for approximation--maybe 1 and a half of those bags).

I was very disappointed that their water WAS SO EXPENSIVE at around $4 a bottle (I refuse to pay this much for water even though I love it so much). Given that, I did not drink water for the entire time I was there and was quite dehydrated when I got back.