May 29, 2012
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Twin Losers
June 8-10 my favorite baseball team, the Chicago Cubs will traveling to the Twin cities to play my favorite American league team the Minnesota Twins. Because they play in different leagues, the Cubs and Twins do not play each other very often. And it is even less often that the Cubs play in Minnesota. In fact, this will be the first time the Cubs have played in the Twins new two year old stadium Target Field.
Target Field is not one of the 14 major league ballparks I have been to, however I have been to the Twins old park the Metrodome but that was not for a Cubs-Twins game. One of my goals in life is to see as many ballparks as I can. And this year, both teams are among the worst in baseball. In fact, before Cubs won their last two games, they had the worst record in all of baseball. But, because the Cubs beat the San Diego Padres the last two games, the Twins now are tied for the worst record in baseball (with the aforementioned Padres, ironically). I was looking on Stubhub for tickets to the Cubs-Twins game on Saturday June 9, but the tickets are not nearly as cheap as I expected. See with Stubhub, fans resell tickets and the prices have been known to drop to jaw dropping low prices. For example, tickets for tomorrow’s Twins-A’s game are going for as low as $3.50 for tickets that are normally sold for $41.00. I do expect as we get closer to June 9 the price should drop.
I’ve got a fairly new car that gets 40 miles to the gallon and have been hankerin to take a road trip ever since I bought the damn thing last September. So as you can see, I’m very tempted to go. If I do this, I will be crazy and spontaneous about it. For example, I don’t expect to get anybody to go with me, so I will probably not tell anybody and just drive to the game and send them a picture showing where I’m at. I want to do this on the cheap, but it is a seven hour drive to the Twin Cities, so I would probably drive up about five or six hours on Friday night after work, get a cheap hotel (probably near Eau Claire, WI), and then go to the game the next day and drive home right after, putting me back home right around midnight. Of course, another option is to go to either Friday night’s game or Sunday’s game, however Friday’s game would require me taking a day off work but not getting a hotel as I could drive home after the game (and get home at like six or seven in the morning). Kinda nuts I know, but hey, I like to do goofy things like this.
Comments (3)
A spontaneous road trip sounds fun, but I think it would be MORE fun if you could corral at least one friend to spontaneously go with you!!! Driving that far alone… eh… but it still sounds fun!!
That sounds like a blast! I love sporting events, the feel, the smells, the sounds. I also love road trips, so I am jealous of your next adventure! Have a great time!
Sounds like a fun, but long, trip. I’ve been to a cople of baseball games in my life, but I’m not a fan. The first time I went, I thought, well, I’ll watch people and just enjoy the nice day. My husband said, “pay attention, you could get hit with a foul ball.” Bummer.