One would think if you scored 13 runs in a baseball game, you would win. One would be wrong.
But I am getting ahead of myself.
Another day with fewer photos and more time with family.
When all this was first being planned by Mark, we did see the free time between stadiums. See, here's the thing, just because we could be at a stadium on a certain day, doesn't mean there would be a game. Sometimes the team is "on the road" or sometimes they even selfishly take a day off. They do not play their games around our schedule; we have to conform to theirs.
Which I why we had to wait around the Chicago area for the White Sox.
This time we would not be alone for the game; Janelle and Randy were coming with!
Our truck (finally!) got a rest as Randy drove us into the city.
As I told you on our previous day, Randy and Janelle have a daughter, Jackie, who lives in the city. Right now she, her husband and puppy are displaced due to an accident in their building. Their condo, and a number of others in the building, got flooded because of a mishap by a fellow tenant. While repairs are being made on Jackie's condo, she and family are staying in Janelle's condo.
Which means we couldn't stay at the condo... but we could visit.
Didn't get photos of Jackie. Her husband. Or even her puppy. But I did get a picture of the view from Janelle and Randy's condo:
Priorities. Right?
For all its issues, and every place has them, Chicago is an iconic city with a beautiful skyline.
As many wonderful meals as we have had on this trip, and as many foods as we have tried, the ONLY thing Mark had his heart set on was Chicago Deep Dish Pizza.
He wanted it. He got it.
It was a pleasant walk from the condo over to Giordano's. Absolutely worth the walk. Seriously, look at these pizzas. And these are the small.
(The pizza and the visit were actually in the opposite order, but I wanted to explain the condo situation first, so I reversed them in my writing.)
Lunch? Check.
Help walk the puppy? Check.
Visit? Check.
Time to head to the stadium.
This was THE hardest park to find a parking spot for. Initially. We drove around and around the stadium where every single lot was "prepaid". We were not prepaid parking people. Even asked a security guard for directions to a lot. He gave them. They did not lead us to a lot. Finally though we found the perfect lot and it was astonishingly close to the stadium with easy in and easy out parking. It just took some circling around before we found it.
In we go.
This is the one ballpark Mark nor I got a picture of the front of the stadium. We try to do that, but it just didn't work this time.
For living outside Chicago and having a condo in the city, this was Janelle's first time at Comiskey. She was having a great time walking around and scoping it all out.
We eventually found our seats. Mark went and had his moment for his dad. And we took one, and ONLY ONE, selfie. (Remember that; it will come into play later.)
There are only a few cities which have more than one team. When the two teams play one another, it's definitely a huge deal for the baseball fans in those places. New York has the "Subway Series". L. A. has the "Freeway Series". Chicago has the "Crosstown Series."
The top of the first was such fun. The Cubs are sucking this year. The White Sox are in first place. And after just half an inning, the fans are BOOING their hometown team as the lowly Cubs are leading 6-0!!
Cub fans cannot believe it!
White Sox fans cannot believe it either.
Don't worry, fans, those scores will not stick.
So this was either our best game if you look at it offensively, or our worst game if you take the defensive POV. It was definitely the most exciting. We even got to see not one, but two!, fights break out and what we think was a proposal. We're not sure.
Final score: Sox 17, Cubs 13
Ok, so we are not sure on this one. We need some help.
How many selfies does one take at a ballgame? We took one. The girl next to Randy took closer to 400. She spent so much time taking pictures and videos of her time at the game we are all pretty sure she has no idea what the score was. We're not even sure she knows which teams were playing. Pretty sure she never even looked at the field. The night was all about her. You know, so she could show all her friends what a great Sox fan she is!
Which brings up another point. Forget vaxxed or unvaxxed, can we please start segregating people into "normal" and "way, way, way too much perfume?" I bet we could get more people on board with this one.
Two teams. Two games.
Time to leave Illinois.
Those scores are amazing. So funny that fans there boo their own team if they aren't doing well.
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